Temple in the News
Former Philadelphia Mayor John F. Street took his Temple political science class to attend current Mayor Nutter's budget proposal speech to Philadelphia City Council...
March 5, 2010
Mayor Nutter wants to impose a tax on all sweetened beverages including soda, energy drinks, ice tea, even chocolate milk. Could this really help in the fight against obesity? At Temple University's...
March 4, 2010
The death of two teens in a rare double suicide has shaken Norwood and its neighboring towns near Philadelphia. There were hints the high school sophomores may have...
March 4, 2010
In an opinion piece, Robert Dujarric of Temple University, Japan Campus, argued that the Obama plan to rid the world of nuclear weapons would give the U.S. more military leverage. "Achieving a total...
March 4, 2010
The tradition of stepping has been a part of the African-American sorority and fraternity experience for decades. Spoken word as a performance art dates back generations. "Step Up, Speak Up," a March...
March 4, 2010
A new book, The New Atkins for a New You, aims to pick up where the old Atkins diet left off. Gary Foster, director of Temple's Center for Obesity Research and...
March 3, 2010
A January decision by a US court to grant German homeschoolers political asylum has encouraged other Germans engaged in a decade-long losing battle against their...
March 2, 2010
In an opinion piece, Corrinne Caldwell, chair of the State Board of Education’s Health and Wellness Committee and a professor at Temple University, and co-author Joseph Torsella commented on...
February 28, 2010
(There is no link to this report.)Recently the record for most weight lost on NBC's The Biggest Loser was broken. Previously Eric Chopin held the record with 225 pounds lost. At his peak, Chopin was...
February 28, 2010
After two teenage girls were killed by an Amtrak train last week, their deaths were ruled suicides by authorities. While the reason for their suicides was not known, experts who study suicides say...
February 28, 2010