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May 31, 2008 | KYW News Radio
A life-long learning program for older adults at Temple University’s Center City campus has been awarded $100,000 in grant money by the Bernard Osher Foundation. William Parshall is the director of Temple's Center City campus: "The money will enable us to expand our programming into senior centers, into retirement groups in Philadelphia and its near suburbs."
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May 31, 2008 | Fox News
A candidate’s religious connections could have a big impact on the outcome of this presidential election. Both Barack Obama and John McCain have had to renounce connections with religious leaders, the latest being Obama’s decision to leave his church of 20 years. “Never before has a candidate’s pastor affiliations been so critical to his electability,” said Marc Lamont Hill, a professor at Temple University. “The idea of actually seeing where people worship and who preaches to them on Sunday morning, I think that’s incredibly important, because it gives us a sense of who they are,” he said. |
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May 30, 2008 | Associated Press
The European Central Bank celebrates 10 years of success this week. "After 500 years of fighting (wars), the creation of the euro and the ECB was a remarkable political achievement, requiring these fiercely independent and proud countries to surrender a huge amount of political autonomy," said William Dunkelberg, the chair of the Global Interdependence Center and a professor of economics at Temple’s Fox School of Business. He said the trade-off was clear to European nations because doing business without changing currencies at the border or risking exchange rate fluctuations would boost growth and incomes. |
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May 30, 2008 | Philadelphia Business Journal
Temple University said Friday it has been awarded $100,000 from the Bernard Osher Foundation to support its lifelong learning program for older adults at its campus in Center City Philadelphia. The program was founded in 1976. Classes are taught by the senior citizens who participate in it. Last year, it offered more than 140 courses to 723 participants. Temple plans to use part of the grant money on outreach efforts it hopes will enable it to boost the number of people taking part in the program to 800.
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May 30, 2008 | Marketplace
A record 2,500 delegates finished a three-day conference on African development today in Japan, discussing everything from HIV to microfinance. But the back-story to the Africa conference, held every five years, is Japan's bid to become a bigger player in Africa. Japan and China have grown to become fierce rivals for energy and raw materials in recent years, and Temple University professor Jeff Kingston says Africa is the next major staging ground for the battle of the Asian superpowers: “There's been a more assertive, high-profile China diplomacy towards Africa. And I think that Japan wants to keep up with Beijing.”
(Marketplace is produced by American Public Media and broadcast over many NPR stations in the U.S.) |
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May 29, 2008 | CBS3
Rising oil prices will hit the grocery store as much as the gas pump. "None of us really realizes how much of what we consume everyday is based on oil," said economics expert Bill Dunkelberg of Temple University. Essentially, any plastic item or anything wrapped in plastic is affected. Dunkelberg said the price increase will vary based on how much of a given chemical is in a product, but shoppers can expect to see some price increases in as soon as a week or two.
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May 29, 2008 | Jewish Exponent
These days, many Jewish congregations find themselves hosting more and more intermarried families, with many coming not just from Christian backgrounds. A recent panel on this topic included Andre Key, an adjunct professor who helped develop the nation's first undergraduate course on the history of Africana Jews and Judaism at Temple University. The panel was moderated by Temple University associate professor Rabbi Rebecca T. Alpert.
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May 29, 2008 | Physorg.com
Two giants in the online world, Microsoft and Google, have released web-based applications to manage health records. And while these programs could make managing your health records easier, experts wonder about the effect on a patient’s privacy and safety. Laurinda Harman, Ph.D., professor and chair of health information management at Temple University’s College of Health Professions, says medical identity theft continues to be a growing problem for patients.
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May 29, 2008 | Philadelphia Inquirer
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Arthur K. Leberknight Sr., 99, of Harleysville, who instructed dental students at Temple University for more than 40 years, died May 21 at Grand View Hospital in Sellersville. A native of Orrstown, Pa., Mr. Leberknight earned a bachelor's degree from Temple's School of Pharmacy. He was a founding member of the Temple chapter of Kappa Psi, a pharmaceutical fraternity. After graduating, he became an instructor in Temple's School of Dentistry. He retired in 1976 as a professor of microbiology.
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May 29, 2008 | Mother Jones
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Owning a home is the American dream, but in the wake of the mortgage crisis, more experts are asking if home ownership is right for everyone at all times in their lives. “Until the late 1990s ‘there simply wasn't very much research on the actual benefits of homeownership,’ says Anne Shlay, director of the Center for Public Policy at Temple University. ‘You had these unquestioned assumptions that homeownership was a perfect way to create wealth for low-income families, that it would create stable families, better students. But it was essentially ideology driving policy.’
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May 29, 2008 | WHYY
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Why are rates of HIV increasing among African American women in Philadelphia? This and other racial and gender disparities are explored in a study recently published by Ellen Tedaldi, MD, professor of medicine and director of the Comprehensive HIV Program. "The population impacted most by HIV in the U.S. is African American and Latino, a group known to have healthcare disparities overall; for example, higher rates of hypertension, cardiovascular and kidney disease," said Tedaldi.
