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February 29, 2008 | Philadelphia Business Journal
Recently, 40 students from Temple’s School of Tourism and Hospitality Management joined the sales team at the Hyatt Regency Washington, on Capitol Hill, and found out what it means to say, "All in a day's work," laboring from 7 a.m. to 5:30 p.m., according to the hotel. Students made cold calls, went on site visits throughout Washington and met with prospective clients. At the end of the day, the sales staff and their Temple charges had generated $1.7 million in leads. |
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February 29, 2008 | Philadelphia Inquirer
Columnist Annette John Hall suggests that if the economy needs a boost, the mint should just make more money. Her plan wouldn’t be so bad, except the money might not make it into circulation. “Save or spend? ‘What makes sense for the person doesn't necessarily make sense for the country,’” says Temple economics professor William Stull. |
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February 29, 2008 | Philadelphia Business Journal
Temple University Health System will invest about $12 million into renovating the nine-floor building that housed its pediatric hospital until it got out of the business at the end of last year. The building at 3509 N. Broad St. has been renamed the Esther Boyer Pavilion for a Temple University benefactor. "This isn't a stand-alone project," said Robert Pezzoli, the chief operating officer of the health system and interim CEO of Temple University Hospital. "This effort is part of a strategy we started two years ago to build five key service lines that will allow us to grow on a regional basis and, in some cases, on a national basis." |
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February 29, 2008 | Asahi Shimbun (Japan)
Who would make the best U.S. President as far as Japan is concerned? Robert Dujarric, director of the Institute of Contemporary Japanese Studies at Temple University Japan, looks at the three remaining contenders and considers what the election of each might mean for Japan and the world. |
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February 29, 2008 | Philadelphia Daily News
Peshe C. Kuriloff, a clinical associate professor in the Department of Curriculum, Instruction and Technology in Education at Temple University, writes an op-ed about the challenges ahead if Philadelphia is to meet Mayor Michael Nutter’s goals for education. “The mayor is right to set ambitious targets for improving education. Now, he must mobilize the city to reach them.” Kuriloff is former director of policy and planning for the College of Education. |
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February 29, 2008 | The Daily Utah Chronicle
If students are unsure of what career plan to take, Utah alumna and Temple University President Ann Weaver Hart advises that they ask themselves, "What am I doing when I completely lose track of time?" Hart was in Utah to receive the university’s alumnus award. |
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February 28, 2008 | Reuters, Washington Post
Japanese Defense Minister Shigeru Ishiba faced pressure on Thursday from within his own Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) to resign after a destroyer crashed into a fishing boat. His departure would be a blow for struggling Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda. "He's looked upon as the most competent spokesman for the LDP's security policy, so his loss, if it comes to that, would be rather significant," said Jeff Kingston, director of Asian studies at Temple University's Tokyo campus. |
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February 28, 2008 | Deseret (Utah) News
The University of Utah honored Temple President Ann Weaver Hart at its Founder’s Day celebration earlier this week. Hart, a University of Utah alumnus, said she "would like to be remembered as someone who is committed to the importance of higher education. |
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February 28, 2008 | Philadelphia Inquirer
The American Heart Association at its annual Heart Ball honored Alfred Bove, chief of cardiology at Temple University, reports the Inquirer in its “Social Circuit” column. |
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February 28, 2008 | Philadelphia Inquirer
Temple students will discuss their concerns about a hate crime on campus at a town hall event this evening at Temple Hillel. |
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February 27, 2008 | ABC6, Fox29
Temple’s Partnership Schools African American History Month competition was held last week. Teams from the four schools competed in several categories, with the Ferguson School team winning the competition. |
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February 27, 2008 | ABC6
School children from First Philadelphia Charter were special guests at Temple’s men’s basketball game Tuesday night. The children have renamed their classroom as Room Temple. |
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February 27, 2008 | Kansas City Star
Trumpeter Terell Stafford will perform Friday in Kansas City. For 11 years, Stafford has been director of jazz studies at Temple University. “If you're having a stressful time at school, it's nice to go on the road and play music,” Stafford said. “When you're on the road and feeling burned out, it's nice to go home and teach. And when you're out on your own, it can be relaxing to go out as sideman. A little bit of everything keeps it all fresh.” |
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February 27, 2008 | USA Today
In a benchmark case that arises against a backdrop of election-year politics, the high court will take its first definitive look at the Second Amendment. "A Supreme Court decision has a moral, political and cultural meaning as well as a legal meaning," says Temple University law professor David Kairys, who has long been in the thick of the debate over gun rights and firearms violence as a defender of gun restrictions. "I think it is going to have a huge impact." |
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February 27, 2008 | Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Centre Daily Times
"Completely inadequate." That's how Penn State University President Graham Spanier characterized Gov. Ed Rendell's proposed 1.5 percent funding increase for state-related universities. Dr. Spanier and the heads of the other state-related universities -- the University of Pittsburgh, Temple University and Lincoln University -- testified before the House Appropriations Committee yesterday. |
