June 30, 2008 | News Journal (Wilmington, Del.)
After being deported four times, a Dominican man was back in court in Delaware after having been arrested for shoplifting. Professor Jan Ting of Temple's Beasley School of Law said the case is "all too common" and "shows how much still needs to be done to secure our borders against illegal and unauthorized entrants."

June 29, 2008 | Philadelphia Inquirer
The Cheltenham Center for the Arts has mounted an exhibit bidding farewell to Temple's Tyler School of Art, which will move to Temple's Main Campus in 2009. "Tyler School of Art, 1988-2008: Twenty Years Fast Forward" celebrates Tyler's success "in establishing one of the most energetically progressive undergraduate and graduate art programs in the country." More than 31 Tyler artists are featured; three are current students.

June 29, 2008 | USAToday, Washington Post, Los Angeles Times, Miami Herald, Chicago Tribune, International Herald Tribune, Philadelphia Inquirer, Metro, many more

Around the nation, urban universities are growing and becoming more residential, creating thriving communities in the neighborhoods that surround them. "Temple University in North Philadelphia has nearly 10,000 students living on or near campus, more than double what it was in 2002," writes Associated Press reporter Dorie Turner. "The growing campus population [has] spurred renewal…and brought in an $80 million complex with student housing, a movie theater and a shopping center." Nationwide, more students are choosing schools like Temple because of their urban location.

(This AP wire story has run in more than 100 media outlets nationwide.)

June 29, 2008 | NPR's "Weekend Edition"

After the Supreme Court struck down the District of Columbia's gun ban, lawyers in other jurisdictions are swinging into action in other jurisdictions where gun laws have been challenged. Gun-control expert Professor David Kairys of Temple's Beasley School of Law, says the ruling doesn't provide guidelines to help judges or lawmakers figure out what's constitutional. Kairys says if he were "thinking as an NRA lawyer" he would conclude that the ruling "throws into question almost every regulation of guns."

June 29, 2008 | Boston Globe

For New Englanders, Atlantic City offers a great weekend getaway. Temple Professor Bryant Simon, author of Boardwalk of Dreams: Atlantic City and the Fate of Urban America, said the city's unique character is dependent upon the Boardwalk. "I have always thought A.C. is a much more interesting place than Vegas," Simon said. "The Boardwalk, to me, beats the Strip any day. It is a cool space that is not quite a street, but not a park, not quite in nature, but close to it."

June 29, 2008 | Philadelphia Inquirer

There are two types of flag-burning: one is an act of protest, another is a ritual retirement for aging flags. The former was declared illegal by the federal government in 1968, said Professor Muriel Morisey of Temple's Beasley School of Law. But a 1989 ruling by the U.S. Supreme Court restored constitutional protection to flag burning. "This is how the First Amendment is interpreted by the Supreme Court," said Morisey. Flag burning "would be my constitutional right . . . if I chose to."

June 28, 2008 | National Post (Canada)
Michelle Obama, wife of presidential candidate Barack Obama, is the focus of “an effort to portray a warm, humorous, gracious, hard-working professional woman as a racist shrew,” writes Sandy Kobrin. A recent cartoon that showed her being lynched drew strong protests. “The last thing we need is the normalization of images depicting the abuse of black female bodies,” Temple University professor Marc Lamont Hill wrote in The Root, which offers a daily array of online news commentary from a variety of black perspectives.

June 28, 2008 | Wall Street Journal

In a page-one story, the Wall Street Journal profiled the competitive and unforgiving world of international-caliber coxswains, the often diminutive foremen of eight-person rowing crews. Temple alumnus and former Owl coxswain Marcus McElhenny, who was just chosen to cox the U.S. crew at the Beijing Olympic Games, was featured.

June 28, 2008 | Harrisburg Patriot-News

Although more residents of Central Pennsylvania are ditching their cars for scooters, bicycles and mass transit, Temple psychologist Frank Farley isn't sure it will last. " I don't think people will stop or dramatically change the use of their vehicles," said Farley. "Cars are too essential to our way of life. It's like a limb. It's part of us, and our society is designed to need it."