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May 29, 2008 | Daily News
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Philadelphia police created a fake statement to get a witness in a homicide case to talk. The tactic is unusual, but not illegal. “JoAnne A. Epps, associate dean at Temple University's Beasley School of Law, who will become dean in July, said yesterday that ‘it's definitely legal’ for police to use ruse or trickery when interviewing a suspect or a witness. A leading scholar in trial advocacy and criminal procedure, Epps said this was the first time she has heard of a case in which a false statement was created by police and in which police used a ruse to interrogate a witness.”
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May 28, 2008 | ABC19 (Peoria, IL)
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There are several different treatment options for plantar warts, but Tracey Vlahovic, D.P.M., a podiatrist with Temple University School of Podiatric Medicine, is using a novel treatment called “Marigold Therapy.” The product is derived from the petals, stems and leaves of marigolds from the species Tagetes. She says it’s ideal for patients who don’t get relief from traditional therapies or are unable or unwilling to undergo standard treatment.
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May 28, 2008 | USA Today.com
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Former manufacturing towns like Erie, Pa., are hoping to buttress their economies with tourism. “But William Stull, a professor of economics at Temple University, warned that low-paying tourism jobs could not revive Rust Belt communities. To prop up shrinking tax bases, such towns must attract companies that hire educated workers, he said. Tourism could, however, force them to clean up and attract higher-end companies, Stull said. ‘There's no way that this [tourism] could possibly replace the jobs and the economic base in these areas,’ he said. ‘It's impossible.’”
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May 28, 2008 | Forbes
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“Even if you're a devout gym-goer, it can be hard to resist the lure of a fresh-air jog or bike ride once summer arrives,” writes Allison Van Dusen for Forbes. “But forging ahead with an outdoor workout routine without giving much thought to the details can have health consequences ranging from an annoying allergy attack to a serious incidence of heat exhaustion. And that's not to mention how much simply moving from the treadmill to a trail without the proper preparation can affect your performance. ‘To me, it's like starting over,’ says Dr. Howard Palamarchuk, a Temple University podiatrist who frequently cares for runners' feet. ‘You may have been maintaining an aerobic base during the winter, but when you go outdoors you should consider it starting new training.’ ”
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May 28, 2008 | CBS3
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After 25 years of steadily packing on the pounds, American youngsters appear to have hit a plateau, according to new research from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Obesity rates dropped 50 percent with school snacks that were healthier. Parents were included and kids taught to make healthier food choices. "I think it gives us a signal that school interventions can be effective," said Dr. Gary Foster, with Temple University.
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May 27, 2008 | Philadelphia Weekly
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Can Gov. Ed Rendell convincingly switch his loyalties to Sen. Barack Obama after playing head cheerleader for Sen. Hillary Clinton during Pennsylvania’s primary? “Because of his support of Sen. Clinton, he’s even more important than he would be if he were an Obama supporter,” says Michael Hagen, director of Temple University’s Institute for Public Affairs. “It’s absolutely critical for the Obama campaign to convert some of those Clinton supporters into Obama supporters.”
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May 27, 2008 | Los Angeles Times, Denver Post, others
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The stunning three-decade rise in childhood obesity that prompted the government to declare an "epidemic" of fat appears to have leveled off, although the rate is still more than three times higher than in the 1970s, researchers reported Tuesday. "If it's a true stop in the epidemic, then at the household level behaviors are changing," said Dr. Robert Whitaker, a professor of public health and pediatrics at Temple University in Philadelphia.
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May 27, 2008 | Fox29
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| Getting vaccines as a child may be something many of us like to forget, but some experts say that adults are in need of vaccines as well. The effectiveness of some can wear off over time, while others were simply not around years ago. Thomas Fekete, chief of infectious diseases at Temple University, says if you’re over 18, there are several vaccines that you should update: “Every adult, every 10 years, needs a tetanus, diphtheria and whooping cough vaccine.” |
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May 27, 2008 | Metro
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| Will the falling dollar hurt students who want to study abroad next fall? “For some students the cost of living is a factor," said Denise Connerty, director of International Programs at Temple University. "But the real concerns when figuring out where to study abroad are geographic, not financial.” |
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May 25, 2008 | KYW radio
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As more health care records are kept on the computer, patients must do their part in keeping that information protected. Medical identity theft is a growing problem as more records are kept online. Dr. Laurinda Harman, chair of health information management at Temple University, says you can keep an eye on your information by requesting copies of your medical records and carefully reading all bills.
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May 25, 2008 | Philadelphia Inquirer
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| Former manufacturing towns like Erie, Pa., are hoping to buttress their economies with tourism. “But William Stull, a professor of economics at Temple University, warned that low-paying tourism jobs could not revive Rust Belt communities. To prop up shrinking tax bases, such towns must attract companies that hire educated workers, he said. Tourism could, however, force them to clean up and attract higher-end companies, Stull said. ‘There's no way that this [tourism] could possibly replace the jobs and the economic base in these areas,’ he said. ‘It's impossible.’” |
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| May 25, 2008 | Sacramento Bee |
Middle-aged and older Americans are more likely to have a faith affiliation and use this to guide them as they approach death. “One of the biggest findings in the past 15 years is the significant drop in the number of young people who do not have that comfortable lifelong affiliation,” says Lucy Bregman, religion professor at Temple University in Philadelphia who has written about death and spirituality. “Nobody knows what's going to happen when these people get older and are more likely to need or want this kind of care. What are they going to do? Who are they going to call?”