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February 27, 2008 | Philadelphia Daily News
The pupils who used to attend teacher Kristin Palmer's third-grade class at a charter school in Frankford would go to Room 118. Not anymore. Now they go into Room Temple. It's the same room at the First Philadelphia Charter School for Literacy, at Tacony and Church streets, only the name has been changed as part of a program to instill in the 8-and-9-year-olds the concept of college. "Many of the students live in poverty, and I believe if young children are exposed to college, even at the conceptual level, there's more of a chance that they'll attend college when they're finished high school," Palmer said |
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February 26, 2008 | NBC10
Your appearance does have an impact on how people treat you. "If someone is really sloppy, obviously isn't interested in looking after themselves, does that imply something else? An employer would be thinking along those lines," said Dr. Frank Farley, who teaches psychological studies at Temple University |
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February 26, 2008 | Washington Post
Family life and grandparenting can be complicated for older fathers, particularly when older dads have two families. "Marital transitions that occur when children are adults tend to reduce support from parents to children," concludes a recent report by developmental psychologist Adam Davey and his colleagues at Temple. |
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February 25, 2008 | WHYY
Dr. Richard Heimberg professor of psychology at Temple University, and director of the Adult Anxiety Clinic of Temple University, discussed self criticism with host DanGottlieb during his “Voices in the Family” show on WHYY radio. |
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February 25, 2008 | Newsday (New York)
A French hotel association has opened Maison des Relais & Chateaux, a boutique hotel in New York. Although a slowing U.S. economy is a concern, the weak dollar may appeal to the hotel's target clientele, affluent foreigners, says Greg DeShields of Temple's School of Tourism and Hospitality Management. One challenge will be the Manhattan location, where there is a "concentration of hotel inventory of different brands," said DeShields. |
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February 25, 2008 | 6ABC
An "Action News" report highlights a 30-hour campout to combat homelessness by Temple students belonging to the Alpha Tau Omega fraternity. The students donated more than $1,500 and numerous clothing items to the Committee to End Homelessness. |
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February 25, 2008 | Philadelphia Daily News
After suffering an injury on his first practice pitch, Brad Lidge, the Philadelphia Phillies' new relief pitcher, had surgery to remove a portion of the meniscus in his right knee. Team officials expect Lidge back in three to six weeks. Easwaran Bala, an orthopedic surgeon at Temple, called it a "pretty common procedure. It's not like an ACL or a shoulder for a pitcher." |
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February 25, 2008 | NBC10
There is one form of discrimination that's not only legal -- it's sometimes even encouraged: discrimination against the unattractive, who are often judged by merely what's on the outside. Frank Farley, an educational psychologist at Temple, says that unattractive people are often discriminated against in the workplace. "Employers will say, 'We have a certain standard of appearance that is essential for our business,'" Farley said. |
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February 25, 2008 | Fox News Channel
Presidential candidates are presenting plans to help homeowners facing foreclosure and to get move votes in Ohio. Temple faculty member Marc Lamont Hill joined "Your World with Neil Cavuto" to discuss the issue. |
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February 23-25, 2008 | Associated Press, The Washington Post, many others
The Charles L. Blockson Afro-American Collection is moving into new quarters that will give greater access to its remarkable materials. "It's really invaluable," curator Diane Turner said. "The materials are just so wonderful and unique."
(The story has been used by dozens of news organizations in the last few days. This is just a sample.) |
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February 25, 2008 | Minneapolis Star-Tribune
A new St. Paul police policy for investigating protest groups draws praise from police experts for its sensitivity to dissent, but criticism from those who worry that police will spy on activists leading up to the Republican National Convention. After reading the policy, civil-rights lawyer David Kairys said it signals a police plan to investigate protest groups coming to the convention. "It sounds like they are going to do it, putting in language that would be useful if it is challenged," said Kairys, who is also a law professor at Temple University in Philadelphia. |
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February 25, 2008 | Metro
In the “Reformer’s Roundtable” section, Fox School of Business professor Fred Murphy talks about Mayor Michael Nutter’s first budget proposal. The mayor should “budget conservatively this year and use any surplus at the end of the year as a down payment for the rainy day fund,” advised Murphy. |
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February 25, 2008 | Investment News
Most young employees are ignoring the advice of experts and eschewing their employers' defined contribution plans. According to the Washington-based Employee Benefit Research Institute, 71% of full-time workers 21 to 24 weren't enrolled in their employers' retirement savings plans in 2006. "I would think there will be a huge expansion [of younger participants in retirement plans] when the data reflects the 2008 experience," said Jack VanDerhei, research director at EBRI's fellows program and a professor at Temple University's Fox School of Business in Philadelphia. |
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February 25, 2008 | CN8 “Your Morning”
Francesca Viola, a professor in the School of Communications and Theater’s department of journalism, appeared on CN8's "Your Morning" to talk about the ethical dilemmas connected with a weekend story in The New York Times on Republican presidential candidate John McCain and his possible connections to lobbyists. |
