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highlights from recent stories about Temple in the media.
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May 31, 2007 | TIME magazine
In a major story on new diets, Gary D. Foster, director of the center for obesity research and education at the Temple University School of Medicine talks to writer Carolyn Sayre about the role insulin plays. “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 was particularly important in our caveman days, when we needed the energy from one meal to last as long as possible, until we had hunted down the next. ‘Insulin is the hormone of feast,’ says Foster.” |
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May 31, 2007 | Miami Herald
Immigration judges in Miami are about half as likely on average to grant asylum to refugees as their peers in 14 other U.S. cities, according to a national study that identified ''amazing disparities'' in the handling of immigration cases. The Refugee Roulette study was conducted by Jaya Ramji-Nogales, a professor at the James E. Beasley School of Law at Temple University in Philadelphia, and Philip Schrag and Andrew Schoenholtz, law professors at the Georgetown University Law Center in Washington, D.C. |
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May 31, 2007 | Philadelphia Inquirer
Robert E. Linneman, marketing professor at Temple and former dean of Temple University Japan, died Wednesday. He was 78. Linneman was an associate dean of the School of Business at Temple from 1972 to 1975. From 1985 to 1986, he was dean of Temple University, Japan. He received a Lindback Award for Distinguished Teaching in 1976. He retired from Temple in 1990. |
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May 31, 2007 | The New York Times
Jaya Ramji-Nogales, a professor at Beasley School of Law at Temple University is one of the authors of a new study highlighted by New York Times writer Julia Preston: “Asylum seekers in the United States face broad disparities in the nation’s 54 immigration courts, with the outcome of cases influenced by things like the location of the court and the sex and professional background of judges, a new study has found.” |
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May 30, 2007 | Philadelphia Weekly
“Pepón Osorio’s installation Badge of Honor, which includes video projections of a dialogue between an imprisoned father and his teenage son, is like a theater set—dramatic and a little forbidding. You see the drama slowly unfold as the father breaks down in tears of regret and the son says, ‘I would be willing to give up anything for you to be home.’ ” Osorio is a faculty member at the Tyler School of Art. |
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May 30, 2007 | Philadelphia Weekly
The cover story of this week’s paper is devoted to Temple University Hospital’s trauma outreach coordinator Scott Charles. Charles says patching up patients and sending them out on the streets is not good enough. “We gotta quit being content with that,” he says. “The only time it’s a good save is if he walks out less likely to get shot or shoot someone. If you only patch him up, you haven’t given him a second chance at life but a second chance at death.” |
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May 30, 2007 | Associated Press
An official at Temple University's Harrisburg campus has been named the new dean of Harrisburg Area Community College's Lebanon campus. Kathleen Kramer succeeds Ralph Dyer, who announced his resignation in January. |
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May 29, 2007 | CN8
Temple University psychologist Frank Farley was a panelist for a discussion of pessimism in the United States. |
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May 28, 2007 | Homeland Defense & Security Monitor
Researchers led by Danny Dhanasekaran at the School of Medicine are working to develop a prototype of a new explosives detector that uses yeast to sniff out ingredients used in some explosives. |
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May 28, 2007 | The Intelligencer (Bucks County)
“On Thursday, Dr. Gregory Urwin was working out of his home in Doylestown, catching up on some reading. By next week, the professor of history at Temple University could be face-to-face with terrorists,” writes Andy McCullough. “It's all part of Foundation for the Defense of Democracies Academic Fellows program, in which Urwin and 45 other academics will travel to Israel's Tel Aviv University for 10 days from May 26 to June 6. |
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May 27, 2007 | Science Daily, News Medical-Net
By studying the addition of sugars to proteins — a process called glycosylation — in the nervous system of insects, Temple University researcher Karen Palter believes she may be able to better understand neurodegenerative diseases in humans. |
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May 27, 2007 | Philadelphia Inquirer
The cultural impact of smoking follows Chinese people all over the world – including Philadelphia, wrote reporter Lou Yi in a opinion piece. A study of the Chinese community in Philadelphia by Temple University's Center for Asian Health (directed by Grace Ma, PhD) shows that Chinese Americans have a higher rate of smoking than white people, largely because of the cultural importance of tobacco. |
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May 26, 2007 | Fox29 “Good Day Philadelphia”
Temple podiatrist, Lesly Robinson, answered viewer's questions about feet and foot health on "Ask the Expert." |
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May 25, 2007 | Associated Press
Two films showing the Japanese military's brutal killings in the former Chinese capital of Nanjing are in production. “Highlighting Japanese atrocities is historically important because it evokes the success of China's ruling communists, Phil Deans, a scholar on Sino-Japanese relations at Temple University's Japan campus. The Japanese invasion of China helped expose the failures of the then-ruling Nationalist Party, Deans said.” |
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May 25, 2007 | Fox News “The O’Reilly Factor”
Temple professor Marc Lamont Hill discussed popular reactions to the ongoing Iraq war during a roundtable debate. |
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May 25, 2007 | Lancaster Intelligencer-Journal
“Call it a pair of Golden opportunities. That's what Temple football coach Al Golden and the Manheim Touchdown Club's 2006 Lancaster-Lebanon League Player of the Year, Manheim Township QB/punter Pat Bostick, see as they prepare for new beginnings next season.” |
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May 25, 2007 | Lancaster New Era
“When he was hired to revive Temple University's struggling football program, Al Golden arrived with a plan… ‘I'm looking for leaders,’ Golden said Thursday night, prior to delivering his keynote speech at the Manheim Touchdown Club banquet. ‘I want team captains. I want kids who are willing to take responsibility. To play for us, you have to share our core values.’ ” |