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May 25, 2008 | Courier Post
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| American’s don’t have to support the Iraq war to want to honor those who gave their lives fighting there. “Opinion on foreign policy may be split, but a sense of national unity and shared purpose lingers since the 2001 terrorist attacks, said Frank Farley, a former American Psychological Association president in Philadelphia. He said that could be another factor driving the patriotic resurgence. ‘9/11 changed us in pretty profound ways as a nation,’ said Farley, a psychology professor at Temple University. ‘It wasn't just individuals who were attacked here; it was the very glue that holds us together.’ ” |
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May 25, 2008 | Philadelphia Inquirer
Mountain climber Jesse Chew, 23, is undergoing treatment for a highly aggressive form of brain cancer. Christopher Loftus, chair of neurosurgery at Temple University School of Medicine, said that Chew's tumor is probably very similar to what Sen. Edward M. Kennedy has been diagnosed with. Chew was recently operated on for the cancer at Temple University Hospital. His family and friends are raising money to pay his bills.
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May 23, 2008 | ABC6, CN8
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Students from Temple’s graduating Class of 2008 are excited about the future, but concerned about the weak job market. Nevertheless, their hard work, along with some advice from Temple alumnus Bill Cosby, will start them on their lives.
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Temple alumnus Ray Didinger addressed the graduating class of the School of Communications and Theater. Didinger’s appearance was covered by CN8, where he appears following Eagles football games. Didinger co-authored The Eagles Encyclopedia, published in 2005 by Temple University Press. |
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May 22, 2008 | Chronicle of Higher Education
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| “Partly because he was fed up with childish comments on Web sites where students rate their professors, a business-school professor at Temple University has created an online forum for students who want to sound off. So as not to mislead students, the site’s title suggests its intent: Thank You Professor. ‘There are so many vehicles for students to express their opinion,’ says the site’s creator, Samuel D. Hodge Jr., chairman of the business school’s legal-studies department. ‘But there’s nothing really at the school where the professor can get a letter directly from the student.’ ” |
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May 22, 2008 | ABA Journal
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| Martha Neil has summarized the Philadelphia Inquirer feature story profiling Rasheedah Phillips, the woman who was a single mom at 14, and yesterday graduated from the Beasley School of Law. |
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May 22, 2008 | CBS3, ABC6, NBC10, Fox29
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| Temple’s Commencement featured the pomp and ceremony you would expect, along with a honorary degree for local businessman Floyd Alston and some amusing advice from Trustee Bill Cosby. |
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May 22, 2008 | Jewish Exponent
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| Fox School of Business Dean Moshe Porat presented Warren V. “Pete” Musser the Yitzhak Rabin Public Service Award on behalf of the America-Israel Chamber of Commerce. |
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| May 22, 2008 | Philadelphia Inquirer |
| One of the thousands of Temple graduates celebrating today in the Liacouras Center will be Rasheedah Phillips, a Philadelphia single mother whose beat the odds and earned a law degree. Phillips, a single mom at 14, also has her undergraduate degree from Temple. "I've learned how strong I am. I've learned the value of sticking to something, regardless of how challenging and miserable. I've learned the value of seeing something through," she said recently. |
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| May 22, 2008 | WHYY radio |
| While Temple students are celebrating their success today during Commencement, there is a hint of sadness at the university’s Tyler School of Art. This is the last class to graduate from the Elkins Park facility. When the Tyler Class of 2009 graduates, they will be housed in the school’s new state-of-the-art facility on Temple’s main campus in North Philadelphia. |
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| May 22, 2008 | Daily News |
| Ray Didinger, senior producer with NFL Films and a former Daily News sports columnist, will be the graduation speaker today at Temple's School of Communications and Theater. He will address the 997 members of the Class of 2008 in the Student Pavilion. |
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| May 22, 2008 | Philadelphia Inquirer |
| A local gun dealer who openly derides Mayor Michael Nutter’s attempt to clamp down on the proliferation of weapons being used in violent crimes isn’t shy about his opinions. But is his criticism of the mayor’s efforts good business? “Gregg Feistman, who teaches public relations at Temple University, said that the risk in saying or doing nothing is that ‘you leave a vacuum of information out there, then you have other parties controlling the message instead of you controlling the message.’ ” |
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| May 21, 2008 | Philadelphia Inquirer |
| The swift decision by Police Commissioner Charles Ramsey to fire four officers for their part in a tape recorded beating of a suspect breaks Philadelphia tradition and sends a clear message. “David Kairys, a Temple University law professor and veteran civil-rights lawyer, said the message to the rank and file was blunt: ‘If you use excessive force where it's not justified, you're going to be disciplined, and if it's bad enough, you're going to be fired.’ ” |
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| May 21, 2008 | The Washington Post |
| The debate goes on over how to combat childhood obesity in the nation’s public schools. On one point there is agreement: research shows schools can make a difference. “In Philadelphia, a two-year experiment by researchers at Temple University to examine whether nutrition education combined with a change in the types of food sold at five elementary schools lowered childhood obesity rates showed extremely promising results. At the schools that banned soft drinks and candy and rewarded healthy eating with raffle tickets, children were less likely to gain weight than counterparts at other schools. Over the two years, fewer children were becoming overweight, and the number who had been overweight dropped.” |
