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Spring issue | Toddler magazine
Toddlers are as vulnerable as they are curious. Dr. Andrea McCoy, associate professor of pediatrics at Temple University’s School of Medicine, says that giving positive feedback, avoiding secondhand smoke and fully immunizing your child are excellent ways to keep toddlers healthy without hindering their sense of wonder. She adds that the best tip for any parent of a toddler is to have fun with him. “It’s easy to get caught up in the ‘terrible twos’, but you may miss out on the amazing accomplishments your child makes in these three short years,” she says. |
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March 31, 2008 | ABC6
It was “March Madness” Temple engineering style when students designed and demonstrated mousetraps capable of shooting ping-pong balls into a basket. The student teams were placed into brackets and competed to win a tournament based on the accuracy of their shooting. |
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March 31, 2008 | CN8 “Art Fennell Reports”, Philadelphia Inquirer
Linn Washington, associate professor of journalism, discussed the history and reporting of the Mumia Abu Jamal case during an interview with Art Fennell. A new sentencing has been ordered in the case.
Washington was also quoted in a story in the Philadelphia Inquirer: “ ‘If you objectively examine the evidence, there are major flaws, at least flaws enough to justify a new hearing or a new trial,’ said Linn Washington, a Temple University journalism professor who has followed the case and attended the protest yesterday.” |
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March 31, 2008 | FOXNews “The O’Reilly Factor”
Temple professor Marc Lamont Hill discussed the ongoing debate over Democratic presidential hopeful Barack Obama’s association with the Rev. Jeremiah Wright. Hill said he understands why white voters might be upset with some of Wright’s statements, but he feels it is not fair to judge Obama by what Wright says. |
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March 31, 2008 | Washington Post, KYW radio, Yahoo News, Health Day News, The Tech Herald, others
Whether it's done in person or electronically, good doctor-patient communication helps reduce the risk of heart disease, says a Temple University School of Medicine study. The four-year study included rural and urban patients who were at risk for cardiovascular disease but were otherwise healthy. Overall, the results show that good communication -- whether it's done in the office or over the Internet -- between patients and doctors helps prevent cardiovascular disease, said Alfred Bove, professor emeritus of medicine at Temple's School of Medicine and chief of cardiology at Temple University Hospital. |
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March 31 issue | Woman’s World magazine
Paul Lyons, associate professor of family and community medicine at Temple University’s School of Medicine answered a reader’s question about the best ways to prevent diabetes. His response: “A major study found that taking prescription Metformin reduced the risk of developing diabetes by about 33 percent – but was far less effective than watching your diet and exercising, which reduced the risk by nearly 60 percent.” |
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March 30, 2008 | Philadelphia Inquirer
Gamblers who enjoy taking risks won’t let a faltering economy dissuade them from hitting the slots. "Uncertainty is a realm that these risk-taking personalities thrive in and thrive on," said Frank Farley, a psychologist at Temple University who has studied risk-taking, thrill-seeking, and human motivational behavior for decades. "Uncertainty, by an economy going shaky on all of us or unsteady, is exciting to them. It just raises their arousal and gets their juices going," he said. |
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March 30, 2008 | Washington Times
Temple University Russian historian Vladislav M. Zubok’s chronicle of the Soviet Union’s disintegration is reviewed. Zubok’s book is A Failed Empire: The Soviet Union in the Cold War from Stalin to Gorbachev and is his second volume of Soviet history. “Through an examination of Soviet archives and a mammoth amount of other material, he makes a strong case that the collapse came about because of a series of strategic blunders by the USSR's ‘own leadership,’ and that the Soviets have only themselves to blame,” writes Joselph Goulden. |
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March 29, 2008 | ABCNews.com
Researchers at Temple University think they may have found a blood marker that denotes the progression of the virus that causes AIDS. |
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March 29, 2008 | Fox29
The impact of Baby Boomers on the presidential campaign is slipping, reports Gerald Kolpan. “In some respects, Baby Boomers might have just ceded the field to the next generation,” explained presidential scholar and Temple professor James Hilty. Boomers were not as engaged as their parents, and the newest generation of voters is more active. |
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March 28, 2008 | CBS3
Sen. Bob Casey’s endorsement of Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama was a surprise, said Temple political science professor Michael Hagen. Hagen said Casey had previously said he was going to wait until after the April 22 primary to make his decision. |
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March 28, 2008 | Fox News “The Live Desk With Martha MacCallum”
Temple urban affairs professor Marc Lamont Hill discussed the current debate in the Democratic Party over the candidates the impact of race in the election. |
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March 28, 2008 | NBC10
Temple University student volunteers came out Friday to turn the Nelson Northstars Little League diamond into something that sparkles by opening day for hundreds of little leaguers in one of North Philly's roughest neighborhoods. |
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March 28, 2008 | WHYY, “Radio Times”
Michael Hagen, director of the Institute for Public Affairs and an associate professor of political science at Temple University, discussed the Democratic primary in Pennsylvania. Issues like the impact of the mortgage meltdown and Iraq war will influence how Democrats make their final decisions. |
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March 28, 2008 | Philadelphia Inquirer
Temple student Karen Shuey is one of several members of the Inquirer’s “College Board,” and writes this week about the issues of racism. “Politicians are not burning the midnight oil devising a plan to improve the quality of inner-city education,” she writes. |
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March 28, 2008 | The Jewish Daily Forward
Hillary Clinton’s most famous Pennsylvania supporter, Gov. Ed Rendell, does not make his Jewish heritage a part of his public profile. “Beyond Rendell’s web of personal relationships, some believe that whatever identity he has as a Jewish politician is most evident in his embrace of a philosophy shaped by the New Deal,” writes Jennifer Siegel. “Temple University political science professor Joseph McLaughlin said the imprints of Rendell’s background are stamped on his policies, which have included support for increased government spending, heavy investments in education, support for universal health care in Pennsylvania and investments in wind energy.” |
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March 28, 2008 | Asian News International, YahooNews, Science Daily, others.
