Temple in the News
On March 24, at the Kimmel Center, the Grammy-nominated Temple University Symphony Orchestra and conductors Paul Rardin and Luis Biava came together with tubist Carol Jantsch and composer Michael...
March 30, 2013
A new study focused on Philadelphia has found that abundant vegetation is associated with lower rates of assault, robbery and burglary. Statistically adjusting for socioeconomic factors such as...
March 29, 2013
In a viral video, NASCAR driver Jeff Gordon disguises himself as a suburban dweeb and takes a local car salesman for a terrifying test drive. The prank generated 30 million page views and a...
March 29, 2013
You would think the trial of a physician charged with eight counts of murder, conspiracy and other crimes might get some attention in the national news, said Chris Harper, professor of journalism at...
March 29, 2013
Area admissions officers recently reviewed the new movie, Admission. "What I like about Admission was that it captured that sense of advocacy, both on the part of admissions officers, who advocate on...
March 28, 2013
Many Americans are uncomfortable with the prospect of so-called “amnesty” for illegal immigrants. One of them is Jan Ting, a professor at Temple’s Beasley School of Law and former assistant...
March 28, 2013
As LaSalle prepared to take on Wichita State last week, the excitement was high. “And Philadelphia is psyched: even Temple University has been tweeting good luck to La Salle; both schools have...
March 28, 2013
The U.S. Supreme Court voted in favor of Comcast in a consumer class-action lawsuit. The suit claims to represent two million customers who were harmed by anticompetitive business practices, and...
March 28, 2013
It was a special night for 43 small business owners who graduated from the Construction Management Building Blocks program at Temple University. The program is designed to help women and minority...
March 27, 2013
A new study by a Temple research team shows that the presence of vegetation in urban settings may reduce crime. The Temple researchers, led by Jeremy Mennis of the Department of Geography and Urban...
March 27, 2013