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| May 20, 2008 | Associated Press, International Herald Tribune, others |
| Japan should boost defense spending, the U.S. Ambassador to Japan said Tuesday. But “Roger Buckley, a professor of international studies at Temple University Japan, doubts the U.S. can convince Japan to pay significantly more for defense given the current political climate. Economic realities aside, a recent spate of crimes involving U.S. servicemen in Japan has heightened public frustration with the American military presence, he said. ‘This is an attempt to change Japanese thinking,’ Buckley said. ‘But the best you can do is try to nudge Japan.’ ” |
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| May 19, 2008 | USA Today |
| Why are you eating that cookie? Are you hungry, or has eating become a way of dealing with boredom or anxiety? “Emotional eating is often a pattern that can be broken, just like other unhealthful habits, says Gary Foster, director of the Center for Obesity Research and Education at Temple University in Philadelphia. The emotional eating itself can be a source of stress, so breaking the pattern creates a win-win situation, he says” |
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| May 19, 2008 | Pocono Record |
| Temple student Denis Dumas took a semester off and left his Pennsylvania family behind to study abroad the hard way – with little money and only his uncle’s diary of a similar trip as his guide. He learned a lot. |
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| May 19, 2008 | Governing.com |
| In many big cities, writes Rob Gurwitt, a big university is becoming the economic engine that a big university used to be. That relationship still feels new. “Many local and state government leaders, notes Temple University political scientist Carolyn Adams, ‘don't see these institutions as having an economic development function much beyond employment and land development.’ For their part, hospitals and academic institutions aren't accustomed to thinking of themselves as de facto economic bigwigs or pondering the responsibilities that go along with that status; for many, the prevailing attitude toward the communities that host them has essentially been, ‘You should just thank your lucky stars we're here.’ ” |
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| May 18, 2008 | Philadelphia Inquirer |
| Philadelphia’s prisons are already crowded and a promised crackdown on violent crime could make matters worse “The factor driving the overcrowding: Inmates are spending more time in prison, according to a 2006 study of the city's jail overcrowding by Temple University researcher John S. Goldkamp. His detailed look at the prison population between 1996 and 2006 found the average stay for inmates in 2006 was about 90 days – up from 74 days in 2000. The reason is a growing Municipal Court backlog, largely a result of increased drug arrests. In 1995, there were 7,500 outstanding cases. In 2005, there were 26,944.” |
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| May 18, 2008 | York Daily Record |
| When teens post racy photos to their Facebook accounts, they think only their “friends” will see them. Think again. “Experts say many teens don't realize why or how posting these images online can hurt them. ‘I think there is a trend in our culture that people are more willing to lay out their private life for all the world to see,’ said Frank Farley, a psychologist at Temple University and a past president of the American Psychological Association. |
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| May 17, 2008 | Wall Street Journal |
| Alexandra Alter profiles several college students who are hoping to make careers for themselves in second life, the web-based world. Graduating Temple student Ariella Furman “is a master at machinima, an emerging genre of virtual movie-making.” She began he work last spring in a documentary filmmaking class. She now makes second life videos for clients like IBM and the World Bank. (Use the link above and click on “Here are seven young and successful virtual-world entrepreneurs” to read Ariella’s profile.) |
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| May 16, 2008 | Medstar |
| Dr. Tracey Vlahovic is sowing the seeds of change as she brings marigold therapy to the U.S. from England. "There's different species that are anti-viral, which we used for the warts or verruca, as they call it in the United Kingdom," she says. Treatment is straight forward – apply a pad to the affected area, and spray with marigold extract. (Medstar is a national health news provider) |
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| May 16, 2008 | Daily News |
| Temple's College of Education has established the Bernard C. Watson Endowed Chair in Urban Education - the first named after an African-American in the university's history. Last night, nearly 100 people gathered in Mitten Hall on the North Philadelphia campus to pay tribute to Watson. "He'd always stood for excellence and provided people the opportunity to succeed," said C. Kent McGuire, dean of the College of Education. |
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May 15, 2008 | Diverse Issues in Higher Education
When word started to spread across Temple University’s campus that (former Philadelphia Mayor John) Street had been hired to teach an urban politics and policy class this spring semester, hundreds of students tried, unsuccessfully, to enroll in his course. “It’s gone a lot better than I thought it would,” says Street, who at 64, admits that he was unsure how his 19- and 20-year-old students would respond to him in the classroom. “My students are very attentive, and they have a real appreciation for the political process.” |
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May 15, 2008 | Daily News
The Institute on Disabilities' Academy for Adult Learning at Temple University held its first graduation yesterday. But if the modest ceremony lacked glitz, Michael McLendon and his five classmates made up for it with emotion. "I'm confident now," said McLendon, 22, holding his diploma. "When I first got here I was nervous, but I got through it step by step." Each student is paired with a non-disabled Temple student and participates in organizations and extracurricular activities, in addition to attending select classes. |