June 27, 2008 | Philadelphia Daily News

In her "Hey Jen" blog, trend reporter Jenice Armstrong writes about the growing prevalence of flip flops. “It’s one thing to see college kids sporting them, but it’s a whole other thing during a business meeting,” she writes. “Besides, they aren't all that practical for city streets anyway. They offer no protection and lack arch support, points out Tracey Vlahovic, an associate professor at [Temple's School of Podiatric Medicine].”

June 27, 2008 | Philadelphia Inquirer, Canwest News Service (Canada)

The U.S. Supreme Court ruled yesterday that individual Americans have a constitutional right to own guns for personal use, invalidating a District of Columbia ban on handgun possession. Second amendment expert David Kairys of Temple's Beasley School of Law joined other scholars in acknowledging that the ruling does not provide comprehensive guidelines. "This is a big, serious change," said Kairys. "But the opinion lacks any principles or rules so that [other] gun control regulations can be assessed to see if they are constitutional, or not."

June 27, 2008 | Daily Yomiuri (Japan)

In Tokyo last weekend, Temple University Japan hosted an international conference on digital communication among young Asians. The timing, writes Roland Kelts, was perfect, with millions of young Chinese starting the swarm the Internet as the Beijing Olympic Games approach.

June 26, 2008 | Science News Daily, Ivanhoe, Medical News Today

In the event of a pandemic, first responders will need to be vaccinated to protect themselves and allow them to care for the public. Researchers from Temple's Center for Preparedness Research and Planning and the Department of Public Health, led by Assistant Professor Sarah Bass, found that by addressing ER workers' fears and concerns, they could craft persuasive messages to convince ER workers to get vaccinated now, even with no threat of a pandemic.

June 26, 2008 | Jewish Exponent

Local doctors are weighing in on the sudden death of Tim Russert. "What happened to Russert, a sudden death within one or two hours of a heart attack, can happen to any of us," said Nelson M. Wolf, professor of medicine and head of the cardiac catheterization lab at the School of Medicine. "Most sudden deaths are coronary related, and it happens in one of two ways usually. The first isn't a new event but is related to a previous heart attack that leaves the heart very weak. The second kind can occur when a plaque ruptures, suddenly expands and closes the vessel."

June 26, 2008 | Philadelphia Inquirer, Daily News
In a special section devoted to the area’s top 100 employers, the Philadelphia newspapers crown universities and their hospitals as the biggest economic drivers in the region. "Great cities needed great universities in the 18th and 19th century. In many ways, in the 21st century, great universities need great cities," explained Temple President Ann Weaver Hart. "We're centers of intellectual growth and questioning and thoughtfulness. We are part of shaping the future. It's a very exciting time to be the president of a larger research university. It places us right in the epicenter of the way we will construct our future."

In another story in the special section, human resource administrators discuss some of the biggest challenges they have attracting and retaining the best employees. “With the competition so intense, pay becomes an issue, and that is what worries Deborah Hartnett, human resources vice president at Temple, which must rely on appropriations from the state and tuition to fund its payroll. ‘There's only so much money, and it can only go around so many ways,’ she said.”

When it comes to keeping the best CEOs, the issue of salary is a significant one. Earlier this year, Rep. Henry Waxman called several corporate CEOs to a House hearing to have them justify their high salaries in light of low corporate performance. Did it have an impact? "The bottom line, they still went home to their mansions," said Steven Balsam, an accounting professor at Temple University and author of Executive Compensation: An Introduction to Practice & Theory.

June 26, 2008 | ABC News.com
Dr. Tracey Vlahovic, associate professor of podiatric medicine and orthopedics at Temple University's School of Podiatric Medicine, attempts to separate myths from facts about your feet with a caveat — always check with your doctor before starting any treatment.

June 26, 2008 | Philadelphia Inquirer, Associated Press, Hartford Courant
Longtime Connecticut assistant Tonya Cardoza is the leading candidate to replace Dawn Staley as women's basketball coach at Temple, according to speculative reports in the press.

