Temple in the News
A widely publicized 2006 study suggested that the more kids are exposed to sex in the media, the more likely they are to have sex before age 16. A new study from Temple...
August 20, 2010
While campaigners have long blamed the media for forcing sexualized imagery on children and teens, a study by Temple psychologist Laurence Steinberg found that young people...
August 20, 2010
Have you ever been stuck in highway traffic for hours before suddenly emerging into free-flowing traffic, with no sign of anything that caused the disruption? Growing...
August 20, 2010
For the LGBT population, aging can be a process filled with questions and fears. Nancy Knauer, a faculty member at Temple's Beasley School of Law, recently won two national...
August 19, 2010
Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan met his military chiefs ahead of a review that could lead to the biggest changes in defense policy in years, including easing restraints...
August 19, 2010
A review article in Nature Reviews Drug Discovery co-authored by Antonio Giordano, director of Temple's Sbarro Institute for Cancer Research and Molecular Medicine, was one of the most cited papers...
August 19, 2010
Rates of Type 2 diabetes have been steadily rising among children. But a national study chaired by Gary Foster of Temple's Center for Obesity Research and Education has...
August 19, 2010
A reviewer in The Economist wrote that Contemporary Japan: History, Politics and Social Change Since the 1980s (Wiley-Blackwell) — a new book by Temple University,...
August 19, 2010
Many families and advocates despise it, and call it "The R-Word." Still, the term "mentally retarded" is often attached to diagnosis, services, and legislation regarding...
August 19, 2010
For some kids, the end of summer is more than just a drag. Some children feel genuine apprehension at having to return to school, especially as they get older and prepare...
August 18, 2010