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| May 15, 2008 | MSNBC.com, Today.com |
| Recent news stories about children whose sole social networks are online have raised concerns, and rightly so, says Lawrence Steinberg, a Temple psychology professor: “It’s not as healthy for your social network to be an electronic one than a real one. But for a kid who doesn’t have any friends at all, YouTube offers some social contact rather than none. If your child doesn’t have any friends in the world other than those he met on the Internet, I would try to figure out why that is.” |
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May 15, 2008 |Globe and Mail (Toronto)
There are conflicting studies on whether the children of divorced adults will care for their aging parents. A British study says yes they will, but developmental psychologist Adam Davey of Temple University found that American children who experience a parent's divorce are half as likely to provide assistance to their fathers later in life. “Marital transitions” – the preferred research euphemism for divorce – “affect families in a number of ways,” Dr. Davey said. “They can interrupt the relationship of support between a parent and child, and the evidence suggests that the continuity of support by parents and to parents matters.” |
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| May 14, 2008 | Daily News |
| You might think that Temple football coach Al Golden is ready to relax, now that spring is here and football season is still three months away. Think again. Golden’s prepping for his third year, and says the excitement he feels about Temple is being reflected all around. "I'll [hear] from people who say, 'I can't believe how many kids are wearing Temple stuff now.' It's name recognition, a brand. It's a guidance counselor in Bucks County telling us they've already done 15 applications for Temple and it's only October. And that it's unheard of. A lot of it has to do with our presence." |
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May 14, 2008 | Philadelphia City Paper
Acme grocery chain is offering incentives if you spend your federal economic stimulus check with them. Does it make sense to use the check on groceries? “William Stull, a professor of economics at Temple University, thinks so. He believes the tax rebates will stimulate spending, and sees the logic of programs like Acme's. ‘Look, food is pretty important,’ he says. ‘Prices for food are going up. It might be an advertising gimmick. But the rebate is supposed to be targeted toward spending, so there you go.’” |
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May 13, 2008 | ABC6
Medicinal uses for honey go back five thousand years, to the Egyptians and the Greeks. But honey is generating new "buzz" these days, as the science on its healing powers catches up to its folk legend. Dr. James McGuire, of Temple University School of Podiatric Medicine, says of new, honey-based dressings: "It just sucks the moisture out of bacteria, and they can't function." |
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May 13, 2008 | Philadelphia Inquirer
With the Dawn Staley era over, Temple is about to begin a new one as it searches for her replacement as women's basketball coach. Staley resigned last week to become the coach at South Carolina. |
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May 12, 2008 | Investors Business Daily
Henry Leland was behind two of the biggest American car brands around — Cadillac and Lincoln. "Cars were generally dangerous and poorly made," said David Farber, a history professor at Temple University. "Leland was a great engineer, and Cadillac was probably the best-engineered car of his time that was mass-produced.” |
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May 12, 2008 | Philadelphia Inquirer
Residents in the luxurious upper floor of the Two Liberty Place are treated like hotel guests. "We like to say our owners are hotel guests, but they never have to leave," says Jamie Cooperstein, the bright, lithe, hyper-organized young woman who at only 26 serves as senior concierge. "And who wouldn't want to live at a luxury hotel?" Cooperstein is a graduate student in the School of Tourism and Hospitality Management at the Fox School of Business. |
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May 10-11, 2008 | The Wall Street Journal
President Ann Weaver Hart is one of several city leaders who frequent Lacroix, a “power table” in the city of Philadelphia. The restaurant “attracts plenty of early-bird A-listers from both the corporate and academic worlds,” according to the Journal.
(Check out table 1 on the interactive seating chart at the link above.) |
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May 11, 2008 | Columbus Dispatch
Ohio Attorney General Marc Dann won’t resign, despite admitting to a sexual affair with a staff member. The scandal is the latest involving politicians and raises the question: Why do they do it? “Frank Farley, a professor at Temple University in Philadelphia who has studied risk-taking and politics, coined a much quoted personality trait he said is common for many politicians — ‘the Type-T personality.’ The ‘T’ stands for ‘thrill value.’ Politicians, Farley said, ‘want an exciting life. They came into politics because it's exciting.’ ” |
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May 10, 2008 | WRTI “University Forum”
Host Jean Moore interviewed Dr. Lisa Poole Deem, associate dean for admissions and student affairs at the Kornberg School of Dentistry, about her new appointment to the Pennsylvania State Board of Dentistry, her work at Kornberg, and what the future of the dental profession looks like. Deem noted that preventive care has come to the forefront of the public’s mind, which has improved the overall oral health of the country, but added that a large disparity still exists. “I think the next step will be addressing the oral health disparity, not just in urban areas, but rural areas as well, where people have a very difficult time getting care,” she said. |
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May 9, 2008 | Med Page Today
David Baron, chief of psychiatry and behavioral science, was named the chair of psychiatric programming at the American Psychiatric Association’s annual meeting this year. In this role, he has commented on several studies presented by researchers from across the country:
On findings that the risk of drug interactions are common in schizophrenic patients: “More should be done to prevent drug interactions,” said Baron. "It's not well taught in medical schools and is so important.”
