Temple in the News
A 5.8 magnitude earthquake rattled the east coast Tuesday. Jonathan Nyquist, chair of the Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences at Temple's College of Science and Technology, explained what...
August 23, 2011
Jonathan Nyquist, chair of the Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences at Temple's College of Science and Technology, says that earthquakes do happen here in the Philadelphia area occasionally...
August 23, 2011
Jason "J.R." Read, who left an indelible mark on Temple rowing as a student-athlete and went on to a standout career with the U.S. National Team, is returning to his alma mater. "It is rare that a...
August 22, 2011
The recent headlines about flash mobs are causing many to wonder, what do you do if you find yourself in a flash mob? Frank Farley, a professor in Temple's College of Education, says people need to...
August 22, 2011
A new study has found that black and Latino students with academic credentials equal to those of white students are slightly more likely than their white counterparts to apply to and enroll at...
August 22, 2011
Researchers are regrowing cartilage in the lab, which could lead to better treatments for patients with knee injuries. Cartilage is composed of cells called chondrocytes. The team grows chondrocytes...
August 22, 2011
Starting this fall, the use of robotics will allow doctors at Temple University Hospital to perform intricate heart surgeries without having to open a patient's chest. Four small incisions are made...
August 21, 2011
Tucked away on the sixth floor of a concrete-and-cinder-block building in Center City, the Temple Shoe Museum at Temple's School of Podiatric Medicine houses more than 1,000 pairs of shoes. Some are...
August 21, 2011
Appointed medical examiners and coroners are less likely than elected coroners to under report suicides, according to a new study. "Mortality statistics are crucial because they tell us not just...
August 20, 2011
In an opinion piece for Foreign Policy, Temple political scientist Sean Yom weighs the pros and cons of the new amendments to the Jordanian constitution. He calls the move "controlled liberalization...
August 19, 2011