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May 25, 2007 | The New York Times
Erik Eckholm writes about the arrival of a new supermarket to Progress Plaza in North Philadelphia. He notes that the North Philadelphia community is on the move. “Subsidized development is starting to bring in new houses and families, a longtime development of black-owned homes has survived to the east of the plaza, and nearby Temple University is expanding.” |
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May 25, 2007 | Science magazine
Researcher Anthony Giordano, nicknamed “Dr. Hustle,” is taking his ability to underwrite research from Temple University to his native Italy. “Giordano moved in 1992 to Temple University in Philadelphia, and set up a 10-person lab conducting cell cycle and cancer research with an initial 3-year NIH grant. It quickly became clear to him, however, that private sources of support were also needed. ‘I saw colleagues, also very good, who disappeared because they didn't realize how it was important to be independent and search for your own funding,’ he says.” |
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May 25, 2007 | Psychology Today
Waiters should love sunny weather. “At an Atlantic City hotel where the room design masks outside conditions, Temple University psychologist Bruce Rind discovered that a room service waiter could boost his tips simply by mentioning favorable weather. When the server told guests that it was raining, tips averaged 19 percent of the bill. But describing sunny skies sent the gratuity rate soaring to 24 percent.” |
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May 24, 2007 | Lawdragon.com
John Smagula, director of Asian Programs at Temple’s Beasley School of Law, writes about the school’s China program. “Despite the enormous trade imbalance between China and the United States, the one thing that China imports is the study of American law, legal processes and reasoning. … Aware of the school’s presence in Asia with a well-established Tokyo campus and its reputation in international law, the Chinese government in 1997 invited Temple University Beasley School of Law to open a program in Beijing. The law school was to help China establish the rule of law with a functioning legal system based on an independent judiciary in order to fully participate in the global economy.” |
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May 24, 2007 | Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Stepping on a building block at night can be a pain, but the results are worth it. “Playing with building blocks can reap big benefits for your kids. Dr. Kathy Hirsh-Pasek, director of the Infant Language Laboratory at Temple University, says playing with blocks can boost intellect while mentally and physically engaging the little ones. So, perhaps those blocks aren't so bad after all.” |
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May 24, 2007 | Jewish Exponent
The Jewish Exponent ran a photo with the following cutline: “M. Moshe Porate, dean of Temple U. Fox School of Business, and his wife, Rachel Porat, M.D., of the Albert Einstein Medical Center have plenty to smile about as they are honored at a gala dinner concert by the Lubavitch of Bucks County. Sharing in their happiness at the concert, which featured a performance by Broadway's Dudu Fisher, is Dennis Alter, CEO of Advanta Corp., who is also the benefactor of a $15 million gift earmarked for the Fox School's new Alter Hall.” |
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May 24, 2007 | Voice of America
America is getting fat. Nearly one third of adults in this country are obese. To help combat obesity, a new effort in Philadelphia is turning to religion. Temple University researchers have partnered with churches to test whether an Internet-based telemedicine system can help overweight and obese African Americans in the nearby community lose weight. |
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May 24, 2007 | CNN.com
Toddlers can be difficult, but help is available, writes Deborah Carpenter. “You say ‘yes,’ she says ‘no!’ You say ‘no,’ she says ‘yes!’ This verbal tug-of-war is frustrating, but actually it's a healthy declaration of her growing independence. There's even an official name for this stage. ‘When your child doesn't want to wear certain clothes or taste new foods, it's called “the oppositionalism of toddlerhood,”’ says Laurence Steinberg, Ph.D., author of The Ten Basic Principles of Good Parenting. The solution? If you want your child to do something, like put on her socks, pretend you don't want her to do it. |
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May 24, 2007 | USA Today
When it comes to white-collar criminals, husbands and wives can also turn out to be partners in crime. Spouses have banded together to swindle insurance companies, take kickbacks for inside-trading tips and launder tens of thousands of dollars. "I've represented a number of people who were husbands and wives," says Patrick Egan, co-chair of Fox Rothschild's white-collar crime group in Philadelphia and an adjunct professor at Temple University. "Being under federal investigation is like having a serious illness. It takes a long time. Marriages live under this cloud for years. The strain it puts on relationships is extreme." |
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May 23, 2007 | ABC6 (Philadelphia)
Temple psychologist Frank Farley discussed possible reasons why socialite Susan Tabas Tepper has developed a history of violence against her child’s nannies. |
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May 2007 | Casino Enterprise Management
Gaming has become an important industry and some educators are thinking about how to train the next generation of gaming business leaders. “Universities must listen and respond to industry challenges, and then lead them to new solutions through research and training,” said Joe Goldblatt, tourism and hospitality professor at Temple’s Fox School of Business. |
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May 22, 2007 | Charlotte (NC) Observer
In a column on the dangers of teen drinking, Dannye Romine Powell quoted Lawrence Steinberg’s recent piece about teen brain development. “Teen brains are too immature to avoid taking risks, a Temple University psychologist reported last month. 'Adolescents are at an age where they do not have full capacity to control themselves,' he said. 'As adults, we need to do some of the controlling.' “ |
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May 21, 2007 | The Diet Detective
In his nationally syndicated column this week, Charles Stuart Platkin explores the ins and outs of online dieting. For one, it can be a great time-saver. "It reduces the barrier of traveling to a clinic. It also allows people to have access to a regular source of check-in even when they are traveling," says Gary D. Foster, Ph.D., director of the Center for Obesity Research and Education at Temple University.
