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November 30 issue | Philadelphia Business Journal
Temple University's Fox School of Business staged its 11th annual Musser Excellence in Leadership awards ceremony and 540 attended the event at the Great Court of Mitten Hall on North Broad Street. This year's winners were a pair of brothers: Robert A. and Richard J. Fox. |
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November 30, 2007 | Associated Press
A Philadelphia-area developer with ties to the gambling industry has asked the state Supreme Court to strike down Pennsylvania's ban on political campaign contributions by casino owners and executives a ban regarded as the broadest in the nation. “David Kairys, a constitutional law professor at Temple University, said state and federal courts have repeatedly recognized that a government's effort to prevent corruption is an allowable exception to the constitutional protection of campaign contributions.” |
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November 28, 2007 | Main Line Times
Writes Bonnie Squires: “At the Musser Awards for Excellence in Leadership held recently at Temple's Mitten Hall by Dean Moshe Porat and the Fox School of Business, there was a "two-fer." Both Dick and Bob Fox were honored and their careers celebrated as models of excellence in the business world. It was a pleasure to hear each of the brothers extolling their parents' virtues and their siblings' accomplishments.” |
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November 28, 2007 | Philadelphia Inquirer, Philadelphia Daily News, CBS3, Philadelphia Business Journal
Philadelphia Mayor-elect Michael Nutter selected Clarence D. Armbrister, Temple's senior vice president and chief operating officer, as his chief of staff -- a "powerful and high-profile" position in the new administration. Colleagues say Armbrister deserves a large share of the credit for Temple's gains, which include enrollment records and new facilities. "This is a guy that everybody respects, that everybody looks up to; he's a role model, and he's one of the primary reasons that we've come so far so fast," said Timm Rinehart, associate vice president for enrollment management. |
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November 27, 2007 | The History Channel
What would happen if Italy's Mt. Vesuvius erupted again? Temple geologist George Myer was one of the featured scientists discussing the potential impact of an eruption on the scale of the one that buried Pompeii in AD79 would be on the Italian city of Naples and the three million people who live around the volcano today. "The Next Pompeii" was part of The History Channel's series, "Mega Disasters." (See link above for upcoming airdates.) |
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November 27, 2007 | NBC News Channel
New mothers who suffer from depression are also likely to smoke, and researchers from Temple University say both problems may need to be treated together if women are using cigarettes to help themselves cope with depression. A new study of over 4,000 new mothers finds the prevalence of a major depressive episode in the year after giving birth was 46 percent higher among smokers. |
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November 27, 2007 | Washington Post, Reuters
Bilateral ties between China and Japan grew frigid during former Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi's five-year term but began to thaw after his successor Shinzo Abe's ice-breaking visit to Beijing last year. "After the relationship became so poor under Koizumi, it's very important to show that we now have a rational relationship. It's an important public gesture," said Phil Deans, a professor at Temple University in Tokyo. "It shows they are talking to each other in a grownup way again after many years of shouting at each other over the wall." |
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November 26, 2007 | WHYY “Voices In The Family”
Temple University professor Renee Hobbs was among a panel of experts interviewed by host Dan Gottlieb in a discussion of how to monitor the online activities of children. The program will re-air at 6 a.m. Sunday, Dec. 2. |
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November 26, 2007 | KYW, MSNMoney.com, ABC6
Temple University has received a $2.4-million grant to educate the next generation of science and math teachers. The grant underwrites a program called "TU-Teach," spun out of the University of Texas. TU-Teach involves not just rigorous science and math coursework for prospective teachers at Temple, but being out in the schools learning the craft of teaching, right from the get-go. |
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November 24 and 26, 2007 | Philadelphia Inquirer, Philadelphia Business Journal
Temple University will receive a $2.4 million grant, one of 12 in the nation, to encourage and prepare more of its math and science majors to teach at the middle and high school level, writes Susan Snyder for the Inquirer. The money comes from the recently formed National Math and Science Initiative (NMSI), based in Dallas, which has been charged with funding the replication of successful programs to improve math and science education in the United States. “This is trying to fundamentally change the way that math and science teachers are prepared,” said Hai-Lung Dai, dean of Temple's College of Science and Technology. |
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November 26, 2007 | Bloomberg, International Herald Tribune
The Japanese economy is slowing down after new regulations that discourage construction and business lending add another burden to an economy already weighed down by slowing growth in the U.S., Japan's biggest export market. One hard-hit area is large construction projects, which now have to undergo several additional layers of review after scandals in 2005. “The shift contributed to the plunge in construction, which Jeff Kingston, a political science professor at Temple University in Tokyo, calls a case of ‘good intentions, unintended consequences.’” |
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November 26, 2007 | Allentown Morning Call
Pennsylvania is an important bell weather state in the presidential race. “Since 1932, the popular vote in Pennsylvania has varied from that of the country by an average of just 2 percentage points, according to Temple University political science professor Michael Hagen. Only once in that period – Ronald Reagan's 1984 win – has the result nationally and in Pennsylvania differed by more than 5 points. ‘I don't think they can simply grant Pennsylvania to the Democrats and expect to win enough electoral votes elsewhere,’ Hagan said of Republicans. ‘Pennsylvania is going to be close enough and is certainly large enough that Republicans will want to compete here.’ ” |
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November 26, 2007 | Philadelphia Magazine
Photos from the Fox School of Business’ Musser Dinner have been posted to the Philadelphia Magazine website. |
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November 26, 2007 | The Japan Times
In this age of globalization, firms and businesspeople must compete with their rivals on a worldwide scale. This is also spreading to academicians and educational institutions, universities in particular. Temple University Japan Campus recently organized a symposium in Tokyo titled "International Education in Japan — A Concept in Search of Substance" in commemoration of the 25th anniversary of the campus's establishment. Kirk Patterson, dean of Temple University Japan Campus, told The Japan Times at the symposium that Japanese universities need to make serious efforts to accommodate more qualified and promising foreign teaching staff and students on their campuses. |
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November 26, 2007 | Metro
Philadelphia’s next police commissioner, Charles Ramsey, should meet with everyone in the department, hold neighborhood meetings and make clear the importance of being able to appoint the right people, said Fred Murphy, Temple School of Business professor. |
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November 26, 2007 | IPS (Inter Press Service)