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February 24, 2008 | Canada.com
Although it has gotten out of the instant photo business, Polaroid's legend will likely live on, even as the iconic white-bordered pictures slowly disappear from physical reality. "That mindset of wanting an instant picture, that feel that Edwin Land captured, is still there today with digital imagery," said Andrew Mendelson, the chair of Temple University's journalism department. "In some ways it's a loss - the iconic border, the feel, the tangible aspect of producing that picture - those are all a huge part of people's memories. Our vision of the past is almost coloured the same way those Polaroids are and it just smacks of the 60s," he said. |
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February 23, 2008 | KYW radio
A new research center has opened on the campus of Temple University that will focus on the African American community in Philadelphia. The Center for African American Research and Public Policy formally opens this weekend with a series of discussions on Philadelphia's African Americans in terms of health and healthcare, education, economic development, crime and social justice. The Center's co-director Dr. Thaddeus Mathis says the focus is to gather together researchers, scholars, community activists and public officials to put together a coherent view of black Philadelphia. |
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February 22, 2008 | Philadelphia Inquirer, Philadelphia City Paper
Temple undergraduate Nia Davis is one of two winners of the Philadelphia Young Playwrights annual festival who will have works performed by Temple theater students and other professional actors as a part of Philadelphia's "40 Days of Nonviolence" this month. Charles Dumas, director of the Acting in Media program in Temple's theater department, is directing the plays. "Both of these plays address key issues that young people must face," said Dumas. "It's impressive that they are so authentic and well-written. All told, they make for a great evening at the theater." |
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February 22, 2008 | Philadelphia Daily News
The Philadelphia Orchestra's new (and extraordinarily young) tuba player, Carol Jantsch, will be performing this Sunday at Temple's Rock Hall. She will play a piece composed by Jan Krzywicki, professor of music theory at Temple's Boyer College of Music and Dance. The piece was premiered by the Temple University Symphony Orchestra under Luis Biava in 1997. |
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February 22, 2008 | Philadelphia Inquirer
After two full days of deliberations, the federal jury considering fraud and tax charges against T. Milton Street Sr. announced yesterday that it was deadlocked on seven charges. JoAnne Epps, associate dean at Temple's Beasley School of Law, said it was hard to determine whether a deadlock would ultimately benefit Street. "It really depends on why they're deadlocked," she said. "They may be deadlocked over an uncertainty about the law or an uncertainty about what the evidence shows…[or] they may be agreed on facts in the law but unwilling to convict." |
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February 21, 2008 | The New York Times
In the Times' blog "Domestic Disturbances," Judith Warner argues that fears that children are being overdiagnosed and overmedicated are exaggerated. “Most kids are underdiagnosed and don’t get services. Access is poor and there’s a lack of providers,” said Ronald Brown, dean of Temple's College of Health Professions. In 2006, Brown headed an American Psychological Association committee that looked into the issue of the rise in psychiatric drugs for children. |
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February 21, 2008 | Calgary Herald (Canada)
Cheating spouses, dishonest politicians and corporate crooks, beware. It may be easy to tell a lie, but it's also getting easier to catch untruths. The gold standard of lie detecting would be to get inside the brain of the potential liar, and that's exactly what scientists are trying to do. Using functional MRI machines, researchers at Temple found specific areas of the brain that were activated when lying or telling the truth. |
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February 21, 2008 | Philadelphia Inquirer, Philadelphia Daily News
A win over St. Joseph's last night gave Temple women's basketball coach Dawn Staley two milestones to celebrate: a regular season sweep of a local rival and a rightful place as the Owls' all-time winningest coach. |
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February 20, 2008 | Daily News
“Ione Vargus, the first female and first African-American academic dean at Temple (in social work), is one of just a handful of researchers in the United States who have studied the cultural relevance of family reunions. Since launching the university's Family Reunion Institute in 1990, she's documented a surge in the summer-weekend events among African-American families.” |
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February 20, 2008 | 6ABC, CBS3
As part of an annual effort to fight homelessness, a group of Temple undergraduates are staging a 30-hour campout in the cold at Temple's Bell Tower -- leaving only to attend classes. Their goals: to raise money, solicit clothing donations and increase public awareness. |
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February 20, 2008 | The Bulletin
The Student Public Interest Network, a student organization at Temple's Beasley School of Law, hosted a public forum on Philadelphia's new strategies for fighting violent crime. Intrigue ensued when a scheduled speaker from the Fraternal Order of Police bowed out in response to the presence of another speaker, Philadelphia Deputy Mayor Everett Gillison. |
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February 20, 2008 | Philadelphia Inquirer, ABC6
Writes Stephan Salisbury: “Like family members dispersed by some unforeseen event, the wayward parts of the Charles L. Blockson Afro-American Collection at Temple University are coming back together again. This week thousands of archival papers and books – the letters, photographs, manuscripts, first editions, artifacts and other materials that make up the vast biography of Africans in America – are being moved from temporary homes on campus to their new quarters in Sullivan Hall on Berks Mall.”
A photo gallery of 10 images illustrating the collection’s handsome new home accompanies the story, and can be viewed online.
