Temple in the News
Everyone born in a U.S. state or territory automatically gets U.S. citizenship —unless one happens to be born in American Samoa. That exception is at the heart of a federal lawsuit. Peter Spiro, a...
July 17, 2012
Temple University illustrates how the fortunes of a college can improve with its city's. As Philadelphia has undergone a renaissance, Temple has profited from an influx of students who want to call...
July 16, 2012
Some of the proposed Las Vegas-area stadiums are looking to use tools like tax-increment financing districts to cover the costs of construction “You’ll have a stadium, and that will increase property...
July 15, 2012
Many first-time readers find Faulkner’s The Sound and the Fury maddeningly hard to follow. Some passages traditionally appear in italics, to give readers a handle on the back-and-forth through time...
July 15, 2012
Healthy university boards need to operate as equal partners with their presidents, say experts. Too often, a board may act with excessive deference toward a president, as seemed to be the case...
July 15, 2012
Since 1980, the U.S. has seen an increase in the prevalence of reported anxiety disorders of more than 1,200 percent. Research over the past decade shows that feeling anxious is how the brain's...
July 13, 2012
If you asked David Lopez a few months ago how he intended to spend his summer break, he would have said he'd be leading tours of Temple as an Owl Ambassador. Those plans were shelved in April, when...
July 13, 2012
If you follow the lunch rule and two others – don’t skip meals and keep a food log, you can keep weight off long term according to a new study. “Most of the guidance consumers get is about what they...
July 13, 2012
While Penn State officials failed in their duty to report allegations of child abuse, they also did not comply with the Clery Act. Jeanne Clery's murder 25 years ago on the campus of Lehigh...
July 13, 2012
The Temple 20/20 framework is a plan that "seeks to reshape the urban campus and attempts to reinvigorate North Broad and re-establish the artery as the gateway to the campus," wrote PBJ's Natalie...
July 13, 2012