“Ignoring the fact that Japan is an Asian country with a sizeable Buddhist population, the government of Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda cold-shouldered the Tibetan spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama, during a ten-day visit that ended on Friday,” writes Catherine Makino. “ ‘Fukuda realises that Japan needs better relations with China not only for its own sake but also for U.S.- Japan ties,’ says Robert Dujarric, director of contemporary Japanese studies at Temple University in Tokyo. ‘Bad relations with China make some Americans think Tokyo is responsible for tensions in the region. Japanese officials worry the U.S. is making China an important partner/stakeholder in Asia.’” |
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November 25, 2007 | Philadelphia Inquirer
“More than any other American city, Philadelphia relies on higher education and health as the core of its job base. And the sectors deliver, employing a diverse workforce. They also serve as international magnets for talent, bringing smart people to live here. And these institutions can serve as engines of renewal for struggling neighborhoods.” One recommendation: “On campus, encourage more entrepreneurial thinking. College leaders should make it an institutional priority to inject new knowledge into the region’s economic bloodstream. Temple University is on the case here.” |
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November 25, 2007 | Alameda Times-Star
What to avoid the cold and flu? James Mamary, M.D., of Temple University Health System shares that "I always use a paper towel in a public bathroom. You wash your hands, then you touch a doorknob where other people are not washing hands. It makes sense to use a paper towel." Sneezing and coughing present their own challenges. Hygienists caution us to do so into a tissue and then promptly throw it away. If a tissue is not immediately available, sneeze or cough in the crook of your elbow, recommends Dr. Mamary, who adds you should put that clothing in the wash that night. |
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November 25, 2007 | KYW
A study of 2,400 three-year-olds discovered that a parent's love and attention can keep a child's weight in check. Dr. Robert Whitaker, professor of public health at Temple University is the lead researcher. "There was about a 50 percent increase in obesity for those children whose parents had reported a case of neglect in the past 12 months." |
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November 24, 2007 | Lancaster Sunday News
Gender roles might be changing in American society, but not on toy store shelves, where girly dolls and tough boy trucks are clearly marketed to one gender only. “In more recent years, merchandise meant for girls has been marketed using the language of the girl-power movement, said Fabienne Darling-Wolf, an assistant professor at Temple University who teaches courses on gender and media. Now, however, gender roles are as firmly entrenched as ever in the toy aisles of major retailers, say Darling-Wolf and other academics.” |
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November 24, 2007 | Science Daily
Smoking and depression often go hand-in-hand for new mothers, according to a new study by Temple University researcher Dr. Robert Whitaker. “While smoking and depression adversely affect a mother’s health, the combination may also affect the health of her child,” Whitaker said. “A pediatrician will often see an infant who is wheezing and who has a mother who smokes. The mother may also have symptoms of depression. However, pediatricians often lack the time, skills and mandate to treat the mothers. A better referral network of adult healthcare providers might be one way to help the pediatrician help these mothers, and to, in turn, help the children.” |
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November 23, 2007 | NPR “All Things Considered”
Federal immigration agents have dramatically stepped up raids in the past few years. Officials say they target only criminals and those who have ignored deportation orders. Temple University law professor Jan Ting discussed the need for stricter immigration enforcement. |
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November 23, 2007 | WRTI
The Thanksgiving holiday means heavy meals and lots of leftover food. Sara Solomon, nutritionist at Temple's Center for Obesity Research and Education, offered tips for listeners on how and where to cut calories. |
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November 23, 2007 | Chronicle of Higher Education
The Chronicle ran an excerpt from Life, Liberty, and the Mummers, just published by Temple University Press. |
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November 22, 2007 | The New York Times
Baby boomers who started planning in their 30s, stand to have the best retirements, according to Jack L. VanDerhei, a retirement specialist and professor at the Fox School of Business and Management at Temple University. “Between 50 and 55, many people, including highly educated ones, are just starting to think about it. When they come to me for advice, I have to refrain from asking why they didn’t do it 20 years ago.” |
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November 22, 2007 | ISN (Zurich, Switzerland)
Yasuo Fukuda walks a thin line as Japan's new PM, and should any scandals rise, or should he achieve anything short of a quick return to solid economic growth, his tenure could be short. Robert Dujarric, director of the Institute of Contemporary Japanese Studies (ICJS) at Temple University Japan, was quoted in news reports as saying Fukuda's job is to "save the ruling Liberal-Democratic Party." |
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November 21, 2007 | Web MD
They may be family – but having an incontinence accident while staying in another person's home over the holidays can be awkward and embarrassing. Vani Dandolu, M.D., an associate professor of ob/gyn and urology at the School of Medicine offered several suggestions. "If you have a mild problem with stress incontinence (which often happens after childbirth), a pessary can help." This is a removable device that helps support pelvic organs. |
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November 21, 2007 | Reuters
Parental neglect appears to increase obesity risk in preschool-age children, according to the first study to address maltreatment and obesity risk in childhood. The findings suggest "optimal and healthy weight may be another potential benefit from avoiding neglect," Dr. Robert Whitaker of Temple University in Philadelphia, the study's lead author, told Reuters Health. While children may experience physical or psychological punishment as a consequence of their actions, Whitaker noted, neglect may be particularly stressful because it's not predictable. |
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November 20, 2007 | CN8 "Art Fennel Reports"
In a two-part series on MRSA, Dr. Robert McNamara, professor and chair of the department of emergency medicine, discussed Temple's involvement in a nationwide study to determine the best treatment of the drug-resistant superbug. |
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November 20, 2007 | Philadelphia Inquirer
When college students come home for Thanksgiving, parents might be surprised to learn that their predictable children have become more independent and take on new ideas, like skipping meat. “College is also a time young people are establishing their own identities, trying to separate from mom and dad, says Temple University psychologist and vegetarian Frank Farley. And food can be a major point of departure. As it happens, Thanksgiving is often the first big family gathering a student attends after starting college.” |
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November 20, 2007 | Physorg.com
As parents shop for holiday gifts, they should remember that old-fashioned retro toys, such as red rubber balls, simple building blocks, clay and crayons, that don’t cost so much and are usually hidden in the back shelves are usually much healthier for children than the electronic educational toys, says Temple University developmental psychologist Kathy Hirsh-Pasek. |
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November 20 issue | Woman’s World