(Platkin’s column is syndicated nationally in papers and TV stations like the Norwalk (Conn.) Advocate.) |
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May 21, 2007 | Wall Street Journal
"Microtargeting," a political technique used by the Bush-Cheney campaign in 2004, is making its way to the business world. "But some experts caution that the techniques of campaigning aren't sure-fire. A Temple University professor, Kevin Arceneaux, says he found that one microtargeting campaign last year actually made targeted voters less likely to support the intended beneficiary, a Democratic candidate for the state House in Pennsylvania." |
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May 21, 2007 | Philadelphia Inquirer
Temple University law professor Phoebe Haddon has been nominated by Mayor John Street to fill a vacancy on the Philadelphia Board of Ethics. The spot opened in March, when the Rev. Alyn E. Waller resigned. |
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May 21, 2007 | Philadelphia Inquirer
The Eagles Eye Mobile offers eye care to school children in poor neighborhoods. The care can lead to better learning. “Eyes and ears are the main means of getting information, ‘so if access to either of those channels is impeded you are going to have challenges,’ says Amy S. Goldman, associate director of the Institute on Disabilities at Temple University.” |
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May 21, 2007 | The (Youngstown, OH) Vindicator
A recent study showing that teens who watched a lot of TV did worse on tests is interesting, but out of date. "The world has changed a lot since they began asking questions at the beginning of this study," says Frank Farley, former president of the American Psychological Association. "The kind of media world that concerns parents today – the Internet explosion and iPods and all that – is not involved with this study. It has a kind of musty quality." |
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May 20, 2007 | LiveScience.com
Researchers at Temple University in Philadelphia have found that certain regions of the brain seem to be implicated in lying, and these can be detected by functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) scans. This research is in its very early stages, however. And such a truth-detecting device could still be flawed, for some people are so good a lying that the lies become their truths. |
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May 20, 2007 | CBS “48 Hours”
Temple history professor Bryant Simon was interviewed for a special on the history and future of Atlantic City. “Atlantic City was conceived from the very beginning as a place for fantasy. People came here to play out their fantasy,” he said. The story focused on recent murders in Atlantic City and how gambling has changed the city’s reputation. |
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May 20, 2007 | News-Medical.Net
If a disaster were to strike, would medical professionals come to work, or would they stay home to care for their families? Linda Kruus, PhD, of Temple University Medical School's Department of Emergency Medicine, in collaboration with the Temple University Center for Preparedness Research, Education and Practice and the Temple University Health System Emergency Response & Preparedness Institute, surveyed healthcare workers from five urban hospitals. The results: "Workers want to know that the role they play will be meaningful. And, if they put themselves out there for the benefit of others, that their institution will, in turn, be taking care of them and their families,” Kruus found. |
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May 20, 2007 | The (London) Telegraph
Japan’s royal family might seem like privileged people, but their lives are strictly regulated by those around them. Professor Jeffrey Kingston from Temple University in Tokyo describes them as "a set of bureaucrats who keep the family on a tight rein and ensure that all of its members carry out their duties according to its dictates." |
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May 20, 2007 | ABCNews
Why do nature show hosts push themselves to do dangerous things? "These personalities are motivated by things like the intensity of an experience — they want to feel like they've lived life. They seek variety, novelty, change, and they're easily bored," said Frank Farley, a psychologist at Temple University, former president of the American Psychological Association, and an expert in thrill seekers. |
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May 20, 2007 | Philadelphia Inquirer
Michael Nutter won the Democratic primary in part because voters were ready for a big change in City Hall. "A Temple University poll in March for the Pennsylvania Economy League found a deep mistrust of city government. One finding: 76 percent agreed that "a few big interests" run City Hall for their own benefit. 'A big chunk of what voters were saying is they are disappointed with what Mayor Street has done and excited about someone new taking over,' said pollster Michael Hagen, director of Temple's Institute for Public Affairs. 'That was really the chord that Nutter struck.' " |
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May 18, 2007 | KCBY-TV (Oregon)
Online diet programs can be useful for those trying to lose weight and live healthier. “It reduces the barrier of traveling to a clinic. It also allows people to have access to a regular source of check-in, even when they are traveling. So if someone is in Chicago on Thursday and next Tuesday in New York, they still have the same check-in time. In theory, people can do it on their own schedule,” says Gary D. Foster, Ph.D., director of the Center for Obesity Research and Education at Temple University. |
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May 17, 2006 | ABC6, NBC10
Temple University held its 120th commencement ceremony, with President Ann Weaver Hart presiding for the first time. |
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May 17, 2007 | KCBS radio (San Francisco)
Law professor David Kairys did an interview about the Mumia Abu-Jamal hearing held in a Philadelphia federal courtroom. |
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May 17, 2007 | Dow Jones “Marketwatch”
“Playgrounds today are moving beyond the long established parameter of a single large piece of equipment in a park or schoolyard to a mix of commercially manufactured equipment and natural elements of sand, water and plantings,” said Lolly Tai, professor of landscape architecture at Temple University in Philadelphia and co-author of “Designing Outdoor Environments for Children.” This philosophy extends to the home, says Tai. |
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May 17, 2007 | Philadelphia Inquirer
Jameel Rush, who has lived most of his life just around the corner from Temple University, will be the student speaker at today’s graduation ceremony. Columnist Daniel Rubin calls Rush “a shining example” of Temple founder Russell Conwell’s faith in talented, hard-working local students. |
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May 17, 2007 | Baltimore Sun
“Large swaths of Baltimore could be declared emergency areas subject to heightened police enforcement - including a lockdown of streets - under a city councilman's proposal that aims to slow the city's climbing homicide count,” writes John Fritze. “ ‘Things like that, without declaring partial martial law, have been tried previously in Philadelphia and have worked,’ said Ralph B. Taylor, a criminal justice professor at Temple University, who said cities should look to strategies that have worked in the past before proposing new ideas.” |