In addition, ABC6 featured the new home of the Blockson collection in a major feature story on Feb. 14. |
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February 20, 2008 | Philadelphia Inquirer
Richard H. Golder, 85, a former cancer researcher and professor of biochemistry at Temple University, died Sunday of renal-cell cancer at his home in Bala Cynwyd. He obtained his doctorate in chemistry at Temple University in 1957 and taught at Temple University from 1964 until 1987. |
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February 20, 2008 | The New York Times
School of Communications and Theater, and Honors graduate Josh Winheld is profiled in a story and video about how science is extending the lives of those with muscular dystrophy. Link to the video. |
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February 20, 2008 | Philadelphia Inquirer, Daily News
John Chaney, 76, is known nationally for the 24 seasons he coached at Temple plus his 2001 induction into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame. But it was his life before Temple, his 10 successful seasons at Cheyney State, that earned him induction yesterday into the Small College Coaches Association Hall of Fame at the University of the Sciences. |
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February 19, 2008 | Fox News
Temple faculty member Marc Lamont Hill joined "The O'Reilly Factor" to discuss recent comments by Michelle Obama, wife of presidential candidate Barack Obama. |
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February 19, 2008 | CBS3, ABC6, KYW
Four cents might not get you very far, but some 80 Temple Engineering freshmen used the pennies to test their skills by designing, building and racing miniature ‘penny vehicles.’ The competition is in celebration of National Engineers Week. |
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February 19, 2008 | Metro
Inspired by a national Public Relations Student Society of America conference she attended in Philadelphia last October, Natalie Prazenica, a senior and public relations major at Temple University, launched the student-run PRowl Public Relations firm earlier this month. The firm, which does not charge for its services, already has four clients and 18 students on staff. |
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February 18, 2008 | Fox News, "The O'Reilly Factor"
In light of two high-profile campus shootings in the last 12 months, should university faculty be encouraged to carry guns? Temple University professor Marc Lamont Hill says no. “I don't think it solves the fundamental problem, which is that guns are too easy to get,” said Hill on “The O’Reilly Factor.” |
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February 18, 2008 | Philadelphia Inquirer
Judge Phyllis Beck and her daughter, also a judge, are the first mother-daughter judges in the 231-year history of Pennsylvania. The senior Judge Beck took night classes at Temple Law School. She finished first in her 1967 graduating class, which included five women and 75 men. She is also a member of Temple’s President’s Advisory Board. |
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February 18, 2008 | KYW NewsRadio
When the wind chills dip to single digits, it's smart to exercise out of the cold to avoid frostbite according to Dr. Howard Palamarchuk, director of sports medicine at the Temple University School of Podiatric Medicine. "Even take a day off – it wouldn't hurt you to take a day off and say ‘Tomorrow will be a better day’,” he said. |
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February 18, 2008 | Philadelphia Daily News
With the Sunday victory of her Owls over Duquesne, women’s basketball coach Dawn Staley matched Linda Hill MacDonald's record for all-time wins by a Temple women's basketball coach. MacDonald went 166-130 from 1980 to '90. Staley is 166-78 in eight seasons. |
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February 17, 2008 | Washington Post
Vladislav Zubok teaches history at Temple University and is the author of A Failed Empire: The Soviet Union in the Cold War From Stalin to Gorbachev. He reviewed The Whisperers: Private Life in Stalin's Russia by Orlando Figes for the Washington Post BookWorld. |
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February 17, 2008 | Philadelphia Inquirer
Although they are coming in for closer study, atypical antipsychotics remain a cornerstone of care for serious mental illness. Ellen Sholevar, director of child and adolescent psychiatry at the Temple University School of Medicine, said atypicals could help children even though they had not been well studied. Antipsychotics are used when young children appear to be out of control and represent a danger to themselves or others, or have "very severe disorders where there is no other viable treatment option," she said. |
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February 17, 2008 | Philadelphia Inquirer
For years, young artists have been moving into Philadelphia in increasing numbers. Lately, the community has reached critical mass. Among those discovering the city is 2006 Tyler School of Art graduate Joe DiGiuseppe. With his friends, DiGiuseppe leases a warehouse where they operate the FluxSpace gallery plus a warren of 25 artists' studios called Art Making Machine. |
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February 17, 2008 | Philadelphia Inquirer
Temple student Jeff Harris suffered a beach accident last year that left the 24-year-old a quadriplegic. He plans to graduate from Temple this May with a degree in landscape architecture and was the designer and project manager of Temple's entry in the Philadelphia Flower Show last year that won the best of show award. Friends at the Philadelphia Curling Club, where he has been a member for 13 years, will hold a fundraiser on his behalf later this week. |
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February 17, 2008 | Philadelphia Inquirer
The Temple University Ambler Accounting Professional Society will provide free federal and state tax preparation for low- to moderate-income families through the Volunteer Income Tax Assistance program. |
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February 16, 2008 | Philadelphia Inquirer
John G. McKevitt, a retired Temple University administrator, died three days before his 89th birthday. For 13 years, McKevitt was involved with planning for Temple's city and suburban campuses. His projects included the construction of a computer center, Dixon Hall at Temple's Ambler campus, and the expansion of the dental school. He retired in 1982 as associate vice president for planning. |
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February 15, 2008 | ABC6
Wilson Middle School’s students are taking part in the nationwide HEALTHY study, led by Gary Foster and his team at Temple's Center for Obesity Research and Education. Wilson and 42 schools nationwide have overhauled cafeteria and physical education programs to reduce obesity and diabetes risk. Program director, Eileen Ford, explained a recent nutrition activity. "We're looking at which potato chip would be a healthier choice, not just in terms of calories but also portion sizes." |
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February 15, 2008 | FOX29