Temple pediatrician Andrea McCoy answered a reader’s question about testing toddlers for peanut allergies: “Most children show signs of a peanut allergy by age two. If your child has eaten anything made with peanuts and hasn’t had a reaction – a tickle in the throat, skin rash, unexplained runny nose or wheezing – testing isn’t necessary.” |
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November 19, 2007 | Philadelphia Inquirer
While praising the community investment effort of La Salle University, editors at the Inquirer commented that “Along with Penn, Temple University could be a good role model - even if the three schools and their respective neighborhoods differ. Each, of course, has a primary concern for safeguarding its students. That makes the most successful of renewal efforts a case of doing the smart thing while doing good.” |
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November 19, 2007 | Philadelphia Inquirer
A package of articles on the death penalty, including one advocating the practice by Michael Smercomish, drew the following response from Jerry H. Ratcliffe, associate professor of criminal justice at Temple: “Michael Smerconish's column ("But it deters future killings, study says") aptly demonstrates why our nation's position on execution is such a shambles and often an embarrassment on the international stage. Citing a single, poorly conducted study printed in the Wall Street Journal, Smerconish concludes that the death penalty is a deterrent to homicide. The full weight of informed opinion sides with the official policy of the American Society of Criminology that ‘social science research has found no consistent evidence of crime deterrence through execution,’ a position the world's largest criminology organization has held since 1989.” |
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November 19, 2007 | Corrections Connection
Lori Pompa’s unique educational program, which brings university students into prisons to exchange views with inmates, has been duplicated in many states. “Using a Soros Justice Fellowship, the Temple University instructor brought her unique education initiative to the national stage in 2004 with her first open instructor training. Since then, she’s trained 130 professors from 90 colleges and 33 states, and even one from Norway, on how to run an Inside-Out classroom. ‘The idea is to turn how people think of things inside out, to bring some of the voices on the inside out,’ Pompa explains.” |
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November 19, 2007 | Philadelphia Inquirer
Jane Scaccetti was elected chair of the board of the Temple University Health System. She is founding shareholder of Drucker & Scaccetti P.C., a Philadelphia consulting firm. |
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November 16, 2007 | Chronicle of Higher Education
“Since the 1990s, an increasing number of professional sports teams, as well as many colleges, have sold the naming rights of their stadiums to private firms,” writes Jason Breslow for the Chronicle. “Buyers say the deals provide them with greater visibility, which in turn leads to higher profits, and marketing research says they offer immediate returns to investors. Yet there is almost no evidence that naming rights provide ‘a lasting impact’ on the value of a company's stock, finds a study by three business scholars.” The research was done by Temple business professor Michael Leeds, Irina Pistolet, a recent graduate of the honors business program at Temple, and Eva Marikova Leeds, an associate professor of business and economics at Moravian College. |
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November 16, 2007 | Bloomberg, Radio Australia
Experts don’t expect much progress when new Japanese Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda meets with President George Bush today. “Fukuda's main task is to save his party, not to achieve great foreign policy successes,” said Robert Dujarric, director of the Institute of Contemporary Japanese Studies at Temple University's Tokyo campus. “The best they can do is to try to show some progress on the various problems that affect Japan-U.S. ties,’ said Dujarric.”
In a related story, Jeff Kingston of Japan's Temple University, an expert on US-Japan relations, has told Radio Australia's Connect Asia program Mr Fukuda is likely to find more friends in Washington than his predecessor, Shinzo Abe. "I think that he was looked at as a bit of a loose cannon...in America there was a concern that he wasn't a person they could deal well with," he said. "I think that Prime Minister Fukuda is a throwback to the type of prime ministers that America is more used to dealing with." |
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November 15, 2007 | BBC
Although he’s not as aggressive about the issue as his predecessor, Japanese Prime minister Yasuo Fukuda will not ignore calls in his nation for more information on the fate of Japanese citizens and other foreign nationals who are still missing after being abducted by North Korea in the 1970s and 80s. “Jeff Kingston, director of Asian Studies at Temple University in Tokyo, says most Americans do not understand how sensitive the abduction issue is in Japan. Mr. Fukuda is less dogmatic about it than his predecessor, Shinzo Abe, he says, but believes the prime minister ‘can't be seen to be backing away from Japan's original position.’” |
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November 15, 2007 | USA Today
Starbucks, who taught the world to pay $4 for a latte, is now marketing a $599 expresso machine for the holidays. “Like Starbucks, many of its customers are focused on self-image.” Writes Bruce Horovitz. "'The excess of Starbucks is the gift that people give themselves,' says Bryant Simon, a Temple University professor and author of the upcoming book Consuming Starbucks. “The more expensive the gift, the more we love ourselves.’ ” |
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November 15, 2007 | Springfield (Montgomery Co.) Sun
“A society declares its values through the buildings it chooses to preserve, but to the historian Tom Keels, it says just as much about itself by the buildings it chooses to demolish. Keels' book, "Forgotten Philadelphia: Lost Architecture of the Quaker City," published this fall by Temple University Press, collects stories and photographs of dozens of famous and not-so famous landmarks that no longer exist,” writes Joe Barron. |
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November 15, 2007 | UPI, Science Daily, Medical News Today, Yahoo News, NBC Newschannel
A parent who neglects a child due to preoccupation with his or her own problems may promote obesity in the child, a U.S. study found. Lead author Dr. Robert Whitaker of Temple University in Philadelphia used data obtained from the Fragile Families and Child Wellbeing Study, a birth cohort study of 4,898 children born between 1998 and 2000 in 20 large U.S. cities. The study found the odds of obesity were 50 percent greater in children who had experienced neglect, but neither the frequency of corporal punishment nor psychological aggression was associated with an increased risk of obesity. |
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November 15, 2007 | Gannett News Service
Should the FDA create a set of medications that can be dispensed by a pharmacist without a doctor’s prescription? “Dr. Stephen Permut, chairman of the department of family and community medicine at Temple University School of Medicine and a former president of the Medical Society of Delaware, said pharmacists can provide useful counseling about medications, but doctors are in the best position to evaluate a patient's medical condition and prescribe medication. ‘Patients really need a clinical evaluation before deciding which medications to take,’ he said.” |
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November 15, 2007 | Philadelphia Inquirer
The internet can bring together people from all over the country, so it shouldn’t be a surprise that it can also connect those who are fascinated by the student shootings at Columbine High School. “Frank Farley, a psychologist at Temple University and past president of the American Psychological Association, said he wasn't surprised the two found each other, given the magnetic pull of Columbine and the technological ease with which like-minded people can connect.