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May 17, 2007 | Philadelphia Weekly
Have Philadelphia residents grown tired of insider politics? “According to a March study from the Institute for Public Affairs at Temple University… 71 percent believe city government is ‘pretty much run by a few big interests looking out for themselves.’ 'There seems to be public agitation, a feeling that things ought to change,' says Michael Hagen, director of the Institute. Can the city operate without politicking? That’s the $64,000 question.' ” |
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May 16, 2007 | Fox News “The O’Reilly Factor”
Temple professor Marc Lamont Hill discussed the death of the Rev. Jimmy Falwell with host Bill O’Reilly. |
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May 16, 2007 | CN8 “Your Morning”
Alice Hausman, head of the Center For Preparedness Research, Education and Practice at Temple University, discussed the perception among many in this country that we don’t have to prepare for disasters. |
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May 16, 2007 | ABC2 (Baltimore)
With parents over-programming their children’s vacations, whatever happened to the unstructured summers of a generation ago? "The working-class and poor children had a life similar to what the middle-class parents had when they were growing up," said Annette Lareau, a sociologist at Temple University whose forthcoming book on her study will be called, Inside Families: The Importance of Social Class and Children's Daily Lives. "Even though working class and poor children had an entire weekend with nothing scheduled, we virtually never heard them complain about being bored," she said. |
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May 16, 2007 | Associated Press
“Temple University, which has not regularly offered honorary degrees or featured high-profile commencement speakers in recent years, might start doing both,” writes Kathy Matheson. “New university President Ann Weaver Hart said she has asked a committee to examine graduation activities and consider several possible changes, including processes for selecting commencement speakers and granting honorary degrees.” |
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May 16, 2007 | Daily Times, Delmarvanow.com
Virginia’s Eastern Shore will get a new logo and marketing effort. Part of the research for the effort came from Temple University. "Of all the research, both anecdotally and through the Fox School of Business (of Temple University who conducted extensive market research), we were astonished how many people even within the 300-mile radius that we consider our target market, that don't even know where the Eastern Shore of Virginia is or that Virginia even has an Eastern Shore," said Northampton County Supervisor and Tourism Commission member Andrew Barbour. |
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May 15, 2007 | Podiatry Management Magazine
Tracey Vlahovic, assistant professor of podiatric medicine and orthopedics at Temple University School of Podiatric Medicine, stresses the importance of minority populations checking their feet for signs of skin cancer. “Simply just checking the feet, toenails and in between the toes for abnormal pigmentation and strange moles could save a life,” said Vlahovic. |
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May 15, 2007 | Metro
In an interview, Tyler School of Art Dean Keith Morrison talked about the plans for a new building on Temple’s main campus. “We’ve outgrown the building in Elkins Park,” said Morrison, who extolled the value of the Carlos Jimenez-designed building on the main campus. |
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May 15, 2007 | MSNBC
Temple University researcher Dr. Gary Foster discussed diet myths and how they sabotage successful healthy eating practices. |
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May 15, 2007 | Chronicle of Higher Education
Ann Weaver Hart, president of Temple University, talks about the challenges and opportunities faced by urban universities in a podcast recorded during a recent visit with Chronicle editor Paul Fain. She also describes how Temple has maintained its ties to Philadelphia while growing and branching out nationally and internationally. |
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May 15, 2007 | Philadelphia Inquirer, Associated Press, others
Two SEPTA trains collided late Monday and the cars were brought to the Temple University station, where injured passengers were cared for. |
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May 14, 2007 | Chemical and Engineering News
In a five-year effort, molecular biologist Dan N. Dhanasekaran and his colleagues at the School of Medicine engineered into yeast, seven rat proteins required for sensing and transducing a biochemical signal after exposure to an odorant. The new sensor is a yeast cell that detects DNT using rat olfactory proteins that have been inserted into its outer cell membrane. When the yeast smells the TNT-associated compound, the cell turns a fluorescent green. |
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May 14, 2007 | Podiatry Management Magazine
First time runners, more likely to ignore foot and ankle pain, are at higher risk of injury, warns Temple podiatrist Howard Palamarchuk. He sees injuries from sprains to blisters to shin splints, always more common in beginner or average runners. |
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May 14, 2007 | NPR "Tell Me More"
Thaddeus Mathis of the School of Social Administration and the Center for African American Research and Public Policy discussed the Philadelphia Democratic primary for mayor on "Tell Me More," a new public radio show. |
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May 14, 2007 | Nubella.com
Now that warm weather is here, more of us will jog or run to get fit, but a Boston Marathon podiatrist issues a word of warning: The rookie runners among us are at much higher risk of injuries and more likely to ignore nagging foot and ankle pain, says Dr. Howard Palamarchuk, a foot specialist at Temple University in Philadelphia. |
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May 14, 2007 | Orlando Sentinel
After leaving a vehement message for his 11-year-old daughter, calling her a "thoughtless little pig," Alec Baldwin told an interviewer he was writing a book about “parental alienation,” a phenomenon well-known among those who work in the field of divorce and custody law but one still steeped in controversy. “Parental alienation happens, but there's no clinical syndrome you can say in court and get away with,” argues Paul Jay Fink, professor of psychiatry at Temple University School of Medicine. |
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May 13, 2007 | The Naked Scientists podcast
Scientists have made it possible for yeast cells to sniff out explosives. Writing in Nature Chemical Biology, Danny Dhanasekaran and colleagues from the School of Medicine, describe how they "borrowed" the chemical smelling system from a rat and successfully inserted it into a yeast cell. When the system recognizes an ingredient of the explosive TNT, it switches on a green colored gene. (The story is reported by The Naked Scientists, a group of Cambridge doctors and researchers who use radio and podcasts to describe science breakthroughs for general audiences.) |
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May 13 and 14, 2007 | Philadelphia Tribune, WHYY, Philadelphia Inquirer
The recent poll conducted by Temple’s Institute for Public Affairs on the proposed "Stop and Frisk" program was featured in The Philadelphia Tribune.
