Temple in the News
Extreme winter sports keep getting riskier because we're a nation of risk-takers, and some personality types need those extreme thrills, according to psychologists. But the risks seem to be getting...
February 12, 2013
Skanska USA, a construction and development company, recently kicked off a program designed to assist minority and women-owned businesses at Temple University. During a seven-week period,...
February 12, 2013
President Obama chose Temple’s Patience Lehrman for one of the country’s highest civilian honors. Lehrman, national director of Project SHINE, will receive the 2012 Presidential Citizens Medal in...
February 12, 2013
Small business owners are starting 2013 with low expectations for the economy and their companies. That's the finding of a survey released by the National Federation of Independent Business. The NFIB...
February 12, 2013
Pope Benedict XVI's announcement that he would step down can provide some lessons to organizations, including the need for succession planning, which helps provide continuity and confidence. "...
February 12, 2013
Are we so concerned with physical appearance that we'd deny Governor Christie the chance to be president? "If you're looking at someone as a presidential candidate, of all the things to worry about,...
February 12, 2013
What is the role of Black media in the 21st Century? That question was the focus of a recent conference at Temple led by Lori Tharps, assistant professor of journalism. “We’re beyond the point of ‘...
February 11, 2013
Patience Lehrman has come a long way from her native Cameroon. On Friday, the executive director of Project Shine, the national immigrant-integration project, based at Temple, will be among a score...
February 9, 2013
Winter X Games daredevil Caleb Moore died while attempting to execute a flying backflip aboard a snowmobile. Experts believe the continued pursuit of dangerous feats is inevitable along with an...
February 9, 2013
A new documentary on the 1971 Attica prison riot raises doubts about whether a prominent inmate was accidentally killed in the retaking, as the official version of the uprising has long maintained....
February 9, 2013