‘It's totally logical,’ Farley said. ‘This is like a next step: direct communication between perpetrators, or potential perpetrators.’ ” |
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November 14, 2007 | CN8, “Art Fennel Reports”(video)
Can some people actually get addicted to food? At Temple's Center for Obesity Research and Education, an investigational drug is being studied for weight loss. "The idea is that if there is one medication that alters mood and one that helps with addiction, in theory the two drugs combined will help you manage your hunger, weight and eating," said CORE director, Gary Foster. |
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November 14, 2007 | WHYY-TV, “Delaware Tonight”
Temple law professor Jan Ting discussed his role as an advisor to Republican presidential candidate Rudy Giuliani. Ting is advising the Giuliani campaign on immigration issues. |
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November 14, 2007 | WHYY, Medical News Today
Some smokers view the Great American Smokeout (Nov. 15) with anxiety because they’re not ready to quit. Not to worry, says Brad Collins, assistant professor of public health and director of Temple's Health Behavior Research Center, where he runs several programs designed to help with smoking cessation and reduce smoke in the environment. "Great American Smokeout is a chance for all smokers, not just those who are ready to quit, to create a healthier environment for themselves and their families," Collins said. |
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November 13, 2007 | CN8 “It’s Your Call”
Temple psychology professor Frank Farley discussed the motivations behind “thrill killings” with host Lynn Doyle. |
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November 13, 2007 | China Daily
“Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda, son of late Prime Minister Takeo Fukuda, will fly to the United States this month, three decades after his father's first summit in America,” writes Robert Dujarric, director of the Institute of Contemporary Japanese Studies at Temple University Japan Campus in Tokyo. “He will land in a country that has changed considerably in 30 years.” |
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November 13, 2007 | Detroit Free Press
Someday soon, you may be able to walk out of your local pharmacy with prescription-strength drugs without having seen a doctor. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is considering creating a new category of medicines, midway between prescription and nonprescription, that would no longer require a doctor's prescription but be accessible only after consulting with a pharmacist. But there could be problems. The potential for patients' diagnosing themselves troubles Dr. Stephen Permut of the Temple University School of Medicine. "They might be having tension headaches or they might be having a brain tumor," Permut said. |
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November 13, 2007 | Metro
Urban Renaissance Group, which expects to complete 10 duplex rental units just north of Smokin’ Joe Frazier’s Gym next month, is marketing the housing to students on Temple University’s medical school campus. Hundreds more possible renters are expected to hit the area when the university’s new School of Medicine opens in 2009. “[Places like] Temple University, those institutions aren’t going anywhere,” said Lance Johnstone, a retired pro football player and 1996 Temple graduate, who is the project’s co-developer. “They’re going to be anchors in that part of the city forever.” |
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November 13, 2007 | Philadelphia Inquirer
“Temple (women’s basketball team) finally got its feet wet last night, opening with an easy 83-45 win over Central Michigan at the Liacouras Center,” writes Mel Greenberg. “The Owls will head to the deep end of the national pool with visits to No. 8 Georgia on Friday night and to Georgia Tech on Sunday. ‘Overall, I thought we played with a lot more discipline than we did in [last week's] exhibition game,’ coach Dawn Staley said. ‘. . . You hope you can bottle it up and take it on the road - something we're going to have to do to play Georgia and Georgia Tech.’ ” |
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November 12, 2007 | PhysOrg.com
A prototype aircraft wing, designed last year by four Temple mechanical engineering seniors to use “memory alloys” and electrical current to control and position the wing’s flaps, was a finalist in the recent Collegiate Inventors Competition, a program of the National Inventors Hall of Fame Foundation and co-sponsored by the Abbott Fund and the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. The students, Jinho Kim, Charlie Hanna, Andrew Guion and Noah Heulitt, conceived the idea and built a model of the “smart wing” last year as part of their senior design project for the Temple University College of Engineering, where it won the Ridenour Prize for best mechanical engineering senior project |
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November 12, 2007 | Daily News
“He may not force them to join him in his pre-dawn run. But the students who enroll in John Street's political science classes at Temple next year should get quite a workout,” write the Daily News editors in a laudatory editorial. “Tapped by Temple's new president, Ann Weaver Hart, Street is eminently qualified to lead students in an exploration of urban politics and policy on an urban campus that is part of the fabric of the city.” |
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November 12, 2007 | The New York Times
Childhood can be filled with unpleasant surprises, but a new one is getting attention from children and their parents: automatically flushing toilets. “One feature of things in the world that make kids anxious is unpredictability, and things that are new or novel,” said Philip Kendall, director of the Child and Adolescent Anxiety Disorders Clinic at Temple University. “A novel experience for kids can be when that machine flushes automatically. They didn’t touch anything. It can be a bit shocking. Most people get over it, but kids are a little less prepared to do that.” |
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November 12, 2007 | Radio Australia
Foreigners entering Japan will soon be fingerprinted and photographed under the nation's new anti-terrorism policy. The new measures will apply not only to tourists, but to resident foreigners who will have to go through the procedure every time they re-enter Japan. Dr Jeff Kingston, Director of Asian Studies at Temple University, has told Radio Australia's Connect Asia program the policy, which will affect him, doesn't make any sense. "I think it's an ill conceived policy to require permanent residents, who have a permanent resident visa status to line up with all the other first time visitors in a long line seems to me to be outrageous," he said. |
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November 12, 2007 | Philadelphia Inquirer
Roadside funeral memorials are becoming more widespread in America. "There is something afoot in America . . . what I believe to be an increased willingness to carry our heart on our sleeve or to reveal our inner feelings publicly," said Frank Farley, former president of the American Psychological Association and a professor at Temple. He likes the memorials, but understands there may be a need to regulate the length of time they remain, their content, or their location. |
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November 11, 2007 | The Telegraph (Calcutta, India)
Tibetans who were born and raised in India are taller and display other physiological changes that are not observed among original Tibetan highlanders, Calcutta-based scientists have found. “This is very significant work. It’s the first time anyone has systematically looked at Tibetans at different altitudes,” said Charles Weitz, chairman of anthropology at Temple University, Philadelphia, in the US. Weitz is an authority on adaptation to high altitude environments, having studied populations in South America and China. |
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November 11, 2007 | Philadelphia Inquirer
Nurses with the Temple University Health System voted Friday night to approve their first union contract and avert a possible strike. The three-year contract includes pension-plan contributions, an experience-based wage scale that replaces a merit-pay system, and pay differentials for night and weekend shift work. A nurse advisory council was also established to help nurses solve staffing and other problems in their units. |
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November 11, 2007 | The Japan Times
Although crowds of tourists now wander its ancient temples, Jeffrey Kingston reports that “the massive and widely dispersed Angkor temple complex retains its mystique — and that it's absorbing larger numbers of tourists without losing what makes it so appealing.” Kingston, director of Asian Studies at Temple University, Japan campus, writes about the Angkor Wat area of Cambodia in a special piece for The Japan Times.