An ancient remedy, medicinal honey, is doing wonders for some burn and wound victims. Medihoney, made from the pollen and nectar of the manuka flower of New Zealand, is helping to speed up the healing process significantly. “It’s old stuff that’s new science,” said Dr. Jim McGuire of the Leonard Abrams Center for Advanced Wound Healing at Temple University. “This honey contains various antioxidants and anti-infective properties that are resistant to bacteria,” McGuire said. |
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February 15, 2008 | Chronicle of Higher Education
The College of New Jersey has received a mysterious $1-million donation from an unknown benefactor, much like the gift of $5-million that Temple University received in the mail this month. The gift to the College of New Jersey, just like the gift to Temple, was sent by Wells Fargo Bank to one of the college’s fundraisers. |
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February 15, 2008 | Philadelphia Inquirer
The New York City health department wants to make restaurants with 15 locations or more post food calories on overhead menu boards. The incoming president of the Obesity Society has written a brief saying there was no clear evidence the information would work, and his brief has upset some. The current president of the society and director of Temple’s Center For Obesity, Research and Education Gary Foster, said he did nothing wrong. "There's always some natural tension in taking money from anyone," said Foster, who has consulted for GlaxoSmithKline and others. "Does it bias us? These kind of issues bring it to the fore." |
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February 15, 2008 | Philadelphia Inquirer
Six weeks into the new year, Philadelphia's homicide number is down by 25 percent over last year, providing a psychological boost to new Police Commissioner Charles H. Ramsey's campaign to stem the bloodshed. Jerry Ratcliffe, an associate professor at Temple University's Department of Criminal Justice, said history has shown that there is a cycle of violence in the city, with shootings peaking in the summer. "I think the real test for how we're doing compared to previous years will be how well the police and the community are able to manage violent crimes and shootings and homicides over the summer months," he said. |
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February 14, 2008 | Fox29
Fox29's Joyce Evans visited Temple's Sullivan Hall to see the new home of the Charles L. Blockson Afro-American Collection, one of the nation's leading research facilities for the study of African American history and culture, and the collection's new curator, Diane Turner. When completed, the renovation will give the collection and its visitors about 50 percent more space. |
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February 14, 2008 | Jewish Exponent
The Exponent ran a photo of Dean M. Moshe Porat of the Fox School at Temple University, Howard Cohen, special assistant to the dean and industrialist/author/Holocaust survivor Gordon Zacks. Zacks recently addressed faculty and students about the roots of genocide and the ethical willpower needed to battle it. |
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February 14, 2008 | Financial Times
The alleged rape of a 14-year-old girl by a U.S. Marine has cast a pall over U.S.-Japan relations, with Japan's foreign minister yesterday saying it was bound to affect delicate negotiations over the relocation of U.S. military bases. Jeff Kingston, professor of Asian studies at Temple University, said: "Even if we don't know all the facts yet, this incident will be a strain on U.S.-Japan relations. The burden of proof is going to be on this Marine. In Okinawan eyes he is already guilty." |
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February 14, 2008 | The Daily Utah Chronicle
Temple President Ann Weaver Hart will receive the University of Utah’s Distinguished Alumnus Award during the university’s Founder’s Day event on Feb. 28. |
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February 14, 2008 | Philadelphia Inquirer, Philadelphia Daily News
Dionte Christmas scored 27 points and Mark Tyndale had 24, including two clutch free throws with 6 seconds left in overtime to rally Temple to a 92-89 victory over Rhode Island last night at the Liacouras Center. Rhode Island (20-5, 6-4 league) had been tied for second in the conference, but fell behind Temple in the league standings. |
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February 13, 2008 | USA Today
A new study says the cost of diagnosing and treating back and neck problems rose substantially over the past decade, but Americans might not be getting their money's worth. Not everyone agrees with the results. “Alan Hilibrand, speaking for the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons, challenged the conclusion that spending on spine problems has outpaced overall medical spending. Hilibrand, an orthopedic surgery professor at the Temple University School of Medicine in Philadelphia, pointed out that the difference in health care expenditures for people with spine problems and those without was 72 percent in 1997 and 73 percent in 2005.” |
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February 13, 2008 | Philadelphia Daily News
As part of its ongoing Black History Month series on past, present and future leaders, the Daily News profiles Lewis Gordon, as a “trailblazing Temple University philosopher.” “Gordon is internationally known for pioneering work in schools of thought like Black existentialism, which ponders ideas such as what it means to be human and free in the modern world. He came to Temple in 2004 from Brown University, where he established that Ivy League school's department of Africana Studies. He's also taught at Yale and Purdue.” |
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February 13, 2008 | Providence Journal
As Temple prepares to host the University of Rhode Island tonight at the Liacouras Center, the Owls are quietly in Atlantic 10 contention. The team has been flying under the radar “as is the style of their new coach, Fran Dunphy.” |
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February 12, 2008 | CN8, “Art Fennell Reports”
It's been almost 19 years since the Exxon Valdez hit a reef in Alaska's Prince William Sound causing one of the largest oil spills in history. CN8 took a look back at the disaster's impact and profiled the ongoing research of civil and environmental engineering chair Michel Boufadel, who is working to determine why toxic crude can still be found in the beaches along the Sound. |
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February 12, 2008 | KYW NewsRadio
The Bush administration has announced a bailout plan for some homeowners facing foreclosure because they can't pay the mortgage. Dr. Jonathan Scott, associate professor of finance at Temple University, says this won't help much, because property values and family finances aren't likely to improve in one month. He's also concerned about the precedent being set by the program:
"If you're going to do this for these homeowners, what's next? What about auto loans, where people may have made bad decisions about how much they wanted to borrow for a car? Or consumer loans? What about commercial mortgages that are showing signs of distress?" |
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February 12, 2008 | Philadelphia Inquirer
Is a pro soccer stadium in Chester worth millions of public dollars? Academics who have researched the economic impacts of a new stadium are skeptical. "Plopping down a stadium," said Temple University assistant dean Michael Leeds, coauthor of The Economics of Sports, "does nothing for a city." |
