Temple in the News
Laid-off workers who understand how decisions were made and believe they were treated fairly are more likely to recommend their former employer to others. In fact, 45 percent of the mostly college-...
November 1, 2012
It’s dark. Suddenly, someone -- or something -- lurches forward. A scream erupts from your throat, but then you realize it’s just an actor at the local haunted house. These responses cause arousal....
October 31, 2012
A growing group of schools are actively seeking students from different racial, ethnic and socioeconomic groups. And such schools are getting a boost from urban middle-class parents who are rejecting...
October 31, 2012
Warby Parker's funky eyeglass frames are hot right now. The look, however, isn't nearly as rebellious as their business style, which scholars call disruptive innovation. "Warby Parker created a...
October 31, 2012
College campuses have become the latest front in the battle for local supremacy in the car-sharing market. “For us, it was a no-brainer,” said Michelle Lai, Temple’s assistant vice president for...
October 31, 2012
Bike Temple cyclists made their way from Temple to Laurel Hill Cemetery this Saturday to celebrate Halloween and promote sustainability. "It's nice to see the fall foliage. I'm at school, so I don't...
October 31, 2012
When you Skype, it sometimes feels like you are actually sitting across the table from someone rather than being miles away. It’s called telepresence and it was the focus of a conference at Temple...
October 30, 2012
"Atlantic City was Disneyland before there even was a Disneyland," wrote Temple historian Bryant Simon, author of Boardwalk of Dreams: Atlantic City and the Fate of Urban America, in a New Republic...
October 30, 2012
A seismometer was re-installed on the Temple Ambler campus after the device’s concrete housing flooded over the summer. The device is part of an East Coast quake measuring network. That hugely...
October 29, 2012
Climate change has been notably absent from the campaign trail. Megan Mullin, an associate professor of political science at Temple, co-authored a study showing that local variations in temperature...
October 29, 2012