In addition, IPA Director Michael G. Hagen was interviewed about the poll on WHYY. |
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May 13, 2007 | Philadelphia Inquirer "Inqlings"
"Ding! Southwest Airlines CEO Gary C. Kelly addressed about 300 people Wednesday at the Pyramid Club in a talk sponsored by the Center City Proprietors Association and Temple's School of Tourism and Hospitality Management. |
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May 13, 2007 | Philadelphia Inquirer
Young adults are skipping the traditional evening news broadcast and getting their information from John Stewart’s “The Daily Show.” “My generation will never go back to traditional news sources,” says Karen Shuey, a senior journalism major at Temple University, 21, from Lebanon, Pa. “TV news will eventually die out.” |
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May 13, 2007 | Philadelphia Inquirer
In September, starting salaries at some Philadelphia law firms will reach an all-time high of $145,000 a year for lawyers fresh out of law school. “My own feeling is, I don’t think it is a positive development,” said Robert Reinstein, dean of Temple University Law School, which places many of its graduates in Philadelphia firms. “It works right now because the economy is so strong, but everyone knows the business cycle has not been eliminated. So when we get into a recession, what will happen will be a repeat of what happened in earlier times, which is a lot of associates will get laid off.” |
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May 12-14, 2007 | Philadelphia Business Journal, ABC6, WHYY
Temple University broke ground Friday on its $75 million, 234,000-square-foot Tyler School of Art at 12th and Norris streets in Philadelphia. The school is relocating in 2009 from Elkins Park, Pa. |
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May 11, 2007 | Philadelphia Inquirer
In a few years, Southwest Airlines could make Philadelphia International Airport a key connecting point for a type of customer it doesn't have now - travelers headed to Europe, says CEO Gary C. Kelly. Southwest itself probably would not operate the international flights, instead forming a partnership with another airline with overseas experience, said Kelly, who was in town to give an address to a gathering sponsored by Temple University's School of Tourism and Hospitality Management. |
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May 11, 2007 | CN8 "Arthur Fennell Reports"
Jazmyn Burton, Temple news communications staff member, discussed Sen. Hillary Clinton's candidacy during a roundtable discussion of African-American voters. |
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May 11, 2007 | UPI
As the weather gets warmer, many take up running or hiking, but Temple University podiatrist Dr. Howard Palamarchuk advises not to ignore foot and ankle pain. He provides tips to avoid and treat injuries if they occur. |
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May 11, 2007 | Medical News Today
With all the extra free-time that comes with summer vacation, Temple University pediatrician Andrea McCoy offers several tips to keep children active and avoid sedentary behavior during their extended break. |
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May 11, 2007 | Financial Times; newKerala.com (India)
A variety of the yeast used in baking and brewing has been genetically modified to "sniff out" explosives, and may one day help detect a range of dangerous substances, including sarin gas. The biosensor was developed by Professor Danny Dhanasekaran and his colleagues at the School of Medicine. |
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May 11, 2007 | Medical News Today
With all the extra free-time that comes with summer vacation, Temple University pediatrician Andrea McCoy offers several tips to keep children active and avoid sedentary behavior during their extended break. |
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May 11, 2007 | Daily News
This year’s Philadelphia mayoral campaign has largely not been about race, says a Daily News story. “We’d like to think it’s because we’re maturing as an electorate,” said Temple political science professor Joe McLaughlin. “It may also be because none of these five candidates are seen as threatening to any group. They’re experienced politicians, but they don’t engender the kind of intense reactions Frank Rizzo did when he ran, or that John Street did in the 1999 race.” |
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May 11, 2007 | The Daily Yomiuri (Tokyo)
In an essay about how to be an excellent language learner, Temple University Japan Professor Marshall R. Childs writes: “How can an ordinary monolingual person become an excellent language learner? There are two requirements. First, you have to be sure you will succeed and, second, you have to get inside the language.” |
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May 11, 2007 | Philadelphia Inquirer
Temple coach Dawn Staley was named the head coach of the 2007 U.S. women's basketball team for the Pan American Games. |
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May 11, 2007 | Inside Higher Ed, Chronicle of Higher Education, Associated Press, Philadelphia Inquirer, Philadelphia Daily News
The NCAA announced that Temple athletics will be on probation for two years with additional reporting requirements during that period. Temple’s teams will remain eligible for post-season competition, except for men’s tennis in 2007-08. |
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| Temple President Ann Weaver Hart stated: “We responded by immediately firing the tennis coach for violating University policies, we cooperated fully with the NCAA regarding these violations, and we imposed appropriate penalties and took other corrective action.” |
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May 11 issue | Chronicle of Higher Education
“After hearing a day and a half of testimony, a federal judge late last month abruptly dismissed a lawsuit brought against Temple University by a former student who alleged that his professors retaliated against him for his political views,” wrote John Gravois for the Chronicle. His web-based article has been published in this week’s paper edition. |
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May 10, 2007 | News-Medical.net, UPI
African-Americans and Asian-Americans tend not to check for signs of skin cancer, as many feel they aren't susceptible to the disease because of their darker skin. This misconception means that most cases aren't diagnosed until much later when the disease has progressed and become difficult to treat, which leads to higher fatalities among minorities. Tracey Vlahovic, D.P.M., assistant professor of podiatric medicine and orthopedics at Temple University School of Podiatric Medicine, stresses the importance of minority populations checking their feet for signs of skin cancer. |
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May 10, 2007 | Philadelphia Inquirer
“The vast majority of employees are likely to need additional savings if they hope to retire with the benefits they expected before the shift away from company-sponsored traditional pensions to 401(k) plans, said Jack VanDerhei, the study’s coauthor and an associate professor of risk management and insurance at Temple University’s Fox School of Business.” |
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May 10, 2007 | ABC News
After having suffered public ridicule from the sexual assault charges that swirled around its members, the Duke lacrosse team has pulled together in an extraordinary way. “This is a group that was besieged by the outside world,” said Michael Sachs, a sports psychologist at Temple University. “It was the perfect storm: elite university, privilege, an upper-class kind of sport, the sexual issues, the racial issues – it all pulled together for people to voice all sorts of social concerns, and they bore the brunt of all the criticism.” |
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May 10, 2007 | Daily News
Fitness reporter Kimberly Garrison talks to with Dr. Howard Palamarchuk of the Temple University School of Podiatric Medicine. Dr. Palamarchuk was at the Broad Street Run finish line helping runners attend to foot issues, and he shares his vast knowledge about the Agony of the Feet and how to avoid it. |