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February 12, 2008 | United Press International
All spring-time runners can suffer from sprains to blisters to shin splints, but it is more common in new or average runners, a U.S. expert said. Temple University podiatrist Howard Palamarchuk, who has cared for runners' feet at the finish line of some of the most difficult races in the country, including the Boston Marathon, said that first-time runners are more likely to ignore foot and ankle pain. "If the 'weekend warrior' gets hurt, he might have to give up running altogether," Palamarchuk said. "Err on the side of caution." |
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February 12, 2008 | Philadelphia Inquirer
The United States is going to look older and much less white over the next 40 years, according to a new Pew Research Center study. To Temple law professor Jan Ting, that means we need to put controls on immigration now. "The most troubling aspects," said Ting a former assistant commissioner with the Immigration and Naturalization Service who teaches a course on Citizenship, Immigration and Refugees, "are the implications . . . on schools, the notion of universal health, our criminal-justice system, our infrastructure, our environment." |
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February 11, 2008 | Fox29
You might be at risk for the flu, even if you got a vaccine this year. The Centers for Disease Control says a strain has surfaced that wasn’t out when this season’s vaccine was made. "It's kind of a best guess type of process," said Stephen Aronoff with Temple University's School of Medicine. "They picked the original strains right but we are seeing some change within the viruses so that the vaccines are not as affective against those as they could have been." |
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February 11, 2008 | Philadelphia Daily News
Diane Turner is profiled as an upcoming community leader in the newspaper’s Black History Month series. Turner, curator of the Charles L. Blockson Afro-American Collection, takes the reins of the Blockson collection with three Temple degrees, a solid grounding in anthropology, art and history, and recent experience as curator of collections and exhibitions for the African American Museum of Philadelphia. |
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February 11, 2008 | KYW NewsRadio
Looking for a new job? Try using social networking sites, suggests Corinne Snell from the Fox School of Business’ Center for Student Professional Development. Snell talked with reporter Hadas Kuznits in this podcast report. |
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February 11, 2008 | Daily News, Philadelphia Inquirer
“There had to be some pretty good stuff in that cold medicine because after playing with flulike symptoms in Temple's loss to Richmond Wednesday night, a fully cured Mark Tyndale led the Owls to an 80-70 overtime win over Massachusetts yesterday at the Liacouras Center,” writes Steve King for the Daily News. |
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February 10, 2008 | Philadelphia Inquirer
Arbitration a growing trend in health care, with doctors saying it will hold down medical costs. But Temple University law professor Bill Woodward thinks the growth of a private judicial system "is a pretty nasty legal development, I think, and it's just crying out for correction from Congress." |
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February 9, 2008 | Asahi Shimbun (Japan)
“Despite its economic weight, Japan lacks strength in what is known as soft power,” writes Robert Dujarric, director of the Institute of Contemporary Japanese Studies at Temple University Japan “Though hard to define, this type of power is the cultural and intellectual clout of a country, its ability to shape the international conversation.” (Asahi Shimbun is a leading English-language daily in Japan.) |
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February 9, 2008 | KYW NewsRadio
This tax season, college students in Montgomery County are helping low-income residents file their tax returns. Students at Temple University’s Ambler campus have been trained to help low and moderate income families file their state and federal taxes. According to Fox School of Business accounting professor Steven Balsam, it's a win-win situation. Taxpayers get free help and the students practice their skills. |
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February 8, 2008 | Philadelphia Business Journal
You just have to protect those teeth. Temple University's Kornberg School of Dentistry did just that last week as part of the Annual Give Kids a Smile Day. More than 80 children from Kenderton Elementary School recieved free dental care from nearly 30 dental students, faculty and staff. "Poor dental care is the most prevalent disease in childhood," said Mark Helpin, acting chair of the department of pediatric dentistry. "We're not just trying to teach people to treat their mouths, we're relating the health of the mouth to the overall health and wellbeing of a child." |
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February 8, 2008 | NBC10, KYW NewsRadio
Temple University conducted a successful test of its emergency communications system on Friday afternoon. Emails, phone calls and text messages were sent to students and employees in the first full-fledged test of the system. |
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February 8, 2008 | BusinessWeek
Temple law professor Jan Ting argues that enforcing U.S. immigration laws solely in the workplace is “like contending with the consequences of broken levees in New Orleans rather than trying to maintain those levees. We must enforce immigration laws at the work site and also build and maintain a strong border fence if we are ever to succeed in reducing illegal immigration to the U.S.” |
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February 8, 2008 | MetroKids
For parents of high school juniors — and, experts say, sophomores too — spring break is the time to visit college campuses. The story features photos of Temple’s campus and notes that if you can’t make it to Temple, you can also visit online. “Karin West Mormando, associate director of undergraduate admissions at Temple University in Philadelphia, says Temple offers an Internet tour ‘to generate excitement and buzz, but as much as possible, we encourage campus visits.’ ” |
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February 8, 2008 | KYW NewsRadio
Temple University will test its comprehensive emergency communications system this afternoon. "We have determined that when we use this system, we're only going to use it in a circumstance where we require individuals to take action: Either get out of a building or stay in a building or stay home because of weather," said Temple's Vice President for Computer and Information Services Tim O'Rourke. |
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February 7, 2008 | NPR “Day to Day”
Frank Enwonwu is a drug informant from Nigeria who once helped the U.S. track drug runners. Now, the U.S is planning to deport him, despite his pleas for asylum. “Everyone who makes an asylum claim in the United States is basically saying the same thing. If you return me to my home country, I'm dead. And you know what? Criminal aliens who come here and violate laws are not a priority for us,” said Jan Ting, a former immigration official and now a Temple law school professor. |
