Temple in the News
For many, the phrase "struggling middle class" conjures a vision of a white, two-parent family, while the phrase "poor person" conjures an image of a single black mother. "That's why Obama can't talk...
October 24, 2012
The Center for Sustainable Communities at Temple University Ambler announced it is developing a storm-water management plan for three urban watersheds. Jeffrey Featherstone, director of Temple’s...
October 24, 2012
Mental health terminology — words such as "dysfunctional" or "depressed," for example — is often used to describe cities. In an event on Wednesday, Temple Contemporary, the Tyler School of Art's...
October 24, 2012
Lance Armstrong has been stripped of his Tour de France titles and banned for life by the International Cycling Union. Joel Maxcy, a sport economist in Temple's School of Tourism and Hospitality...
October 24, 2012
So much of our lives revolve around STEM — sciences, technology, engineering and math — yet fewer Americans are entering these fields. Jamie Bracey, director of STEM education in Temple's College of...
October 22, 2012
Linguist William Labov is a pioneer in mathematically quantifying regional accents, and mapping their trends. He can show his research in maps, charts and graphs. The Temple Contemporary gallery at...
October 22, 2012
The crux of North Philadelphia Health System's perpetual financial struggles is that 65 percent of St. Joseph's Hospital's revenue comes from Medicaid, which pays less than it costs to provide care....
October 21, 2012
Physicians from Temple Health teamed up with the Ed Snider Youth Hockey Foundation at the Wells Fargo Center to provide free physicals to nearly 200 boys and girls who play youth hockey in...
October 21, 2012
Jobs are important to voters, but a president cannot himself create jobs. In the short run, he can use government buying power to purchase weapons or repair bridges, said William Stull, a Temple...
October 21, 2012
''The Walking Dead" is one of the most popular shows on TV. "It really puts viewers into a moral dilemma," says Murali Balaji, assistant professor of media studies and production at Temple. He points...
October 21, 2012