Temple in the News
Temple University’s Kornberg School of Dentistry is marking it’s 150th anniversary. “It’s the second oldest dental school in the country in continuous existence,” said Dean Amid Ismail. “It started...
April 7, 2013
Experts are debating whether legalizing those in the U.S. without permission and encouraging immigration would help shore up the Social Security system with tax contributions — or drain it by adding...
April 7, 2013
Big things are growing in the basement of West Hall at Temple Ambler. Students and faculty have constructed the school’s first aquaponic vegetable garden and are currently growing crops to be sold at...
April 6, 2013
Sharon Wiggins was the longest-serving female juvenile lifer in Pennsylvania, sentenced to life without parole for first-degree murder committed at age 17. Last summer, when the U.S. Supreme Court...
April 6, 2013
While there is potential for an Internet-born relationship to be genuine, there is an increasing risk that a relationship is developed under false pretenses and based on lies. Why would someone...
April 6, 2013
Temple baseball team members had their heads shaved to raise money for a charity called "Basebald." The philanthropic effort was Coach Ryan Wheeler's idea. A father of three, Wheeler lost his own dad...
April 6, 2013
The U.S. Postal Service is struggling to stay afloat as more individuals and organizations turn to social media to connect with others. Part of the problem is the Postal Service’s rigid financial...
April 6, 2013
New statistics show that the number of homicides is down in 2013. Jerry Ratcliffe, criminal justice professor at Temple, is part of the Smart Policing Initiative team, which works on strategies to...
April 5, 2013
Philadelphia’s homicide rate is raising eyebrows — for all of the right reasons. Since the start of the year, 54 homicides have been recorded, a 39 percent drop from the same period a year ago....
April 5, 2013
David Cameron "chugged down" wine during a visit to Japan last year, the former Japanese prime minister has revealed. “There is a drinking culture in Japan,” said Jeff Kingston, the director of Asian...
April 4, 2013