June 26, 2008 | CSTV.com
Temple University invites its alumni, staff, students, and friends to its annual Temple Down the Shore events on Friday, July 11 through Sunday, July 13 in various locations around the Jersey shore. "We are very excited for this year's Temple Down the Shore and welcome Temple alumni to come and celebrate with us," said head coach Al Golden. "There are about 140,000 alumni who live in the metropolitan Philadelphia region and roughly 29,000 alumni living in the state of New Jersey. We anticipate many alumni will be in the area and what better opportunity to connect with fellow alumni than enjoying a day at the beach with your family," said Deborah Fowlkes, executive director of the Temple University Alumni Association and assistant vice president of Alumni Relations.

June 25, 2008 | Yahoo News
Summer is here, and many of you will be kicking off your shoes at home, at the beach or in the park. But is that a good thing? To sort the myths from the facts about your feet, Dr. Tracey Vlahovic, associate professor of podiatric medicine and orthopedics at Temple University's School of Podiatric Medicine, offers information about your tootsies with a caveat — always check with your doctor before starting any treatment.

June 25, 2008 | Philadelphia Inquirer
“In every publishing season, books about the Philadelphia area, and writers from it, far outstrip the space available to note them, let alone evaluate them at length,” writes Carlin Romano. Temple University Press has several books on Romano’s list, including Restructuring the Philadelphia Region (with work from Temple Professors Carolyn Adams, David Bartelt and David Elesh); Same Sex, Different Politics by Temple Professor Gary Mucciaroni; The Arts and the Definition of the Human by Temple Professor Joseph Margolis; and Savoring the Salt. Books by Temple professors with other publishers include The Bitter Road to Freedom by William I. Hitchcock, and Whose Torah? by Rebecca T. Alpert.

June 25, 2008 | Montgomery Newspapers
Former NASA astronaut Bernard Harris visited middle school students at the ExxonMobil Bernard Harris Summer Science Camp at Temple University Ambler on June 23 as they participated in a raft rally for science.

June 25, 2008 | Bucks County Courier Times
Republican congressional candidate Tom Manion has posted online the first part of a film about his son’s tour of duty, his letters home, and his death at the hands of the enemy in Iraq. Will the film help his candidacy? “Manion might not find out how effective the film will be until Election Day, but if criticism reaches a fever pitch online, it could hurt the campaign, according to Michael Maynard, chairman of Temple University's advertising department. ‘You're playing with fire,’ Maynard said. ‘If it hits, it could be a marvelous, wonderful thing, but if it misses it could be a disaster.’ ”

June 24, 2008 | Landsdale Reporter
Middle school students got to meet astronaut Bernard Harris and compete in a science event as part of the ExxonMobil Bernard Harris Summer Science Camp at Temple University Ambler Campus in Upper Dublin. Harris encouraged them to pursue their educations. “There are 50 of you in here, and 24 other camps across the country, and I know every one of you have what it takes to go to college, and do whatever you want in life,” he said.

June 24, 2008 | Bloomberg News
A Japanese destroyer arrived in the southern Chinese port of Zhanjiang today to deliver earthquake-relief supplies, the first visit to China by a naval ship from Japan since World War II. “This is a breakthrough that we've been looking for for a long time,” said Phil Deans, a professor at Temple University in Tokyo specializing in Japan-China relations. “These naval exchanges are really a way of trying to reassure the governments of both sides and reassure the people that they don't need to be worried about each other.”

June 24, 2008 | Philadelphia Inquirer
Joseph Torg, a professor of orthopedic surgery at Temple, writes about the dangers of children drowning during the summer. “Drownings can occur in crowded pools, even those with trained lifeguards in attendance. Unless a child is resuscitated within four to five minutes, irreversible brain damage and eventually death will occur,” he warns.

June 23, 2008 | National Law Journal
William Carter Jr., a professor of constitutional law, civil rights and civil procedure at the Temple University James E. Beasley School of Law, writes about the 40th anniversary of the Supreme Court case that outlawed housing discrimination. Carter writes that the court’s ruling in Jones v. Alfred H. Mayer, “is a milestone in judicial attitudes regarding the legacy of slavery and its contemporary effects. Rather than treating the bigotry and stigma that lead to private housing discrimination as abstract ‘societal discrimination’ invisible to the Constitution, the Jones court recognized the continuity of prejudices about blacks that arose from, and were essential to, maintaining slavery.”