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May 10, 2007 | USA Today, Philadelphia Inquirer
“With security concerns at sports venues on the minds of athletic administrators in the post-9/11 world, representatives of 38 colleges from across the nation met Wednesday at Temple University for the first intercollegiate athletics sport security and safety workshop,” wrote USA Today reporter Jack Carey. "This is one of the things that keeps us up at night as athletic administrators," said Temple athletics director Bill Bradshaw, who pointed out there are more than 1,700 major stadiums and arenas across the nation, and the majority of athletic administrators responsible for venue security have had little or no formal training or certification. |
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May 10, 2007 | Baltimore Sun
Musicians are penning tributes to those killed at Virginia Tech, but are their motives pure? "With an artist like Lil' Flip, there's a real contradictory issue," said Marc Lamont Hill, assistant professor of urban education at Temple University. "You make hit albums where you rap about killing folks, then turn around and send a halfhearted shout-out to the victims of Virginia Tech? I'm not saying Lil' Flip can't feel sad about what happened. But with his image and music, that kind of tribute doesn't resonate with too many listeners." |
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May 10, 2007 | City Paper
In a hard-hitting piece on campus safety, reporters Winnie Atterbury and Stacia Freidman look at safety issues at Penn and Temple. “Taking a proactive approach, (Temple) university turned its Annual Security Report into an impressive marketing tool. The four-color, 25-page glossy magazine titled Campus Safety & You was written and designed in-house under the supervision of Carl S. Bittenbender, executive director of Campus Safety Service. The statistics appear in large, easy-to-read type.” |
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May 9, 2007 | The New Scientist
Danny Dhanasekaran, a molecular biologist at the School of Medicine, has coaxed a simple yeast into harnessing a rat's sense of smell to sniff the explosive trinitrotoluene (TNT), a primary ingredient in many explosive devices. When it finds it, the yeast emits a warning using the jellyfish's ability to softly glow. |
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May 9, 2007 | Philadelphia Business Journal
Ala Stanford Frey, assistant professor of pediatric surgery at the School of Medicine, was named one of the Top 40 Under 40, a list of leading young professionals in the Delaware Valley. “Everything we do as pediatric surgeons has the potential to affect a child for the rest of their lives, so it should be positive,” she said. |
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May issue | Advance Magazine for Managers of Respiratory Care
The forthcoming Long-term Oxygen Therapy Trial (LOTT) will study the effectiveness and safety of long-term home oxygen therapy for patients with mild to moderate chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). Gerald Criner, director of the Temple Lung Center, currently examines COPD patients who use supplemental oxygen, one form of therapy that will be at the center of the trial. |
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May 9, 2007 | WHYY
Temple criminal justice professor Ralph Taylor discussed the crime fighting plans of Philly’s Democratic mayoral candidates with local host Brenda Jorett during breaks in "Morning Edition". |
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May 9, 2007 | Philadelphia Inquirer
Why did Chaka Fattah introduce race into the debate Monday night while questioning Michael Nutter? "Nutter is the perceived front-runner, so Chaka is going after him for the undecided black votes. It's the same reason Brady is going after Knox, because Knox is Brady's competition for white votes," Thad Mathis, Temple professor of social administration told Annette John-Hall. |
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May 9, 2007 | Philadelphia Inquirer
Temple coach Gavin White had no idea how good a rower the freshman was, but when Grace Curran called and told him her son, Patrick, wanted to be an Owl, scholarship or no scholarship, he said fine. "I didn't know he was this good," said White, who is in his 28th year as Temple's crew coach. "His work ethic is just amazing." |
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May 8, 2007 | Forbes.com, Newsweek.com
In addition to their well-established role in preventing heart disease, cholesterol-lowering statins may also dramatically reduce the risk for lung cancer among men, a new study suggests. "We have very strong data based on actual patient chart review, not simply patient recall," noted Vikas Khurana, who is currently an associate professor of medicine at Temple University Hospital in Philadelphia. "But there have been conflicting reports about statins being protective or not, and we were surprised by the high percentage of protection we saw." |
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May 8, 2007 | Agence France-Presse, Yahoo News
Biotechnologists have engineered brewer's yeast so that it glows green in response to an ingredient found in land mines, according to a study published online on Monday. The authors, led by Danny Dhanasekaran of Temple University School of Medicine in Philadelphia, believe they have found a useful, if so far experimental, addition to "biosensors" -- gadgets that use organisms to detect biological or chemical weapons of mass destruction. |
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May 8, 2007 | USA Today
Overworrying can impact mind and body. Many people overthink because they're trying to solve problems or get over life traumas, says Stephen Lepore, a public-health researcher at Temple University. |
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May 8, 2007 | Science Now
New evidence suggests that Australia and New Zealand’s populations were isolated for thousands of years after colonization. Writes Constance Holden: “The findings confirm the ‘quite extraordinary’ picture of Australians and Melanesians living in isolation from the rest of the world for tens of thousands of years, says geneticist Jonathan Friedlaender of Temple University in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The pattern of separation of land masses is so old that most mammals never made it to Australia or New Guinea until a few thousand years ago, says Friedlaender.” |
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May 8, 2007 | China News
Temple University School of Medicine (TUSM) researchers have developed a new biosensor that sniffs out explosives, according to a paper in the June issue of Nature Chemical Biology. Researchers say this could one day be used to detect landmines and deadly agents, such as sarin gas. "We suspected that harnessing the potential of the olfactory system, which can detect innumerable chemical agents with unparalleled sensitivity and selectivity, would be of immense value in the detection of environmental toxins and chemical warfare agents even at sub lethal levels," said Danny Dhanasekaran, Associate Professor of Biochemistry of TUSM. |
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May 8, 2007 | Philadelphia Inquirer
“A lithe blonde with spindly arms, porcelain skin and the look of someone even younger than her 22 years, Adrienne Repsher doesn't fit the description of the most feared slugger in Atlantic Ten Conference softball. Yet, that's exactly what Temple's first baseman becomes when she steps up to the plate, bat held high, ready to uncoil a compact stroke from her left-handed stance,” writes Ray Parrillo. |
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Week of May 7, 2007 | XM satellite radio
Temple telemedicine experts Bill Santamore, Fred Bove and Carol Homko were featured on several segments on “Reach MD,” the XM channel for physicians, including: telemedicine benefits for patients as well as health care providers, using telemedicine to prevent cardiovascular disease in underserved populations and telemedicine and diabetes. |
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May 7, 2007 | Sydney (Australia) Morning Herald, PCWorld, Reuters