According to researchers at Temple University, an increase in a specific white blood cell subset could be a biomarker for the progression of HIV disease. Jay Rappaport, professor of neuroscience and neurovirology, oversaw the study, conducted through the Comprehensive HIV Program at Temple University Hospital, under the direction of Ellen Tedaldi. |
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March 27, 2008 | Daily News
T.J. DiLeo, a star basketball and soccer player from Cinnaminson High in Philadelphia, has made a verbal commitment to play basketball for Fran Dunphy at Temple. |
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March 26, 2008 | CNN “The Situation Room”
Using Chelsea Clinton as a campaigner for her mother’s Democratic presidential bid can be helpful with some voters, but it also exposes the candidate’s daughter to the rough-and-tumble life of a presidential campaign, said Michael Hagen, Temple political science professor. “It's very difficult to walk that fine line between being a public figure and yet not responding to questions from the press,” said Hagen. |
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March 26, 2008 | Legal Times, Legal Intelligencer and Law.com
“In a landmark decision at the intersection of state, federal and international law, the Supreme Court on Tuesday ruled that neither the World Court nor President George W. Bush can mess with Texas when it comes to that state's enforcement of its own criminal laws,” writes Tony Mauro. “Temple Law School professor Duncan Hollis, a former State Department legal adviser, said the ruling runs counter to the Constitution, which makes treaties the ‘supreme law of the land.’ The Court's finding that the consular treaty was not self-executing, Hollis said, ‘may well have significant repercussions on existing U.S. treaty obligations as well as the views of other nations on the U.S. commitment to international law.’” |
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March 26, 2008 | ABC6
Students packed Temple’s Mitten Hall for World Languages Day. |
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March 26, 2008 | KYW radio
Don’t expect to see an Obama/Clinton or Clinton/Obama “dream team” ticket this fall. "There seems to be a rather personal animosity between the candidates, the candidates are staking out positions that are somewhat farther from one another, and it just seems like it's not going to happen," said Temple political science professor Michael Hagen. |
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March 26, 2008 | Daily News, ABC6, NBC10
Eighty Temple engineering freshmen flew home made kites they designed and constructed as part of Temple’s “Introduction to Engineering and Technology” course. |
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March 25, 2008 | Taipei Times
Tokyo could have reservations about allowing president-elect Ma Ying-jeou to visit Japan prior to his inauguration, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs said yesterday, adding that Taiwan-Japan ties were likely to reach a new high under Ma. Phil Deans, a professor at Temple University in the U.S. who specializes on Japan, agreed that Ma's win would not damage ties between the two countries, adding that any speculation about an anti-Japanese Ma administration was "misguided." |
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March 25, 2008 | Metro
Former Philadelphia Mayor John Street talks with Uri Friedman about his decision to become a faculty member at Temple University and his experience in the classroom so far. Why did he choose to teach at Temple? “I appreciate the fact that it made a long-term commitment to North Philadelphia ... And I also like the students here.” |
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March 25, 2008 | MSNBC “Scarborough Country”
Temple professor Marc Lamont Hill joined a roundtable discussion on recent events in the Democratic primary race in Pennsylvania. |
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March 25, 2008 | NPR “All Things Considered”
The U.S. Supreme Court ruled that U.S. treaties are only binding to all 50 states if the treaty explicitly says so. The ruling came in a death penalty case involving Mexico. Temple law professor Duncan Hollis, an expert on international law, said that Tuesday's ruling will have practical consequences. Because enforcement of some existing treaties may now be in doubt, negotiations over future treaties could be more difficult, he said, with general assurances of enforcement failing to suffice. |
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March 25, 2008 | USA Today
“Parents of young adults in their 20s aren't sure how much help they should give to their child – both emotionally and financially – or when that help could turn into a crutch. Laurence Steinberg, a psychologist at Temple University in Philadelphia, says parents shouldn't worry that somehow their child has stunted development. ‘This is a new normal for middle- and upper-middle-class segments of the population,’ he says. But parents should discuss whether their young adult has a plan and is taking steps to get there, or whether the child is floundering.” |
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March 24, 2008 | Philadelphia Business Journal, FirstScience.com, Medical News Today