In a sidebar, Kingston writes about Kikuo Morimoto, who almost single-handedly saved the silk industry in Cambodia after three decades of war and neglect. |
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November 10, 2007 | Philadelphia Inquirer
Although budget cuts have caused many Philadelphia schools to scrap their student newspapers, a national grant will allow students at 24 Philadelphia high schools a chance to gain journalism experience through after-school media clubs. The program will bring professional journalists and Temple University communications interns into high schools to help students and their advisers develop print and online publications and radio and TV programs. |
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November 9, 2007 | ABC6
Temple University’s future School of Medicine building was topped off in a ceremony signifying the completion of the steel framework. Workers fastened the last beam in place and as tradition has it, it included a flag and an evergreen tree. It's expected to open in May of 2009. |
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November 9, 2007 | Philadelphia Business Journal
After the success of The Edge and Avenue North, more investment is coming North Broad Street between Temple and City Hall. “Pintzuk Brown Realty Group, a Jenkintown real estate investment group, recently closed on a $20.5 million purchase of the Philadelphia Regency, a 300-unit apartment building at 1220 N. Broad St.… It's Pintzuk Brown's first acquisition on North Broad. ‘It's a little bit of a pioneering area, but we're very bullish on that market,’ said Chris Datz, a partner in Pintzuk Brown. ‘We have a strong feeling that Center City and Temple are slowly converging.’ Pintzuk Brown is attracted to Temple University's effort to grow its student enrollment as well as the school's attempt to bring some satellite campuses, such as the Tyler School of Art, back to North Philadelphia. ” |
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November 9, 2007 | KYW radio, Philadelphia Inquirer
Doctors and donors were among those who gathered Friday to watch the final metal beam placed in the shell of what will be the new medical school at Temple University. With an American flag on one end an evergreen tree on the other, the beam was lifted by a crane 11 stories to the top of what will be Temple's largest and most expensive building when it is finished in 2009. Dr. John Daly, dean of the School of Medicine, spoke during the topping-off ceremony: "This building will be the body, but you, and all the rest of our colleagues – students, faculty, staff, alumni – are the heart and soul of what’s going to be within that body." |
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November 9, 2007 | Associated Press
Temple University Health System on Friday named Jane Scaccetti the chairwoman of its board. Scaccetti, a certified public accountant, is a founding shareholder of Drucker & Scaccetti PC, a tax, business, and financial consulting firm. She joined the board in 1995 and is also a trustee of Temple University, the parent organization for the health system. |
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November 9, 2007 | Philadelphia Inquirer, Daily News, Associated Press, Metro, KYW, ABC6, WHYY, CBS3, NBC10, FOX29
“Professor John Street will teach urban politics and policy at Temple University next year after completing a 28-year training program in city government, Temple announced yesterday. ‘I love Temple, Temple's a great place, and I look forward to working up there,’ said Street, who lives a block from campus in North Philadelphia. Street graduated from Temple's Beasley School of Law and has three children who have worked and studied at the university,” writes Jeff Shields for the Inquirer. |
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November 9, 2007 | Philadelphia Inquirer
In previewing women’s collegiate basketball, “The Big Five battles promise to be competitive, even if Temple could be favored to continue its domination of recent seasons. The Owls, trying again to prepare for the Atlantic Ten Conference, will spend much of their nonleague schedule battling Atlantic Coast Conference schools,” writes Mel Greenberg. |
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November 9, 2007 | Philadelphia Inquirer
In his first year at the helm, Temple football coach Al Golden took the youngest team in the nation to face Penn State last fall before a crowd of 105,950 at Beaver Stadium. The Owls had never played in front of a larger crowd, and the Nittany Lions' 47-0 rout hardly came as a surprise. Almost a year later to the day, 25th-ranked Penn State is paying Temple a visit tomorrow for a nonleague outing at Lincoln Financial Field. And Golden, who has played 20 true freshmen this fall - tops in the country - will send a team on the field that is not much older than last year's. |
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November 9, 2007 issue | Chronicle of Higher Education
As a child in Tokyo, Mari Yoshihara shared her bedroom with a Yamaha upright. She began piano lessons at age 3. It was a typical middle-class Japanese girlhood, she says, recalling that she was serious about music through adolescence but ultimately chose not to attend a conservatory. Instead she pursued American studies in Japan and in graduate work in the United States. Now, shaped by the "productive tension," she writes, between her musical past and scholarly present, comes Musicians From a Different Shore: Asians and Asian Americans in Classical Music (Temple University Press). |
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November 8, 2007 | ABC6
With all the news stories about the staff infection MRSA out there, the question remains: How big a risk is it? “Jim Rogers, a Temple University Sports Medicine specialist, has seen a rise in MRSA skin infections among athletes. Rogers believes one change in athletes' habits is part of the problem - very few shower after games or practice. ‘As soon as they come home from games or practice, make sure they shower,’ he advised.” |
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November 8, 2007 | Daily Yomiuri (Japan)
