Temple in the News
For low calorie dieters-nuts are often forbidden. A new study found otherwise. “This study says—a calorie is a calorie. You can still eat almonds and lose weight,” explained Gary Foster, director of...
August 6, 2012
Investment in infrastructure helped fuel America’s economic growth in the 20th Century, but our once-world-class system of roads, bridges and waterways are in desperate need of modernization....
August 6, 2012
Temple University faculty especially like that presidential candidate Neil D. Theobald has been a researcher and professor, and is a first-generation college student from a working-class family. "…it...
August 5, 2012
Classic books are increasingly showing up on the graphic-novel shelves. For some, it's a potential nightmare. Yet artists and teachers alike are embracing recent graphic novelizations of a dozen...
August 5, 2012
Hundreds applied, dozens were interviewed, and now one name remains to become the next President of Temple University. Board Chairman Patrick O’Connor praised the work of Dr. Neil Theobald as a...
August 4, 2012
A group of African-Americans at Martha’s Vineyard called the "Polar Bears" are finding ways to age well. Each morning they pray and swim together. Temple sociologist Donna-Marie Peters studied the...
August 4, 2012
Neil D. Theobald, senior vice president and chief financial officer of Indiana University, will likely become the 10th president of Temple University. "After reviewing . . . submissions and...
August 3, 2012
The finalist for the presidency of Temple is coming to town on Monday and Tuesday, and it's expected he'll be named the university's 10th President.
Temple Board of Trustees Chairman Patrick J. O'...
August 3, 2012
The commercialization of university research has long been touted as a possible economic driver for the state and the region. In the just-ended fiscal year, Temple received nearly $2.5 million from...
August 3, 2012
A heat wave is not proof of global warming, but it does seem to help convince people that global warming is real. A new study based on surveys was examined to see if there was a relationship between...
August 3, 2012