Hollywood studios may find it impossible to squash a web-based movement to facilitate the illegal copying of high-definition DVDs, even though the law is on their side, because the information has already been distributed so widely. "The big companies are really utilizing legal tactics that I think are questionable," said constitutional law professor David Kairys of Temple University School of Law. "The whole intent might be to shut people up rather than to assert a viable legal claim." |
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May 7, 2007 | USA Today
In its spring football wrap-up, USA Today notes that in the Mid-American conference: “Temple joins the league full-time this fall and the Owls' first MAC game is at home Sept. 8 against Buffalo. The Owls hope for an improvement in coach Al Golden's second year after playing 22 true freshmen last season.” |
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May 7, 2007 | HealthNewsDigest.com
A new book highlights healthy choices to help people lose weight. “This book provides a much needed educational tool that takes you on a thoughtful journey about simple lifestyle changes that may deliver big health benefits,” says Gary Foster, Ph.D, contributing author, director for the Center for Obesity Research and Education and professor at Temple University. “People’s misperceptions about dieting and weight loss keep them in a vicious cycle of failure. Given the rising epidemic of overweight and obesity, it’s time we set the record straight. We need to talk honestly with people about how to successfully lose weight.” |
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May 7, 2007 | The Washington Post
Cholesterol-lowering statins seem to be able to ward off lung cancer in men. Irrespective of race, body mass index, diabetes status, age, or smoking and drinking histories, statin use exceeding six months was linked to a significant lung cancer risk reduction of 55 percent, the researchers found. “(T)here have been conflicting reports about statins being protective or not, and we were surprised by the high percentage of protection we saw,” said Vikas Khurana, an associate professor of medicine at Temple University Hospital in Philadelphia. |
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May 7, 2007 | NPR “Tell Me More”
Why are murder rates rising in Philadelphia and what can be done to make a difference? Jerry Ratcliffe, professor of criminal justice, said there are multiple causes, with a growing sense that carrying a gun is increasingly important for young black men. (“Tell Me More” is a new show produced by NPR aimed for a younger and more diverse public radio audience.) |
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May 6, 2007 | Philadelphia Inquirer
The state's two largest health insurers have filed a forest of paperwork - nearly 30,000 pages of documentation as of Friday - in connection with their proposed merger. But Independence Blue Cross and Highmark Inc. want Pennsylvania's Department of Insurance to keep key components of the merger confidential. "It looks like a fairly standard merger agreement," said Jonathan Lipson, a Temple University business law professor who is also teaching at the University of Pennsylvania. Lipson said it made sense for Highmark and Independence Blue Cross to want to keep their financial projections and sales and pricing strategies secret, as requested. |
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May 6, 2007 | Philadelphia Inquirer
Hospitals are losing too much money on maternity wards, and for women in the Northeastern area of Philadelphia, the choices are growing fewer. "I think clearly the economics don't support hospitals' remaining in the obstetrical world," said Rick Mankin, executive director of Temple Physicians Inc. Jeanes is part of the Temple University Health System, which hopes that some moms who would have gone to Jeanes will now move to other facilities in the system: Temple University and Northeastern Hospitals. But they have room for only a fraction of the 1,700 babies a year Jeanes was delivering. |
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May 6, 2007 | Philadelphia Inquirer
Daniel B. Szyld, a professor of mathematics at Temple University, recommends a run-off election in Philadelphia's Democratic mayoral race to ensure that one candidate gets more than half the party's popular votes. "One solution is called Instant Runoff Voting (IRV). It is like having the election and runoff in the same election, but better," he wrote. |
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May 5 and 6, 2007 | WRTI
The 2007 Blue Cross Broad Street run arrived this weekend, and for some runners the distance may not be the only problem. Temple podiatrist Howard Palamarchuk was stationed at the end of the 10-mile course, and said the race is a challenge for beginning and average runners who are at higher risk of injuring their feet. |
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May 4, 2007 | CBS3
Couples are lining up to get married on July 7, 2007 (7/7/07) because they think it will bring them good luck. "There's an old saying: Your attitude is your destiny. So, if you start off in your marriage with the special belief in the strength of this marriage going forward because of when it happened 7/7/07 that it's going to be a lucky marriage and will be long lasting and happy, maybe that attitude, that positive attitude will lead to positive things," Temple psychologist Frank Farley said. |
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April 18, 2007 | ABC News
Scared students, frightened by violence in their schools and then by the well-meaning actions of those charged with keeping them safe, are distracted by all the furor. "They can't learn under these conditions," said psychologist Frank Farley, former head of the American Psychological Association. To listen to the media, Farley told me, you'd have to believe that Chicken Little was right. "The sky is truly falling. America is in terrible straits and our schools are a mess and they're violent. But they are not violent. I don't know why there is all this press coverage, other than the need for a story," said Farley. |
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May 4, 2007 | Philadelphia Inquirer
Landscape architect John F. Collins has “made a specialty out of slipping pocket parks into the cracks in Philadelphia's street grid,” writes Inga Saffron. “To appreciate just how much of Center City's park space has his handprints on it, you have to hike over to Ambler, where Temple University's landscape architecture department has put together a retrospective of his career.” |
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May 4, 2007 | Daily News
Progress Plaza, adjacent to Temple’s main campus, is being revitalized. Columnist Elmer Smith writes that “a building boom, leveraged with public money, and Temple University's rapid expansion are repopulating and re-energizing the neighborhood,” leading to a new grocery store and other improvements at the urban shopping center. |
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May 4, 2007 | Metro
Lori Pompa was a longtime volunteer at several prisons before she was hired to teach a course on the corrections system for Temple’s criminal justice department. Pompa says it wasn’t long before she realized, “we can’t just sit in a classroom and do this, we have to go in.” |
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May 4, 2007 | Psychology Today
“Kawaii,” the concept of “cute,” is increasingly prevalent in Japanese popular culture. Kawaii also serves to soften social hierarchies. "Japanese society is very much stratified," says Kyle Cleveland, a professor of Japanese popular culture at Temple University. "Kawaii lets people transcend that." |
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May 3, 2007 | ScienceDaily.com
Minimal formal medical training exists regarding how pediatricians can effectively speak to their patients about secondhand smoke-related issues, according to an article in the May issue of The Journal of Pediatrics. "Part of the issue is teaching medical residents (physicians in training) to advise smoking parents at every patient visit. Consider every message as a "dose" of advice that in the long run could promote lasting changes in parental smoking behavior and children's exposure," said Brad Collins, Ph.D, the lead author and assistant professor of public health at Temple University. |