“Temple University, Japan Campus (TUJ), has been open in Tokyo for 25 years, following the same curriculum and conferring the same degrees and diplomas as the main campus of the Pennsylvania university. So far, more than 30,000 students have studied at TUJ, and currently about 3,000 students are taking its programs, including continuing and corporate education. The major factor behind TUJ's staying power in Japan is ‘the strong commitment of the main campus,’ said TUJ's ninth dean, Kirk Patterson, 54, during a recent interview with The Daily Yomiuri. ‘If you look at some reforms now going on in Japanese higher education, they're sort of moving toward what TUJ already is--more open, more innovative, bringing more foreign students, being more businesslike in how they are managed...et cetera,’ he said.” |
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November 8, 2007 | The New York Times
Dr. Joel E. Richter, chairman of the department of medicine at Temple University in Philadelphia and a leading research scientist in the field of gastroenterology, discusses new treatments for gastroesophageal reflux disease in a Q&A for the Times. |
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November 8, 2007 | Daily News
In an editorial, the appointment of Heidi Ramirez to the School Reform Commission gets strong praise: “We welcome Heidi A. Ramirez's nomination to the School Reform Commission with great expectations. Ramirez, a young education specialist from Temple University, comes with both refreshing youth (she's 33) and an impressive resume that focuses on urban education, poor and minority students - exactly who comprise the School District of Philadelphia. With those credentials, we expect her to hit the ground running.” |
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November 8, 2007 | Asahi Shimbun (Japan)
In an op-ed, Robert Dujarric writes that “As the Bush administration enters its twilight, (Japanese Prime Minister Yasuo) Fukuda should use his time in Washington to get to better know members of Congress and the presidential candidates and to enlighten them about issues that are of importance to Japan. It may not yield immediate results but could help lay the foundations for a better Japan-American relationship in the future.” Dujarric is director of the Institute of Contemporary Japanese Studies at Temple University Japan Campus in Tokyo. |
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November 8, 2007 | Inside Higher Ed.com
Allan Hornblum, a lecturer in geography and urban studies at Temple University, has a new book out about the Homesburg prison studies — and this book takes a much more personal approach, focusing on the impact of the experiments on a single individual. The book is Sentenced to Science: One Black Man’s Story of Imprisonment in America. |
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November 8, 2007 | Cape Cod Times
“A study by researchers at Temple University in Philadelphia reported that Americans were less likely in 2006 than in 2004 to pay more for healthful foods (40.7 percent versus 28.5 percent), knew less about healthful menu items (18.5 percent versus 12.4 percent) and were more likely to regard healthful foods as bland (21.4 percent versus 15.8 percent). "I don't think that's an unreasonable position for consumers to be in," says Dr. Gary Foster, director of the Center for Obesity Research and Education at Temple. "Why pay more for healthy foods? In the end, taste and cost trump everything else, and convenience is in there, too." |
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November 8, 2007 | Philadelphia Inquirer
Mayor-elect Michael Nutter is asking business leaders to get involved to help resolve the city’s problems. “Chip Marshall, chairman and chief executive of the Temple University Health System, called Nutter's invitation ‘a great opportunity for our executives to experience something different. It's not corporate charity.’ ” |
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November 8, 2007 | Daily News
Falls can be serious, especially for older people writes columnist Kimberly Garrison. “Most falls occur in the home - in the kitchen, bathroom and stairways - during routine activities. ‘Obese and frail individuals often have a constellation of factors that put them at higher risks, such as poor balance, muscles [and] cardiovascular health, and decreased mobility,’ said Roberta Newton, who teaches courses on fall prevention and related issues at Temple University and heads the Fall Prevention Project.” |
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November 8, 2007 | Philadelphia Inquirer
Dawn Staley, a Dobbins Tech High School graduate, will receive the Star Alumna Eddy Award, from the Philadelphia Education Fund, a nonprofit group concerned with improving public education in the region. Staley has led Temple to five NCAA tournament appearances and four Atlantic Coast Conference titles in her seven years as head coach. She also is a three-time Olympic gold medalist and enjoyed a nine-year career in the WNBA. |
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November 7, 2007 | Forbes, Washington Post, USA Today, Health Central, Science Daily, Medical News Today
People addicted to both alcohol and nicotine will find it increasingly difficult to beat both addictions, says Thomas J. Gould, a neuroscientist and associate professor of psychology at Temple University. Interactions between the two addictions may generate a "negative spiral" of tolerance and dependence on both substances, Gould said. “That could explain why a smoker who walks into his favorite smoke-filled bar may feel like drinking. In the same situation, a social drinker who normally doesn't smoke may start craving a cigarette if they're having a drink,” according to a story by Health Day News reporter Carolyn Colwell. |
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November 7, 2007 | The Next Mayor.com
Several Temple journalism students from the School of Communications and Theater are bloggers at “The Next Mayor,” a website run by WHYY, the Daily News, and the Committee of Seventy. |
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November 7, 2007 | Daily News
Mayor-elect Michael Nutter won’t have a honeymoon period, with expectations high that he will begin to move quickly on setting up his administration. “First, he needs to appoint a police commissioner. That choice is expected to come soon, perhaps in the next few weeks. The jury is still out on whether he'll pick a Philly cop for the job, or an outsider,” writes the Daily News election staff. “ ‘Everyone is expecting he'll appoint someone new, but who knows,’ said Ralph Taylor, a criminal-justice professor at Temple University.” |
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November 7, 2007 | Daily News, Philadelphia Inquirer
“Among the firsts this year for Temple football has been the first road victory since 2003 and the first single-season three-game win streak since 1990.