June 23, 2008 | Daily News
Dr. Amy Goldberg, chief trauma surgeon at Temple University Hospital, often stands between death and a gunshot victim. “I get angry,” she said. “Some think it's like watching TV or playing a video game. They don't realize that they just got lucky enough to make it to the hospital alive.”

June 23, 2008 | Philadelphia Inquirer
Kenneth Lawrence Jr. was named senior vice president for government, community and public affairs at Temple University. Lawrence, a registered lobbyist in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, is president of Public Affairs Strategies Inc., which provides government, community, media and public relations consulting services.

June 22, 2008 | Philadelphia Inquirer
A growing number of voices are needed to record voice mail prompts, training films, museum narrations, audio books, video games, radio and TV commercials, documentary films and Internet content, voice experts say. Temple Fort Washington is one of several local schools offering non-credit courses in voice acting.

June 22, 2008 | Philadelphia Inquirer
Beth Kephart is making a new career in writing for teens. She garnered kudos for Flow, published by Temple University Press in 2007, her “lyrical history of the Schuylkill River told from the river's perspective.”

June 21, 2008 | Fox News “Fox & Friends”
Temple professor Marc Lamont Hill joined a roundtable discussing the presidential campaign and what impact Barack Obama’s decision to forgo public financing of his campaign might have.

June 21, 2008 | The New York Times
As summer starts, new graduates find themselves facing their first jobs and a life of responsibilities. “Amanda Zalka, 22, is starting to feel a disconnection between her life and the lives of her friends. Many of them are planning long summer holidays, because they are beginning their jobs later in the summer or are still looking for work,” writes Cara Buckley for the Times. “Ms. Zalka graduated from Temple University in Philadelphia in February, and started working as an assistant account executive for an advertising agency in SoHo in March.”

June 21, 2008 | US News and World Report via Health Day
Summer is here, and many of you will be kicking off your shoes at home, at the beach or in the park. But is that a good thing? In this article, Dr. Tracey Vlahovic, associate professor of podiatric medicine and orthopedics at Temple University's School of Podiatric Medicine, sorts the myths from the facts about your feet.

June 20, 2008 | Philadelphia Tribune

On June 19, Temple's Blockson Afro-American Collection held an open house at their new space in Sullivan Hall in celebration of Juneteenth, the annual holiday acknowledging the emancipation of the slaves.

June 19, 2008 | Jewish Exponent
A $100,000 grant means more than just a name change for the Temple Association of Retired Persons. The Temple University lifelong learning organization was recently awarded a grant from the Bernard Osher Foundation, a San Francisco entity named for a Jewish resident of that city and dedicated to the preservation of lifelong learning programs. Soon to be known as the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at Temple University – or OLLI at Temple – the program is one of the nation's oldest, begun in 1976.

June 19, 2008 | Jewish Exponent
From bumper stickers to the “Baby on Board” signs, what you post on your auto says a lot about you. “According to David Baron, MSEd, D.O., professor and chair of the department of psychiatry at Temple University's School of Medicine: ‘Using the signs is very similar to wearing team colors in college, where at a game 20,000 people will be wearing the same jerseys. It's an instant kind of attraction.’ ”

June 19, 2008 | Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
Asks reporter Mary Thomas: “What makes a space sacred? What do we each bring to such places that sets them apart as special? What is appropriate behavior at such sites? What social and cultural roles do they play, and how inclusive or exclusive are those? These are a few of the questions that come to mind while experiencing the installations by artists Jeffrey Mongrain and Nicholas Kripal within Trinity Episcopal Cathedral," in downtown Pittsburgh as part of the Three Rivers Festival. Kripal teaches at Temple University’s Tyler School of Art.

June 19, 2008 | Philadelphia Inquirer
Emily Hendrie graduated last year with a major in metals and jewelry from Temple University's Tyler School of Art, and now is the first female craftsperson working at the newly opened Wendell August Forge in Exton. Her colleague Ed Heald said: "She's one of the best craftsmen on our team."

June 18, 2008 | Philadelphia Weekly
Several Temple productions and people made it into J. Cooper Robb’s list of top productions from the previous theater season. For example, the Temple Theaters original production of “In Conflict” was high on his list of top 10 theater productions, and was named the best new play of the year by Robb. “In Conflict’s” director, Douglas C. Wager, received an honorable mention.