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February 7, 2008 | Chronicle of Higher Education, Pretoria (So. Africa) News, United Press International, Forbes, MSNBC, CBS3, ABC6, NBC10, Fox29, Bloomberg News “Evening Edition”, CNBC
The story of how Temple University received through the U.S. mail last week $5 million in anonymous gifts continued to draw broad attention in Philadelphia, across the country and around the world. |
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February 7, 2008 | Associated Press
A judge's decision out of Missouri last week means that federal courts are now split on the question of whether cities and towns may take steps to curb illegal immigration. "This is a landscape characterized by significant legal uncertainty and these questions are going to glide their way up through courts," said Peter Spiro, who teaches immigration law at Temple University. "It certainly won't be the last word." |
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February 7, 2008 | Harrisburg Patriot News
The stars of conservative talk radio have been in attack mode for weeks, accusing Sen. John McCain of what they consider the most heinous of political crimes – not being a conservative. Apparently most people aren't listening. Dr. Michael Hagen, an associate professor of political science at Temple University, said conservative talk show hosts can be influential, but they largely are "preaching to the choir" and not reaching McCain supporters. "Stopping McCain is a pretty tall order," he said. "Conservative talk radio is just not up to that task." |
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February 6, 2008 | CNN
Do celebrity endorsements make a difference with voters? The majority of voters in a recent survey said no, but Temple professor Marc Lamont Hill says celebrity endorsements make a difference. “American people are delusional about their individuality,” he said. |
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February 6, 2008 | Ivanhoe News Service
The bright-yellow marigold flower not only makes a beautiful addition to any spring garden – it also helps alleviate a common and unsightly symptom in HIV patients. Preliminary research has identified marigold as a powerful healing agent in HIV patients suffering from stubborn plantar warts. Popping up on the soles of feet, plantar warts are more abundant and difficult to treat in people with HIV. Tracey Vlahovic, D.P.M., a podiatrist and assistant professor at Temple University, treated HIV patients using Marigold Therapy, a patented line of creams, tinctures, ointments, and oils. She found their warts cleared or greatly reduced in number and size after four to six sessions. |
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February 5-6, 2008 | Associated Press*, Philadelphia Inquirer, Philadelphia Daily News, NBC10, Fox29, Chronicle of Higher Education
Temple officials were surprised by the arrival of two non-descript envelopes holding two bank checks totaling $5 million from an anonymous donor. One envelope contained a $1 million check for the university to use however it chooses, said Temple's Senior Vice President for Institutional Advancement Stuart Sullivan. The second held a $4 million check to endow a scholarship for women and minorities. The development office staff member who opened the envelopes "had never seen checks of that size anytime in her lifetime," Sullivan said. "It was quite a thrill for her." The donations come at a serendipitous time, as Temple is the midst of its first-ever comprehensive fund-raising campaign. With these gifts, the school has raised about $285 million of its $350 million goal.
* (Note: So far, the AP wire story has been picked up by more than 100 media outlets around the world, including Business Week, Forbes, the International Herald Tribune, the Philadelphia Inquirer, Fox News, the Toronto Globe and Mail, the Miami Herald and more.) |
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February 5, 2008 | CNN Headline News
Temple faculty member Marc Lamont Hill joined "Showbiz Tonight" to discuss a wide range of topics, from the media frenzy surrounding Britney Spears to Oprah Winfrey's endorsement of Barack Obama. |
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February 5, 2008 | Legal Intelligencer
A current court case over "text only" obscenity is rare, but not unexpected. "Mark Rahdert, a law professor at Temple University's Beasley School of Law, said it would be a mistake to think obscenity laws can't be applied to text given that they originated out of cases involving text and later morphed into an area that was really only applied to videotape or photographic images." |
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February 5, 2008 | Fox29, WHYY radio
Temple University students are excited about the current political races and even though Pennsylvania is not part of Super Tuesday, these students say they’ve been following the races carefully. A group of Temple students will be blogging about their thoughts on the primary season leading up to the Pennsylvania primary. |
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February 5, 2008 | Asahi Shimbun (Japan)
U.S. voters in Japan are hoping to get in on the frenzy of Super Tuesday today, when more than 20 states hold primaries or caucuses to choose a candidate for the presidential election. Late last month, Lauren Shannon, a freelance writer in Japan, held a lecture at Temple University Japan Campus in Tokyo's Minato Ward to discuss the implications of the U.S. primaries and the presidential election. It was attended by many U.S. citizens as well as Japanese. |
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February 4, 2008 | CNN.com
A lab at Temple's Department of Physical Therapy has created a moving, three-dimensional virtual environment to explore how we maintain our balance. More than six million people in this country suffer from chronic dizziness or imbalance, and those numbers are expected to grow as our population gets older. The data assembled at the lab will help Temple faculty member and project director Emily Keshner develop tools that can help people, especially stroke victims and those with brain disorders, keep their balance even as they age. |
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February 4, 2008 | Fox 29's "Good Day Philadelphia"
Temple experts helped viewers understand three major health topics. Ausim Azizi, professor and chair of neurology, revealed that over-the-counter medications are not the best route for chronic headache sufferers because they can cause rebound headache. Instead, he recommends massage, physical therapy and stress relief. Sara Solomon, nutritionist at the Center for Obesity Research and Education, debunked common weight loss myths like eating after 8 p.m. causes weight gain. "It's not when you eat, but what," she said. And Michael Barrett, cardiologist, said the biggest heart attack risk for women, more than men, is smoking. |
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February 4, 2008 | CBS3
Temple cardiologist Arnold Meshkov joined a panel of experts to answer viewer questions about women and heart disease. "Everyone over the age of 30 or 35 should know their blood pressure and their lipid profile," Meshkov said. "We know that heart disease, unfortunately, begins at a young age." |
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February 4, 2008 | Philadelphia Daily News