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May 3, 2007 | TechNewsWorld.com
Barak Obama’s use of the web to draw support, especially from younger voters is a sign of things to come. "There is no doubt that social networking sites are going to play a larger role in the next election," said Marc Lamont Hill, a professor of American Studies at Temple University. "A MySpace profile or a clever ad on YouTube makes you feel closer to a candidate," Hill told TechNewsWorld. "It has a democratizing effect to it – people may not be able to pay $1,000 to have dinner with a candidate, but they still can feel like they know him." |
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May 3, 2007 | Philadelphia Inquirer
Jacqueline Steck, 85, a beloved journalism teacher for 45 years at Temple University, died Sunday at Riddle Memorial Hospital in Media. |
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May 3, 2007 | KABC-TV (Los Angeles)
There are a lot of diet myths out there including the idea that people shouldn’t eat after 8 p.m. The truth, according to Temple University researcher Gary Foster, calories don't know time. "There's nothing magical or mysterious about when calories go into the body, how they process them. It's really about how much energy goes in over 24 hours and how much energy is burned over 24 hours," Foster said. |
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May 3, 2007 | Daily News
Former N.J. Gov. James McGreevey is interested in becoming an Episcopal priest. “Leonard Swidler, a Temple University religion professor, religious historian and Roman Catholic, agreed that McGreevey's entry into the Episcopal priesthood would be simply a blip on the radar screen. ‘I think it will be just a publicity story for a short while and then just fade away,’ Swidler said.” |
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May 3, 2007 | Philadelphia Inquirer
“City Councilman Darrell L. Clarke said last night that the city plans to file a lawsuit today in Philadelphia Common Pleas Court alleging that the General Assembly has failed in its duty to protect the residents of the city,” reports the Inquirer. “David Kairys, a professor at the Beasley School of Law at Temple University, said that the laws Council is expected to enact today should be valid because of the city's Home Rule Charter. But the charter's power is diminishing, he said. ‘The legislature and the Supreme Court have so undercut it that it's hard to say we have home rule anymore,’ said Kairys.” |
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May 3, 2007 | Chico (Calif.) Enterprise Record
How can parents keep their children away from drugs and alcohol? The answers might like in their teen-agers’ brains. “A Temple University psychologist, Laurence Steinberg, has analyzed adolescent studies from the past decade and concludes that, ‘Adolescents are at an age where they do not have full capacity to control themselves. As adults, we need to do some of the controlling.’ ” |
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May 3, 2007 | Daily News, Inquirer
Mike Kern writes in the Daily News about the restoration of nine football scholarships to the Temple program and Coach Al Golden’s role. “Golden insisted he didn't want it to be an 'enduring thing.' And to his credit, it hasn't. Yesterday, as expected, it became official: The scholarships have been reinstated for the 2007-08 school year.” |
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May 2, 2007, Fox 29 “Good Day Philadelphia”
A new study suggests a link between cured meats, which contain nitrates, and lung disease. But Dr. Victor Kim of the Temple Lung Center explains that the cause and effect relationship between the two is not strong. He recommends moderation in eating cure meats, which include bacon, sausage and cold cuts. |
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May 2, 2007 | TIME
In a stunning review of Hapa Girl, a new book by May-Lee Chai, reviewer Don Morrison writes: “ Hapa Girl (the adjective is a Hawaiian word for mixed race) is published by Temple University Press. Why the book did not find a commercial publisher is a mystery. The writing is vigorous, and Chai's descriptions of the murderous winters and corrosive boredom of the Great Plains are compelling.” |
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May 2, 2007 | Daily News
Temple student Julian Root was among the musicians protesting a city prohibition against playing music in Rittenhouse Square. |
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May 2, 2007 | Philadelphia Inquirer
When the NCAA announces its 2007 Academic Progress Report for Division I sports teams today, Temple football is expecting to be in good standing after being penalized nine scholarships last year for falling short of the standard. "Nine scholarships should be reinstated for '07-08," Temple athletic director Bill Bradshaw said. "We are pleased." |
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May 1, 2007 | NBC10 “All That & More”
The No. 1 dieting myth is that eating after 8 p.m. will put on more weight. Not true. “The truth is calories don't know the time, according to Temple University researcher Gary Foster. There is nothing magical or mysterious about when calories go into the body or how they are processed. It's really about how much energy goes in over 24 hours and how much energy is burned over 24 hours.” |
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May 1, 2007 | United Press International, Earthtimes.com
Pediatricians believe secondhand smoke is a serious health concern for children, but they are not equipped to help reduce exposure, says a U.S. study. "Part of the issue is teaching medical residents to advise smoking parents at every patient visit," lead author Brad Collins of Temple University. "Consider every message as a 'dose' of advice that in the long run could promote lasting changes in parental smoking behavior and children's exposure." |
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May 1, 2007 | Daily News
Mayoral candidate Tom Knox and City Council member Jannie Blackwell are building an alliance now that could help both. “Thad Mathis, Temple professor of social administration, said the alliance would be a ‘win-win. Tom Knox can't lose. He gains some street machinery in West Philadelphia.’ For Blackwell, he said, it's a no-brainer. If almost any other candidate wins the Democratic nomination, her chances at the presidency are diminished. ‘It's a marriage of convenience for them,’ Mathis said,” reports the Daily News. |
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May 1, 2007 | Philadelphia Inquirer
“Steve Capus graduated from Temple with a degree in communications, but judging by the last few weeks, he should have majored in crisis management,” writes Gail Shister in a profile of the NBC News president and his recent decisions to pull Don Imus and air a video of the Virginia Tech shooter. |
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May 1, 2007 | NBC Newschannel
Doctors may not have the training necessary to discourage parents from smoking around their children, according to a study by Brad Collins, of the public health department in the College of Health Professions. 93 percent of physicians said they received less than 2 hours of smoking cessation training during their residency. |
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May issue | Reader’s Digest, Australia
When she was born four months early, Adrianna Mancini had a 5 percent chance of survival. But with the help of Dr. Thomas Shaffer of Temple University and an experimental process called liquid ventilation, she is a healthy child today. |
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May 2007 | Cosmopolitan
When an individual experiences a traumatic injury, the body fights back in several ways, according to Amy Goldberg, chief of trauma and surgical critical care. You produce natural painkillers, you can move faster and you start to "hyperheal." |
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Week of April 30, 2007 | XM satellite radio
Temple cardiologist Dr. Michael Barrett explains why the failure to diagnose myocardial infarction is a common cause of negligence claims for general practitioners on the "Reach MD" program. |
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