Temple in the News
In a compilation of 2013 forecasts, Jeff Kingston of Temple University, Japan Campus, offered his take on Shinzo Abe, Japan's new prime minister. "Abe is going to hit the ground running," Kingston...
December 20, 2012
Rates of childhood obesity have declined in Philadelphia along with a few other cities. Though decreases are small, it is still welcome news after three decades of steadily increasing rates among...
December 20, 2012
In an essay, Mark Salzer, professor and chair of rehabilitation science at Temple, said that meaningful action in light of the Connecticut tragedy would be to quintuple efforts to eliminate prejudice...
December 19, 2012
Ballpark-related revenue for the New York Mets dropped $8.3 million this past season -- the third straight year of declines since Citi Field opened. "These numbers now illustrate the connection...
December 18, 2012
Last month, an updated list of medications affected by grapefruit was released. Some drugs that have a narrow therapeutic range, where having a bit too much or too little can have serious...
December 17, 2012
The Temple University Symphony Orchestra performed a piece by Dave Brubeck and his son Chris at Lincoln Center in 2010. It was one of two pieces Temple commissioned that were recently nominated for...
December 17, 2012
In a Q&A with the Inquirer, Larry Kaiser, president and CEO of Temple’s health system and dean of the School of Medicine, outlined the big changes under his leadership. “Maintaining the status...
December 17, 2012
Japan holds elections tomorrow for the lower house of parliament, which is more powerful than the upper house, and which has more control over the budget and selects the prime minister. Over the...
December 15, 2012
Buying a bond used to involve visiting the bank, but now you have to buy bonds on the U.S. Treasury Department's website. Some have complained that the process is cumbersome. "It is true that some...
December 14, 2012
As Japanese head to the polls Sunday, Shinzo Abe is expected to become Japan's prime minister for the second time. The election takes place as nationalistic rhetoric is on the rise. "The nationalist...
December 14, 2012