June 18, 2008 | The Times of India
According to Tracey Vlahovic, professor Temple University’s School of Podiatric Medicine, women often believe that since pedicure salons use sterile instruments, so it’s fine to use theirs. However, she said that these instruments could spread germs that can cause nail fungus and bacterial infections.

July 2008 | Condé Nast Portfolio

July's cover story profiles Starbucks' energetic CEO Howard Schultz. Can the chief caffeinista overcome penny-pinching customers, a plunging stock price, and competition from Dunkin' Donuts and McDonald's? “Schultz believes he has created the perfect company, one that can solve the world’s problems and alter the course of history,” says Bryant Simon, a professor of history at Temple and author of the forthcoming book Consuming Starbucks, which has taken him to hundreds of Starbucks stores.

June 16, 2008 | Reuters, Radio Australia, Australian Broadcasting Corporation

China and Japan have reached a landmark deal to develop gas fields and share profits in disputed areas of the East China Sea. The deal marks the end of a simmering feud and a thawing of Sino-Japanese relations. "It's a good sign of how much the relationship has improved over the last 18 months," said Phil Deans, a professor of international affairs and Asian studies at Temple's Japan Campus. "Just two years ago, when Koizumi was prime minister of Japan, this type of thing would have been unthinkable."

(Second link has audio.)

June 15, 2008 | Wall Street Journal

Americans with a foreign parent or grandparent may want to consider dual citizenship. "The benefits of another citizenship can be significant," said Peter Spiro, an international law and immigration law expert at Temple's Beasley School of Law and author of Beyond Citizenship. Among those benefits are the ability to work, retire or vote in other countries. Spiro says one of the most decisive displays of the power of an overseas electorate occurred in Italy in 2006: If not for the votes of Italian citizens living in Canada, Romano Prodi's coalition would not have won the election.

June 14, 2008 | WHYY radio

Paul Lyons, professor of family medicine at Temple's School of Medicine, discussed men's health issues in honor of Father's Day.

June 13, 2008 | CNN.com

New research suggests that walking just a little every day has a wide variety of benefits, ranging from cutting cancer risks to improved sleep. Another benefit, according to Temple researchers, is the relief of depression, anxiety and stress, with a regimen of 90-minute walks five times a week offering the greatest benefit.

June 13, 2008 | Texas Observer (Austin)

Eight states are sending autistic, mentally retarded and emotionally troubled kids to a controversial behavior modification facility that punishes them with painful electric shocks. According to Saul Axelrod, a professor at Temple's College of Education and an expert on behavior modification, "the field has moved away from painful stimuli because of public outcry and because we've devised better techniques," including determining the cause of an individual's self-abuse.

June 12-13, 2008 | Allentown Morning Call, Express-Times (Easton, Pa.)

Motivated by horrific recent cases, Lehigh County has established an elder abuse task force. Similar task forces have been established in other counties, said Ronald W. Costen, director of Temple's Institute on Protective Services. "The older folks' money is so easily accessed," he said. "It's a perfect opportunity for a person morally disposed to thievery." According to the county's district attorney, the Temple institute will assist the task force.

June 12, 2008 | United Press International

A Temple scientist has developed a new, more effective taste testing method based on the same technology used to produce breath freshener strips. Greg Smutzer, director of Temple's Laboratory of Gustatory Psychophysics, said each of his edible taste strips contain one of the five basic tastes that can be detected by humans: sweet, sour, salty, bitter or monosodium glutamate. "What is typically done in the lab is a 'sip and spit' test, where a liquid solution is prepared that contains dissolved tastant," Smutzer said. But that technique is difficult to administer outside the lab.

June 12, 2008 | MSNBC.com

A new mother's intense relationship with a child can make it hard for a father to decide how and when to become actively involved in child care. "You really can't underestimate the importance of the mother carrying that child for nine months, and what that does to prepare her for caring for that infant," says Jay Fagan of Temple's School of Social Administration. His research often focuses on fatherhood and early childhood. "That little baby has been with the mother 24 hours a day, seven days a week. So it's a very different relationship."