Now comes a first that has been assured since the ink dried on the home-and-home contract with Penn State: the first sellout at Lincoln Financial Field, Temple's first-class home since 2003, and the largest home crowd in the history of the university,” writes Paul Vigna for the Daily News. Several stories related to Saturday’s game were in both Philadelphia newspapers. |
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November 6, 2007 | Philadelphia Inquirer, Daily News
“Senior Mark Tyndale and junior Dionte Christmas have heard for months now from Temple coach Fran Dunphy how they need to complement their considerable offensive skills with top-flight defensive play. Without it, the Owls go nowhere,” says Mike Jensen in his season preview story. |
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November 6, 2007 | Philadelphia Inquirer, Daily News, Associated Press, KYW radio, CBS3, ABC6, Fox29
“Temple University education specialist Heidi A. Ramirez stands to become the School Reform Commission's youngest member at 33, its first Latina, and what Gov. Rendell calls its 'most-qualified' member in terms of education background,” wrote Susan Snyder for the Inquirer. “Rendell, at a news conference in Philadelphia yesterday, said he would nominate Ramirez, a Center City resident who specializes in urban education, to become the fifth member of the body that oversees the city's schools.” |
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November 2-8 issue | Philadelphia Business Journal
PBJ's special "In Depth: Education" section features a profile of Larry Lemanski, who has been tapped by Temple President Ann Weaver Hart to be Temple's new senior vice president for research and strategic initiatives. As vice president for research at Florida Atlantic University, Lemanski led an effort that nearly tripled FAU's research funding. Lemanski thinks Temple is well positioned for a similar surge. "[Temple] has significant momentum," he said, "there's an excitement there." Lemanski says he'll be disappointed if Temple doesn't double the amount of funded research it conducts in the next five years. He also expects Temple to increase the number of patents it receives on its research and the number of licensing agreements and startup companies generated from those patents. |
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November 2-8 | Philadelphia Business Journal
Salaries for professors teaching in MBA programs have risen an average of 25.6 percent from 2000 to 2006, according to a report released by the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools for Business (AACSB). "Finance and accounting are the most expensive positions," said Raj Chandran, vice dean of Temple University's Fox School of Business, which employs around 150 professors in its four MBA programs. The lure of big bucks from major firms often draws finance Ph.D.s away from jobs in the classroom, forcing business schools to increase their pay to remain competitive. |
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November 6, 2007 | Daily News
“Temple University Press has published two books on the Mummers…. Although the books could not be more different - one is a sociological study, the other a collection of color photographs - they have the same message: Throughout the year, not just on New Year's, the Mummers are an important presence in the working-class city neighborhoods from which they arise. They not only create a sense of community, they also help keep those neighborhoods vibrant,” says Scott Flander. |
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November 6, 2007 | Philadelphia Inquirer, (Allentown) Morning Call
As he looks at the most publicized game of the season, Temple University football coach Al Golden says he, and the team’s fans, are looking forward to Saturday’s big game against Penn State. “Everybody knows Penn State travels well, and they have a large contingent here in Philadelphia,” said Golden. “I think our kids get a charge out of that. It will be the thrill of a lifetime for some of us." |
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November 5, 2007 | WHYY-TV "The Next Mayor"
Natasha Hinton, of the College of Health Profession's department of public health, took part on an expert panel discussing the healthcare crisis facing Philadelphia and the nation. The panelists offered suggestions for the next mayor on preventing chronic illnesses, getting more care to vulnerable populations and the epidemic of gun violence. |
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November 5, 2007 | Bucks County Courier Times
“The Federal Reserve felt compelled to cut interest rates last week and oil prices are rising. But the former dean of Temple University's Fox School of Business says that stuff doesn't really matter and the economy is doing ‘really exceptionally well.’ The economy might cool down a few degrees, but it should still stay warm and sunny, William Dunkelberg told members of the Central Bucks Chamber of Commerce,” reports Christina Kristofic. |
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November 4, 2007 | Philadelphia Inquirer
“Gov. Rendell is expected to name Heidi A. Ramirez, an education specialist who heads an urban education program at Temple University, to the Philadelphia School Reform Commission. Ramirez, who has a doctorate in the sociology of education from Stanford University and directs the urban education collaborative at Temple, would be the first Latina on the five-member commission, which was created in 2001 when the state took over the 172,000-student district,” writes Susan Snyder. |
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November 4, 2007 | Seattle Times
Why do politicians end up in so many sex scandals? "Politics tends to attract risk-takers," says Frank Farley, a Temple University psychologist who has studied risk-taking, politics and human motivation. "It's an uncertain job, you live at the whim of the electorate, there's no tenure. It's often short-term — you're in for two or four years, and you're out. Then you have to start all over again in some field." |
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November 4, 2007 | San Francisco Chronicle
As the popularity of automatic, time-adjusting mobile phones and MP3 players continues to soar, fewer people are wearing wristwatches, like those made by Swatch. “Temple University business Professor Ram Mudambi has studied Swatch and its business practices for decades. ‘Bottom line: The margins on Swatch brand, even in its heyday, were never as large as those on the company's luxury lines,’ said Mudambi, who is also Temple's Perelman senior research fellow at the Fox School of Business. ‘Swatch and the luxury lines probably contributed about equally to company profits in the late 1980s and early '90s, with Swatch falling and the luxury lines rising since then.’ ” |
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November 3, 2007 | KYW radio
Katie Gerst, an adjunct instructor at the Fox School of Business, discussed her work with the Philadelphia National College Fair. |
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November 2, 2007 | Chronicle of Higher Education
“Some day, when an actor belts out “You Gotta Have Heart!” from the 1955 musical Damn Yankees, Temple University and its new center for musical theater will benefit, thanks to an unusual gift. Joy Abbott, an alumna of Temple who was married to the Broadway impresario George Abbott, has bequeathed to Temple her share of the rights to Damn Yankees, The Pajama Game, and dozens of other works written or produced by her husband. University officials say the gift, which would not go to the university until after her death, is now worth at least $6 million.” |
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November 2, 2007 | Taipai Times, China Post
Internationalization of education will help students gain a wider view to compete in the emerging globalized market, said Temple University President Ann Weaver Hart yesterday as she signed an education partnership program with six top ranking universities in Taiwan. Under the "3+2 dual bachelor's-master's program," undergraduate students from National Taiwan Normal University, National Sun Yat-sen University, Tunghai University, Chung Yuan Christian University, Taiwan Science and Technology University and National Cheng Kung University (NCKU) can obtain a two-year graduate degree at Temple University after finishing three years of undergraduate studies in Taiwan. Their degrees will be recognized both by Temple University and by their Taiwanese university. This was the first time that a single foreign university has formed an educational alliance with six Taiwanese universities simultaneously |