Temple University School of Medicine said Monday that it will launch a new partnership with Fox Chase Cancer Center that will have Fox Chase scientists teaching at Temple. The arrangement, through which Fox Chase personnel would be full-fledged Temple staffers and not adjunct instructors, would create a pipeline for Temple Ph.D. students to work at Fox Chase research laboratories, Temple said. The arrangement will give Temple students a wider range of training opportunities, said Richard Coico, Ph.D., professor of microbiology and immunology and senior associate dean for research at Temple University School of Medicine, while Fox Chase scientists can tap into Temple core research facilities. |
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March 24, 2008 | CNN “Lou Dobbs Tonight”
Temple University law professor Jan Ting discussed immigration issues in a story on the use of the federal “no match” rule. |
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March 24, 2008 | Daily News
Writing in an op-ed, Temple law professor Marina Angel said removing judges from the ballot and having their selection made by an appointed committee is wrong. “This issue is not one of rich vs. poor, Republicans vs. Democrats, educated vs. uneducated. It is one pitting those who believe in democracy vs. those who don't. It's the majority vs. the elitists,” Angel writes. |
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March 24, 2008 | Fox29
Compact fluorescent light bulbs may be good for the environment, but they have recently come under fire for containing mercury. On "Good Day Philadelphia," professor of public health Shannon Marquez, PhD, addressed the levels of mercury in CFLs and safe ways to handle them if they break. |
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March 24, 2008 | Philadelphia Inquirer, Daily News
Poor defense hurt Temple’s women as they lost their opening round game in the NCAA playoffs. “We lost it on the defensive end, not necessarily on the offensive end," coach Dawn Staley said. Other than that, I thought the game was pretty even. We got beat by a very good basketball team that kept the pressure on us all night. We just have to get production from other people.”
John Smallwood: Temple women's basketball should follow Maryland's recruiting example |
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March 23, 2008 | York Sunday News
Why did a child place herbal supplements in a fish dinner, prompting a food recall? The reasoning of children is sometimes difficult to understand, said Frank Farley, a Temple psychologist. Parents should try to help their children understand the implications of their actions, said Farley. |
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March 22, 2008 | Washington Post, HealthDay News, DrKoop.com
Almost everyone has used music at one time or another to relax or perhaps to get energized. But the discipline of music therapy takes the use of music much further, from battling depression to combating cancer. "Music therapy is an evidence-based practice that can affect changes in physical, psychological, social and cognitive domains through music experiences and the relationship that develops between the client and the therapist," said Cheryl Dileo, a professor of music therapy and director of the Arts and Quality of Life Research Center at Temple University in Philadelphia. |
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March 22, 2008 | KYW radio
Spring is here. It's time to clean out the garage, the attic and more. It's also a good time to spring clean up your attitude. Dr. David Baron, Chairman of Psychiatry at Temple University School of Medicine says it's time to put away those negative thoughts: “I think it's really a matter of changing one's mindset, saying isn't it terrific that we're into the springtime and all the activities that go along with that, and positively planning and anticipating an enjoyable next part of the calendar.” |
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March 22, 2008 | Hamilton Spectator (Canada)
Many who aren’t Christians celebrate Christmas, but Easter has remained largely a religious celebration, despite the chocolate bunnies. One difference is that Easter is so deeply rooted in the Christ story that no Santa Claus-like tale has overlaid it. “This is why Easter, says Frank Farley, a psychologist at Temple University in Philadelphia, ‘doesn't have a lot of growth potential ... It has never been able to break free from the narrow religious base of it.’ ” |
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March 21, 2008 | Philadelphia Daily News
Michigan State may have eliminated the Owls from the NCAA tournament, but the men’s basketball program is “back on track,” writes columnist Mike Kern. “We've shown a lot of growth,” said Temple senior Mark Tyndale. “I think we've left [the program] in good shape...I think coach Dunphy did a great job of getting us back to this point, where we deserved to be.” |
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March 21, 2008 | Vancouver Sun, Montreal Gazette, Times Colonist (Canada)
Married women who focus on their traditional role as homemakers may be to blame, at least in part, for earning less than married men in their careers, according to a report co-authored by Lisa T. Stickney of the Fox School of Business. But husbands also may be putting pressure on them to adopt such traditional roles, suggests the study. |