June 12, 2008 | Bucks County Courier-Times

According to a new state health care cost analysis, most hospitals in the Bucks County area are seeing small profits. If profits fall below 2 percent for more than a year or two, hospitals face serious financial trouble, said Tom Getzen of Temple's Fox School of Business. “You can't go too long without a positive margin,” he said. “The hospital business is competitive. If you can't provide new amenities and new services, you're in trouble.”

June 11, 2008 | Philadelphia Daily News

Pennsylvania's attorney general has announced an anti-gun-violence program targeting the purchasing of guns for felons. An interview with Amy Goldberg, professor of surgery at Temple's School of Medicine and chief of the Section of Trauma and Critical Care at Temple University Hospital, is featured in the campaign's educational DVD.

June 11, 2008 | Fox Business

In the hip hop community, a drink called "drank" concocted with codeine and other ingredients is being used as a downer drug. Now a beverage company is making what they call a safe version of "drank." Are they exploiting illicit drug use? Temple faculty member Marc Lamont Hill joins the discussion.

(Go to video called "The New Drank" at the link below.)

June 10, 2008 | BBC News

What provoked a young Japanese man to go on a deadly stabbing spree in Tokyo? Professor Jeffrey Kingston of Temple's Japan Campus believes that recent cases of deranged young men committing violent crimes suggest that Japan's public health system is struggling to adequately care for the mentally ill. "There is a social stigma attached to mental illness," he said. "Doctors are reluctant to refer patients for psychiatric counseling, so this is probably a far too common case of an individual falling through the cracks in the system."

June 9, 2008 | KYW News Radio

It's flip flop season, and everybody's wearing them. Tracy Vlahovic, associate professor at Temple's School of Podiatric Medicine, explained why they may not be such a good thing for your feet. “For most people, flip flops don’t fit with the natural shape of their foot,” said Vlahovic. She advises wearing flip flops for only a few hours, and to stretch out the backs of their legs and their Achilles tendons before wearing them for long periods of time.

June 9, 2008 | Los Angeles Times

In response to Vice President Dick Cheney's recent apology for a joke about inbreeding among poor white people, LA Times columnist Gregory Rodriguez explores "white trash," an expression that originated in the 19th century. "The term 'white trash' gave a name to people who were giving 'whiteness' a bad name," said Matt Wray, a Temple sociologist and the author of Not Quite White: White Trash and the Boundaries of Whiteness. "It meant that they were behaving in ways that didn't suggest that they were the master race."

June 8, 2008 | Philadelphia Inquirer

A front-page article in Sunday's "Business" section tackled the issue of price transparency in healthcare. Speaking on behalf of Temple University Hospital’s pricing policies and procedures for uninsured patients, TUHS Associate Vice President for Revenue Cycle Ray Robinson explained that many options — including charity care and discounted pricing — are available to Temple patients with limited or no ability to pay for the healthcare services they receive.

June 8, 2008 | Philadelphia Inquirer

"Twenty Years Fast Forward," a free exhibition featuring the artwork of Tyler School of Art graduates from 1988 to 2008, opened this weekend in Cheltenham (running through July 6). The exhibition is particularly relevant as Tyler is scheduled to move to a new building on Temple's Main Campus in North Philadelphia.

June 7, 2008 | Philadelphia Inquirer

May's unemployment figures suggest a deeply troubled economy. The economy has lost jobs in construction, manufacturing, retail and temporary-help services, although health care continued to increase. Employment also increased in education, reflecting Deborah Hartnett's experiences at Temple, where she is vice president for human resources. "We have a strategy that is dependent on admissions," she said. "We're probably at a peak right now."

June 7, 2008 | Palm Beach Post

With the U.S. economy slumping, dual citizenship in European Union countries is attracting more Americans. Temple Law professor Peter Spiro, author of Beyond Citizenship, isn't surprised. He believes that defining one's identity by citizenship is on the decline. "There are really no harms caused by individuals having additional citizenship these days," Spiro said. "It's the wave of the future, because more and more people are going to have it. It's going to multiply on an exponential basis going forward."

