Temple in the News
In a taped interview for "Reuters Insider," Ralph Young, a lecturer in history at Temple and author of Dissent in America, compared the Occupy Wall Street protest with protests of the past, and...
October 7, 2011
Cancer patients suffering from nerve pain due to chemo drugs could find relief from cannabidiol, the second most abundant chemical found in the marijuana plant, finds a Temple study. "Marijuana binds...
October 7, 2011
The Apple II computer developed by the late Steve Jobs used the original 6502 8-bit microprocessor developed by MOS Technology in Norristown in 1975, said Dennis Silage, a professor of electrical and...
October 7, 2011
A chemical compound found in marijuana can help a patient who experiences pain from drugs used as part of chemotherapy, a new study has found. Researchers from Temple's School of Pharmacy found the...
October 6, 2011
Before stepping down as CEO of Apple in August, Steve Jobs said little about his struggle with pancreatic cancer. But seven years ago, he claimed he was cured after surgery removed a large chunk of a...
October 6, 2011
In 2009, the San Francisco Giants experimented with continuously adjusting ticket prices based on demand. The New York Mets will adopt the same model next season. Joris Drayer of Temple studied the...
October 5, 2011
According to Ram Mudambi of Temple's Fox School of Business, the long, slow demise of manufacturing in the Philadelphia region isn't necessarily a bad thing. He says Pennsylvanians should focus on...
October 5, 2011
Diana Thomas bounced from doctor to specialist for nearly a year with leukemia, unable to get care without medical insurance. Thomas is a "working-age" adult —a group that constitutes more than 85...
October 5, 2011
As employees spend more time in the office, employers are paying more attention to studies and advice from productivity experts that suggest that the more personal a workspace is, the happier and...
October 5, 2011
What's for breakfast? A new study from Temple's Center for Obesity Research and Education has found that some school kids eat several breakfasts a day, while others eat nothing. Researchers found...
October 5, 2011