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November 2, 2007 | Financial Times, MSNBC
Japan on Thursday ordered its naval refueling vessels to leave the Indian Ocean, ending six years of operations to supply free oil for US-led military operations in Afghanistan. Robert Dujarric, a security expert at Tokyo's Temple University, said Japanese voters had "absolutely no interest" in Japan playing a global role and in any case the refueling operations had been largely symbolic. |
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November 2, 2007 | Washington Post
Pending Congressional legislation that would potentially allow the government, without first getting a warrant, to track how patrons are using library computers is troubling some library leaders. "For me, the issue is if somebody is going to follow the research thread of a faculty or student, that may be something that needs to happen to protect all of us, but it needs to be done under judicial review and with a warrant," said Larry Alford, dean of libraries at Philadelphia's Temple University, which also has campuses in Rome and Tokyo. "The transactions that used to go on inside of a classroom and inside of a library building now can go on electronically and virtually." |
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November 2, 2007 | Daily News
“If Horatio Alger were still around, he'd love writing about Temple football. Is there anything more rags-to-riches than a three-game winning streak after 0-12 and 1-11 seasons?” writes Mike Gibson in a column for the Daily News. “(Coach Al) Golden has a bunch of leaders, captains, who play aggressive, not passive, football. ‘People in Philadelphia will be proud of this team once it starts to develop because it's tough, it competes and we have fun out there,’ Golden said.” |
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November 2, 2007 | Los Angeles Times
“As one of college football's worst programs, Temple put together a miserable 1-22 record over the 2005 and 2006 seasons. But over that span, the Owls were not dogs against the spread, sporting a respectable 10-12-1 record,” writes Lonnie White. “That's why oddsmakers are not surprised to see Temple finally turn things around this season under second-year Coach Al Golden. The Owls (3-5) have won three games in a row and travel to face Ohio University (4-5) in a key Mid-American Conference game tonight.” |
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November 1, 2007 | Jewish Exponent
Temple senior Leah Kauffman has turned her song-writing satire skills to Ann Coulter for allegedly anti-Semitic comments. Kauffman has gained fame as the writer and singer of the “I Got a Crush on Obama” video, and now has a humorous music video on YouTube aimed at Coulter. "Instead of responding with anger," says the Temple University senior, "I responded with satire." |
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November 1, 2007 | NBC 10
A woman suffering from MRSA believes she contracted the disease on the job as a prison guard. "MRSA has become a four-letter word right now, and it really shouldn't be because MRSA is an easily treatable infection," said Dr. Andrea McCoy, of Temple University Hospital. McCoy said most cases can be treated with antibiotics and prevented with good cleaning and hygiene. "The bad news is that if you ignore it, it can become a much more aggressive infection that could require hospitalization." |
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November 1, 2007 | TIME
The biggest wild card in the diet game may be how you crank out insulin, writes Carolyn Sayre. “As digestion breaks down much of what we eat into sugary, energy-rich fuel that helps keep us on the go, insulin triggers the body to store excess sugar floating around the bloodstream as fat. … ‘Insulin is the hormone of feast,’ says Gary D. Foster, director of the center for obesity research and education at the Temple University School of Medicine in Philadelphia.” |
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November 1, 2007 | Metro
A proposed commercial development at LaSalle is similar to what has happened at schools like Temple University. “Given the variety of schools students can choose from, ‘you need to have certain amenities available to them, especially when you’re looking at becoming, like we are, more of an on-campus school than a commuter school,’ said Clarence Armbrister, Temple’s executive vice president and chief operating officer. Not only are the centers important to prospective students and parents, but also serve the public, Armbrister said.” |
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November 1, 2007 | Daily News
Since the October release of her book "Forklore: Recipes and Tales from an American Bistro" (Temple University Press, $35), commemorating the 10-year anniversary of her Old City restaurant Fork, Ellen Yin’s eight-hour workdays have been transformed into 12. |
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November 1, 2007 | School Library Journal
With the explosion of online media sources, coupled with more stringent policing of copyright law, K-12 educators and those at the college level are unsure of the proper use of content and what constitutes fair use, according to a new study. The report, “The Cost of Copyright Confusion for Media Literacy,” released jointly by Temple University and American University, reveals that teachers are hampered in their efforts to teach critical thinking and media literacy because their ignorance of copyright laws and fear of legal action are keeping them from using ads, music, articles, and videos to develop innovative instructional materials. “There’s too much teacher misinformation and fear,” said Renee Hobbs, from Temple University’s Media Education Lab. |
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November 1, 2007 | Marketwatch
New regulations making it easier to contribute to balanced 401(k) funds could mean more participation. “A lot of employees were frozen into inaction," said Jack VanDerhei, a Temple University professor and an Employee Benefit Research Institute fellow. With that worry gone, plan participants can now focus on the how much to invest question. Or at least they might. "It's on my wish list," said VanDerhei. |
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November issue | Women in Higher Education
Temple University is starting a $500,000 employee home ownership program to help faculty and staff buy homes in the campus area. Led by President Ann Weaver Hart, the program provides $4,000 to $5,000 in forgivable loans for homes in the eight Zip codes surrounding campus. |
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November issue | Biz Ed magazine
Youngjin Yoo a Fox School Associate Professor of Management Information Systems discusses how the course he designed and teaches at Temple, "Designing Innovation in an iPOD world" works. Yoo’s article is called "A Course for Innovation: How one business professor brings the language and tools of design in the business classroom" |
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November issue | Popular Mechanics
Researchers claim functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) can probe the workings of the brain as never before—revealing everything from when you tell a lie to how you fall in love. Feroze B. Mohamed, an associate professor of radiology at Philadelphia’s Temple University, conducted an experiment in which he instructed some test subjects to fire a pistol and then falsely answer questions about the event while undergoing fMRI. Compared to others who truthfully said they did not fire a weapon, the liars showed increased activity in twice as many brain regions, including those associated with memory, judgment, planning, sentence processing and inhibition. |
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November 2007 | Cosmopolitan magazine
A headache that you feel all over, a tension headache, is likely caused by stress, said Ausim Azizi, M.D., chair of neurology at the School of Medicine. OTC meds will ease the pain and relaxing the muscles in your neck and shoulders can prevent it from coming on.
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