June 7, 2008 | Globe and Mail (Toronto)

Should Tiger Woods, winner of three of the five golf tournaments he has entered this year, be considered the favorite to win next week's U.S. Open? Temple Professor John Allen Paulos offers a mathematician's point of view. Paulos has noticed an increase in the application of mathematics in sports analysis. "Quant types used to be derided in sports," Paulos said. "Now they're accorded a good deal of respect."

June 6, 2008 | Chronicle of Higher Education

A Temple business professor has set up "Thank You Professor," a Web site that offers a positive alternative to the often hurtful feedback faculty members get at popular sites such as RateMyProfessor.com. The comments have been flooding in. "There are so many vehicles for students to express their opinion," says the site's creator, Samuel D. Hodge Jr., chair of the Fox School's Department of Legal Studies. "But there's nothing really at the school where the professor can get a letter directly from the student."

(Online version of story in weekly print edition available only to subscribers.)

June 6, 2008 | Philadelphia Business Journal

Although summer intern hiring at local law firms has been robust, will full-time job offers keep pace? "There's a heightened awareness this summer," said Melissa Lennon, assistant dean for career planning at Temple's Beasley School of Law. "In the past, they were your offers to lose as a student. Firms say nothing's changed but students are clearly aware that the economy has tightened and that the decision to hire them for the summer was made when things were not as tight. Even so, we're not in a situation where only half of them will get offers."

(Complete online version available only to subscribers.)

June 6, 2008 | National Post (Canada)

Economic survival is a challenge in rust belt cities. Casinos and convention centers might produce hospitality jobs, but they cannot replace a healthy, industrial tax base. "It's like a stock portfolio: You need diversification," said William Stull, chair of economics at Temple's Fox School of Business. "Without it, you're carrying too much risk." Stull, who has just returned from a tour of extinct mining towns in southwest Montana, said that whether it is mining or manufacturing, industries across the continent have shrunk or vanished.

June 6, 2008 | BBC World News

In a live report from Philadelphia, BBC World News explored unemployment pressures on young Americans looking for summer jobs. "It's going to be hard to get that summer job, because everyone is worried about the bottom line, cutting costs, and that means doing without one or two or more employees and consequently opportunities are down," said Temple economist William Dunkelberg.

June 6, 2008 | Philadelphia Business Journal

A cover story noted that Temple University Hospital joined the National Paired Kidney Donation Network to further increase the odds of Temple kidney-transplant patients finding a live donor. “We see this [affiliation] as a novel opportunity to better serve [our] community,” said John A. Daller, M.D., director of Temple’s Abdominal Organ Transplant Program. (Note: Complete online article is only available to subscribers.)

June 6, 2008 | CN8

On the 40th anniversary of Robert F. Kennedy's assassination, Temple historian James Hilty, an expert on the presidency and the Kennedy family, appeared on "It's Your Call with Lynn Doyle" to discuss what might have happened in the 1968 presidential campaign if RFK had not been shot.

June 4, 2008 | U.S.News & World Report

In her "On Health & Money" blog, Michelle Andrews describes healthcare costs for retired Americans. A recent study co-authored by Jack VanDerhei of Temple's Fox School of Business shows that a couple without employer-sponsored retiree coverage can expect to need anywhere from $194,000 to $635,000 to cover healthcare premiums and out-of-pocket costs during retirement.

June 2, 2008 | Associated Press (radio) and NPR radio

Democratic Sen. Edward Kennedy Monday underwent surgery for a malignant brain tumor at Duke University Medical Center in North Carolina. Christopher Loftus, chair of neurosurgery at Temple's School of Medicine shared his thoughts on the effectiveness of surgery and Sen. Kennedy’s recovery: “Removing as much of the tumor as possible will probably improve cancer control,” he said.

June 2, 2008 | CN8

William Carter, a professor at Temple's Beasley School of Law, appeared on "Art Fennell Reports" to explain the complex constitutional law issues surrounding the Boy Scouts' prohibition of gay members and the City of Philadelphia's recent eviction of the Boy Scouts from their city-subsidized local headquarters.

June issue | Treasury and Risk magazine

Jack VanDerhei, professor at Temple's Fox School of Business, was selected as one of the 100 most influential people in finance for 2008. “As research director of the Employee Benefits Research Institute, VanDerhei has his finger on the pulse of DC retirement plans.”

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