Temple in the News
Marla Wolfson, a professor of physiology, pediatrics and medicine at Temple University School of Medicine, was awarded a pair of grants, totaling $4.4 million, from the Office of Naval Research. One...
August 20, 2012
A dispute between China and Japan over islands in the South China Sea parallels similar territorial rows between China and its Southeast Asian neighbors that have sparked concerns about China's...
August 20, 2012
Six Temple undergraduates will get a crash course in politics with fully funded trips to the major party National Conventions. The program gives students a unique peek into the national political...
August 18, 2012
Scientists at Temple’s School of Medicine were awarded a five-year, $11.6 million grant from the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute to develop new strategies to prevent, slow or reverse heart...
August 17, 2012
To earn large compensation packages, it pays for chief financial officers to aim low — meeting or just beating earnings expectations. According to a study led by Temple Fox School of Business...
August 17, 2012
Contrary to popular belief, a history of yo-yo dieting doesn't affect a person's ability to lose weight in the future, a new study indicates. This latest study is "good news" for people who have...
August 16, 2012
An annual "Executive Excess" study found that in 2011, 26 CEOs received more in compensation than their companies paid in taxes, and that four major tax loopholes contributing to excessive executive...
August 16, 2012
The British government could find itself hauled before an international court if it moves in on the Ecuadorian embassy where WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has been granted political asylum. "It's...
August 16, 2012
Sean Yom, associate professor of political science at Temple, spoke with FPRI radio about his recent research trip to the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan. Yom discusses the stability of Jordan a year and...
August 16, 2012
Japan is considering what do with 14 Chinese activists who were arrested after landing on a disputed island. Jeffrey Kingston, a faculty member at Temple University, Japan Campus, says another issue...
August 16, 2012