Star offensive lineman Steve Caputo from Chester County's Unionville High School signed a national letter of intent and became the latest member of Temple football coach Al Golden's third freshman class — a group that is considered perhaps the best in the Mid-American Conference. "I see a lot of positives at Temple, in how they've turned it around and where they're going," Caputo said. "I know Temple's getting kids that are better than some bigger schools. And that's surprising to a lot of people…The other day, a [college] coach was at [Unionville] and said they'd just lost someone to Temple. And he said that never used to happen. I think it's only a start." |
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February 4, 2008 | Philadelphia Inquirer
Temple adjunct professor and former Philadelphia Mayor John Street is getting good early reviews from his students. "He's entertaining. He tells us stories about things that actually happened," said Temple senior Amanda Snyder, who is enrolled in Street's course on urban politics. The former mayor has ordered up a paper and has weekly assignments for his students, and he's requiring the class to study government structure in other municipalities as well. Instead of a traditional final, Street will ask his class to put together a simulated municipal budget. |
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February 4, 2008 | Metro
In "Reformers Roundtable," Frederic Murphy, a professor of management science/operations management at Temple's Fox School of Business, explained the benefits of a 3-1-1 system, a non-emergency telephone service used by some communities to improve citizens' access to municipal services. "One of the great features of a 3-1-1 system," Murphy said, "is that what people call about shows what is important. Let the callers tell the government leaders rather than the other way around." |
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February 3, 2008 | Washington Post, Health Day
About one in three seniors will fall at least once this year -- in some cases, leading to serious disability or even death. On Friday, Feb. 8, physical therapists will participate in a toll-free hotline service (1-877-633-3278), answering questions about how older adults can reduce their risk of falling. Staying physically active as you age is critical in helping prevent falls, said Roberta Newton, a professor in the physical therapy department at Temple."Fifty percent of older adults think that if they decrease their physical activity level, they will have less chance of falling. But, in reality, the exact opposite is true." |
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February 2, 2008 | Philadelphia Inquirer
Why is Barack Obama so popular among young voters? "Obama represents change, diversity and a new direction," said Kathryn Stamoulis, 27, a psychology graduate student at Temple. "He's confident and young," said Temple undergraduate Edward Urwin, 19. Temple psychologist Frank Farley, who studies heroes, said that both King and JFK are included when young people are asked to list heroic Americans. Will the lovefest continue? It might not be that simple, said Michael Hagen, director of Temple's Institute for Public Affairs. "If he moves closer to winning, Obama will have to move toward the center and won't be able to continue enunciating lofty goals." |
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February 2, 2008 | Toronto Star
The Toronto School District recently approved a new school with a curriculum focused on Africa and African-Canadians -- the first curriculum of its kind in Canada. But what should the curriculum be called? The school district calls it "Africentric," the media calls it "Afrocentric." In the U.S., the term Afrocentric is still the only one of the two words that is officially recognized and commonly used, according to Molefi Asante, a professor African American studies at Temple. But in Canada, Asante notes that Africentric is used more often. "People think that if you put the 'I' in the word, it makes the connection to Africa closer. I think it's a matter of preference." |
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February 1, 2008 | Washington Post, Health Day
Marigold-based therapies show promise in helping people with hard-to-treat warts, according to preliminary research by Tracey Vlahovic, an assistant professor at Temple's School of Podiatric Medicine. Vlahovic offers marigold therapy -- creams, ointments, tinctures and oils -- to her patients and has investigated it as an alternative treatment for three HIV-infected patients with warts that hadn't responded to other treatments. |
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February 1, 2008 | NBC10
Elementary school students visited the Temple's Kornberg School of Dentistry to receive free dental checkups as part of “Give Kids a Smile Day,” a nationwide initiative focused on improving the dental health of underserved populations. The children also received free toothpaste and toothbrushes. The annual event ushers in National Children’s Dental Health month. |
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February 1, 2008 | Allentown Morning Call
Liberty High School senior football star Ahkeem Smith, a two-time Morning Call all-area first-team pick at running back, confirmed Wednesday night that he has verbally committed to play football at Temple. Smith, who rushed for 2,362 yards and scored 54 touchdowns as a junior and senior, said he "I liked everything about Temple…I liked the players, the coaches, the atmosphere. It's an up-and-coming program, definitely.''
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February 1, 2008 | KYW radio
A Temple University podiatrist is using flower power to cure foot ailments. Dr. Tracey Vlahovic uses pastes made from extracts of marigolds to treat such problems as plantar fascitiitis, bunions and tendonitis. "One of the main uses is for plantar warts, it's naturally an anti viral, so it actually destroys the virus that creates the wart and it also helps to gets rid of the dead skin that people see on top of the warts." |
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February 1, 2008 | Chronicle of Higher Education
Temple "picked a plum" when they chose Yokohama City University president Bruce Stronach to be the next dean of Temple Japan (TUJ). One of the very few foreigners with the language skills and political savvy to negotiate the sometimes insular world of Japanese academe, Stronach will lead the country's oldest and largest foreign university. "Bruce brings an enormous amount of experience as an international higher-education administrator and a scholar to the deanship at TUJ," said Temple President Ann Weaver Hart. "Temple U. is the embodiment of all the reforms that need to be made in Japanese higher education," said Stronach, citing the TUJ's hiring system, liberal-arts program, and nearly 3,000 students from about 40 different countries.
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February 2008 issue | Parents
If your baby falls on a hard surface, what should you do? What if your baby is lethargic? Dr. Andrea McCoy, pediatrician at the School of Medicine and Hospital, offers her expertise on these and other emergencies that might arise with babies. For sudden lethargy she said, "Double-check any medication you may have given her in case it made her drowsy. And if you're breastfeeding, remember that medicine and alcohol you ingest will pass on to the baby." |
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