On a newly approved adult ADHD drug that shows a decline in symptoms: "The proof of the pudding will be when it's out in the real world on college campuses," said Baron. |
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May 9, 2008 | Fox7 (Miami)
Obesity ranks second among preventable causes of death. More than nine million Americans are morbidly obese, but scientists are trying to find a way to kill the craving. Researchers at Temple University are looking at drugs to help fight fat. They are using a drug therapy that treats obesity as an addiction. |
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May 9, 2008 | Metro
Why did a woman help her fugitive boyfriend wanted in the killing of a Philadelphia policeman? Why not turn him in for the reward money? “At its core, according to a Temple University psychology expert, the root of the attraction may have been the age-old ‘bad boy’ appeal. ‘It’s attractive to some people — the dark side,’ Professor Frank Farley said. ‘It’s nothing new.’ ” |
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May 9, 2008 | Newhouse News Service
What drives a man like U.S. Rep. Vito Fossella to live a double life — a wife and three kids on Staten Island, another woman and child in the Washington suburbs? "It's got to be pretty thrilling to have a woman who loves you enough — a second wife in a sense — to have a baby with you in secret,'' said Frank Farley, a psychology professor at Temple University in Philadelphia who studies risk-takers and politics. "It's kind of exciting to think you are capable of doing this, and it's so different than the norm in America, plus the sex, the fun, the joy.'' |
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May 9, 2008 | Daily News
Former Philadelphia Mayor John Street discussed his first semester as a Temple professor, teaching politics to two classes this spring. During the Q&A interview, Street said he’s had several special guest speakers, including Gov. Ed Rendell, and former Mayor Wilson Goode. |
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May 9, 2008 | Phillyburbs.com
“When Danielle Britton arrived at Temple University in the fall of 2004, she had no intention of pursuing any kind of athletic pastime. She had devoted herself completely to music at Council Rock-South High School, playing in the orchestra and serving as drum major for the marching band. Well, look at her now: a varsity rower on a partial athletic scholarship, about to compete in the 70th annual Dad Vail Regatta this weekend along Boathouse Row in Philadelphia. A record 3,300 athletes from 127 schools are expected to compete in the event, the largest collegiate regatta in the country.” |
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May 8, 2008 | Jewish Exponent
With Sunday such a special day for moms everywhere, stereotypes of the typical Jewish mother, especially in terms of how they parent, may still be around. But interviews with doctors and therapists revealed that the stereotypical traits of "overbearing" were "not exclusive" to Jewish people. Moreover, moms have other things on their minds these days. According to Dr. Paul Fink, a professor of psychiatry at Temple University's School of Medicine and past president of the American Psychiatric Association, only 2 percent of women back in 1938 were in the workplace, whereas now, 70 percent to 80 percent are working. |
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May 8, 2008 | International Press Service (IPS)
Japanese protesters waving signs that demand “Free Tibet” are marring Chinese President Hu Jintao’s visit to Japan. "This has to be a nightmare for the Japanese government," said Jeffrey Kingston, director of Asian Studies at Temple University in Tokyo. "They don’t want anything regarding Tibet to tarnish this visit because Hu and Fukuda need it to be a success." Hu wants the world to recognise that China is much more than the images from Tibet and that he is someone you can deal with, noted Kingston. ‘’It’s important for him to put on a good show.’’ "China hoped that the Olympic festival would be a happy event showing China at its best, but the Western media has not stuck to this script and the negative coverage over Tibet has cast a cloud over China’s celebrations,’’ said Kingston. |
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May 8, 2008 | Philadelphia Inquirer
The city’s chief education officer Lori Shorr is planning to unveil a series of initiatives to help increase the number of city students graduating from college. “Philadelphia will also ask colleges to offer scholarships to city students, Shorr said. Nutter was prompted to make the request after Temple announced in March four full scholarships for city district students. The University of Pennsylvania has offered scholarships to district students for years,” writes Sue Snyder. |
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May 8, 2008 | The (Columbia, SC) State, Philadelphia Inquirer, Daily News, others
“South Carolina is shelling out big money to land one of the biggest names in women’s basketball. USC has reached a deal with Temple University’s Dawn Staley to become the Gamecocks’ new coach, the university announced Wednesday,” writes Joseph Person. |
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May 7, 2008 | CN8 “Money Matters”
Fox School of Business professor William Dunkelberg discussed the growing use of credit cards in a slowing economy. |
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May 7, 2008 | Med Page Today, WebMD, Medicinenet, PRNewswire, CBS News
David Baron, chief of psychiatry and behavioral science, was named the chair of psychiatric programming at the American Psychiatric Association’s annual meeting this year. In this role, he has commented on several studies presented by researchers from across the country.
On findings that a once abandoned antipsychotic drug is equivalent in efficacy to some current medications: “The drug is not "groundbreaking," said Baron, "but it is nice to have options."
On an injectable form of the atypical antipsychotic drug paliperidone shown to slow schizophrenia recurrence: “The long-acting nature of the drug may make it less attractive to psychiatrists,” said Baron.
On reports of adult ADHD being under-diagnosed: “Many other psychiatric disorders such as anxiety and depression come and go, but ADHD is more of a constant," said Baron.
On findings that excessive time spent on the computer may have contributed to the Columbine school shootings: “Every kid who can't tear himself away from the latest video game is not about to commit a heinous act,” said Baron, “but if they start signs of withdrawing from family, friends, and school, it could be a sign that something is wrong.” |
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May 7, 2008 | Reuters, Yahoo News, Washington Post, others
The leaders of China and Japan are cautiously building a personal relationship as Japanese Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda and Chinese President Hu Jintao meet this week. "Everything logical in the relationship tells you that they should improve it," said Phil Deans, a professor of international affairs at Temple University in Tokyo. "But they are dealing with significant nationalist sentiment at home and that is something that is not rational." |
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May 7, 2008 | Christian Science Monitor
Chinese President Hu Jintao’s visit to Japan this week will pave the way for economic agreements between the two nations. Jeff Kingston, director of Asian Studies at Temple University's Tokyo campus, says accords on environmental issues are likely because Japanese firms want to sell green technology, while China has become the largest market for nuclear power products of firms such as Hitachi and Toshiba. China replaced the United States as Japan's top trading partner last year, with two-way trade of $236 billion. |
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May 6, 2008 | FOXnews
Temple professor Marc Lamont Hill says that Sen. Hillary Clinton’s push for the White House is increasingly desperate. “It’s like a 100-yard touchdown pass. It really is,” Hill said of Clinton’s chances. |
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May 6, 2008 | Dallas Morning News
Women 65 and older can improve their fitness through yoga classes, according to a small, preliminary study. Researchers from Temple University in Philadelphia studied 24 women to see whether a nine-week modified Iyengar yoga program would produce benefits. |
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May 6, 2008 | Washington Post
Should young people who are accused of a crime receive the full force of laws intended for adults, given accumulating evidence that their brains are not fully matured? Pitting attorney against attorney, scientist against scientist, even attorneys against scientists, that question has the potential to redraw courtroom battle lines nationwide. Laurence Steinberg, a psychology professor at Temple University and an expert in adolescent development, says he frequently receives phone calls from lawyers wanting to hire him as a consultant to help them make their cases. He says, half-jokingly, that he could quit his university job, go into consulting and make as much as or more than he's making now. He hasn't considered doing so. As he says in an article published this year in Developmental Review, "Much of what is written about the neural underpinnings of adolescent behavior . . . is what we might characterize as 'reasonable speculation.' " |
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May 6, 2008 | Daily News
Both Temple and Penn’s women’s lacrosse teams are headed for the NCAA Tournament this week after winning their respective conference championships. "I came to Temple to provide some stability in the program," Temple’s coach Bonnie Rosen said. "I came in really trying to teach the fundamentals, and the amazing thing about this team is that my seniors have really taken that approach and have come in with a mission to win. They wanted to be winners and they have led this group. |
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May 6, 2008 | WebMD
The criteria used to diagnose adult ADHD are outdated, and as a result, many cases could be missed or misdiagnosed, researchers say. Also, many symptoms used to diagnose the disease don't apply to adults. One hallmark symptom is "running and climbing incessantly. For adults, better criteria might be frequently driving too fast or having trouble making appointments. Temple University's David Baron, DO, chairman of the American Psychiatric Association committee that chose this and other studies to highlight at the annual meeting, says many adults -- and their doctors -- don't realize they have ADHD. |
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May 5, 2008 | Metro
Frederic Murphy, professor at the Fox School of Business, was one of three people discussing what should be done with programs like Safe and Sound. Murphy said City Council should pass legislation requiring thorough audits of all contracts with, the auditors reporting to council. |
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May 5, 2008 | Philadelphia Inquirer
Crime has gone down by 13 percent in the areas where the city's first 18 crime cameras were installed beginning in 2006, a Temple University professor has found in a study. With the city in the process of installing 250 cameras following the pilot project, Jerry Ratcliffe, an associate professor of criminal justice at Temple, found the decrease mostly among "disorder offenses" as opposed to violent crime. Ratcliffe is a former policeman and author of the new book, Intelligence-led Policing. |
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May 5, 2008 | Agence France Press
Under fire in the West over Tibet, Chinese President Hu Jintao heads Tuesday to Japan, where experts say he can count on a friendly welcome. Robert Dujarric, director of the Institute of Contemporary Japanese Studies at Temple's Japan campus said that unlike in many Western nations, Japan did not have pressure groups that could put human rights issues on the political radar screen. "The reason that European leaders had to do something is because public opinion was around," said Dujarric. |
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May 4, 2008 | KYW News Radio
Events at Philadelphia's National Museum of Jewish History will be honoring National Jewish American Heritage Month. Temple's Rebecca Alpert, an associate professor of religion and women's studies, will lead a panel discussion at the museum on the diversity of Jews in America on May 22. |
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May 4, 2008 | Ventura County Star (California)
Research on the brain maturation of teenagers will be on trial in the case of a 14-year-old Californian accused of murdering a classmate. Some scientists believe the teenage brain produces more dopamine, the neurotransmitter that creates the feeling of gratification. Laurence Steinberg, a psychologist at Temple, said increased dopamine means teens are more likely to take risks. "People are more likely to do things that they expect to be rewarded for and not pay attention to the down side," he said. |
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May 3, 2008 | Reuters
Ten years after a disastrous visit to Japan by China's top leader dominated by their bitter wartime past, Beijing and Tokyo hope to avoid a rerun that would risk damage to the deep economic ties between the Asian rivals. "China is very keen to keep Tibet off the agenda and Japan is under pressure (to bring it up)," said Phil Deans, a professor of international affairs at Temple's Japan campus. "It's a question of how anodyne they can make their statements." |
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May 2, 2008 | Philadelphia Inquirer
“(Sen. Barack) Obama's tax-return proposal reflects a creative new vision. He is thinking outside the traditional box of tax policy in a way that will make an immediate difference in millions of lives. He also is defying the tax-preparation industry lobbyists who nearly defeated the California initiative. The proposal deserves serious attention, and its proponent deserves credit for the creativity and independence he has demonstrated in making it,” writes Alice G. Abreu, James E. Beasley Professor of Law at the Temple University School of Law, in an op-ed. |
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May 2, 2008 | MSN.com
Weight-loss drugs don't work by themselves; losing weight takes real commitment. "People cannot expect a medication to do it for them," says Gary Foster, director of Temple's Center for Obesity Research and Education. "It's a 50/50 partnership with the pill being half the equation. Exercise, what we eat and our lifestyle habits are critical to long-term success." |
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May 2, 2008 | Women's Health
Many women seem to be treating antidepressants like Advil: They go on them when they feel bad and stop when they feel better. One of the urban myths that persist among patients is that it's fine to take a little drug holiday, especially if the medication is affecting the libido. "The libido is very complicated," says David Baron, chair of psychiatry at Temple's School of Medicine. He doubts it's capable of bouncing back after a short drug boycott. What may bounce back, however, is depression. |
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May 2, 2008 | Financial Times
A decision by Yasuo Fukuda, the Japanese prime minister, to reinstate an unpopular tax on petrol has pushed his popularity to a new low of about 20 per cent, according to three polls published on Friday. “Fukuda is like a boxer up against the ropes,” said Jeff Kingston, professor of Asian studies at Temple's Japan campus. “His political fortunes have really sunk.” |
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May 2, 2008 | KPIX5 TV (San Francisco), KIRO7 TV (Seattle)
In Japan, a person's blood type can help determine their dating or job prospects. Many Japanese, says Temple sociologist Kyle Cleveland, believe that blood type is linked to personality. Dating agencies and employers sometimes go so far as to screen individuals' blood types. Cleveland calls it "voodoo science." |
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May 2, 2008 | KYW radio
Philadelphia area students like the city’s livability and Temple University students exemplify the trend. More than 10,000 students now live on or near campus, and it’s not uncommon for them to want to stay in Philadelphia after graduation, reports Michelle Durham. |
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May 2, 2008 | Philadelphia Inquirer
With the economy slowing and the price of everything from gasoline to food on the rise, one sector is doing great: pawnshops. "Upper-income people are in pawnshops nowadays, needing money right away to meet payments," said Bill Stull, chairman of the department of economics at Temple University's Fox School of Business and Management. "We are in an economy in which many people are living right at the margins, even middle- and upper-income people. They have little savings, they've borrowed so much, their credit-card bills are high, and their house values are going down." |
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May 2, 2008 | TIME
Japanese Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda will be hosting China President Hu Jintao, and a good visit could revive Fukuda’s fading image. Says Phil Deans, an international-affairs expert and assistant dean at Temple University in Tokyo: "The more ordinary, normal and boring the Sino-Japanese relationship is, the better it is for everybody." |
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May 1, 2008 | Reuters
Therapy for HIV patients can have side effects, but there have been few studies of how those side effects vary depending on gender or race. Ellen M. Tedaldi from Temple's School of Medicine and her colleagues compared the frequency and types of these side effects by sex and race in 1,301 patients, including 701 blacks, 225 Latinos and 273 women. |
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May 1, 2008 | WHYY radio
Fox School of Business professor Bruce Rader discussed the federal rebate checks and what impact, if any, they will have on the Philadelphia economy. |
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May issue | Monitor on Psychology
Monitor on Psychology, a publication of the American Psychological Association, looks at how the media use psychologists to describe a wide variety of political behavior. For example, when former New York Gov. Eliot Sptizer resigned after allegedly hiring prostitutes, the obvious question was why such a straight-laced, law-and-order politician would take such as risk. Enter Temple University’s Frank Farley. "I must've done 10 or 12 interviews in one day," says Farley, a past APA president. He ticked off the New York Times, USA Today, Bloomberg News, the Chicago Tribune "and a couple of radio shows—I don't even remember them all." |
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April/May 2008 | American Journalism Review
The Washington Post Co. has started a new online news and commentary magazine called The Root (theroot.com) targeted toward the African-American community. Politics are a mainstay on the site, and Temple faculty member Marc Lamont Hill's take on the national political scene is prominently featured at The Root's political blog, "Down from the Tower." |
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May 2008 | Philadelphia magazine
The Foot and Ankle Institute at the School of Podiatric Medicine, and the Lung Center, Bariatric Surgery Center and Digestive Diseases Center at Temple University Hospital are among the 12 Temple Centers of Excellence named by Philadelphia magazine. Additionally, William Reinus, diagnostic radiology; Satoshi Furukawa, CT surgery; Ellen Tedaldi, internal medicine; Christopher Loftus, neurosurgery; Michael Madaio, nephrology; Joel Richter, GI; Ellie Kelepouris, nephrology; and Gary Cohen, vascular and interventional radiology, are named “Top Doctors.” |
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