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March 20, 2008 | South Florida Sun-Sentinel
Broward County’s School District is getting tougher on bullies. Written guidelines with clear definitions of bullying, and training to spot such cases, both are critical to an anti-bullying program's success, said Frank Farley, a psychologist at Temple and former president of the American Psychological Association. "It's emotional. It's personal. It can be humiliating," Farley said. |
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March 20, 2008 | Philadelphia Inquirer
The Boyer College of Music and Dance’s Music Preparatory and Enrichment Program was announced as one of the winner’s of Philadelphia’s Cultural Fund grants. Music Prep, which provides music instruction for people of all ages and gifted-musician programs for students in the Philadelphia School District, received the largest grant for a first-time winner. "I'm just really thrilled," said Mark Huxsoll, director of the program. |
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March 20, 2008 | Philadelphia Inquirer
A bookkeeper has been accused of stealing $900,000 from her former employer. Frank Farley, a psychologist at Temple, said embezzlement, a crime that's "often committed in secret against people you know," typically requires "nerves of steel," careful planning, rationalization and self-control. "Each year of success reinforces the behavior," said Farley. |
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March 20, 2008 | Jewish Exponent
Khalid Blankenship, professor of religious studies at Temple and imam of the Muslim Society of the Delaware Valley, participated in a religion panel exploring interfaith understanding at the Jewish Community Services Building in Philadelphia. |
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March 20, 2008 | Pasadena Star-News
Columnist Robert Rector writes that bad behavior among politicians will never end. Frank Farley, a psychologist at Temple put it this way in the New York Times: "Politics is a risky business. You're at the whim of the electorate ... it inspires a risk-taking person to go into that line of work." |
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March 20, 2008 | Nature
U.S. researchers are keen to find ways to address health disparities among minorities. Ala Stanford Frey, director of the Center for Minority Health and Raul Dela Cadena, assistant dean, shared how Temple's School of Medicine is addressing the issue. One way is through the NIH's R25 program, which gives short-term training and emphasizes minorities in health research to increase health disparities research. "We need to educate the principal investigators to use their research to focus on areas that may be related to health disparities," said DeLa Cadena. |
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March 20, 2008 | Black America Web
The death of actor and director Ivan Dixon is a loss to many, including Temple theater professor Charles Dumas. “I was in awe of him,” Dumas said. |
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March 20, 2008 | Philadelphia Inquirer
Former Temple professor and long-time community activist Marciene Mattleman will receive the 2007 Philadelphia Award. The award will be presented May 4 at Temple’s Mitten Hall. |
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March 20, 2008 | The New York Times
“Several of Temple’s top men’s basketball players grew up in Philadelphia, not far from the campus on Broad Street. They knew about Coach John Chaney, then got to know him, then played for him,” writes John Branch. “But Chaney retired two years ago. And Fran Dunphy was hired. The problem was not that Dunphy immediately changed Temple’s offense, to up-tempo from methodical. It was not that he immediately changed Temple’s defense, to man-to-man from Chaney’s famous zone. It was the yoga.” |
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March 20, 2008 | USA Today
“Temple is Fran Dunphy's team now” writes Vicki Michaelis. “But even with a more uptempo style on offense and a man-to-man scheme on defense, John Chaney's imprints are still on the Owls.” |
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March 20, 2008 | Daily News, Philadelphia Inquirer, Courier-Post, Associated Press
Features on Chris Clark and Mark Tyndale in the Daily News; coach Fran Dunphy in a Philly.com online blog, the Associated Press and the Courier-Post; and the team as a whole in the Inquirer as the Owls prepare for today’s first-round NCAA game against Michigan State University |
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March 20, 2008 | Detroit Free Press
A profile of Temple coaching assistant Shawn Trice, a Detroit native whose experience against Michigan teams could help the underdog Owls. |
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March 19, 2008 | Philadelphia Inquirer
Barack Obama’s Philadelphia speech on race in America and the role it’s playing in his candidacy for the Democractic presidential nomination drew broad comments. "He is, in a sense, becoming for his audience the quintessential American," added Molefi Kete Asante, a professor in Temple University's Department of African American Studies. "Most people felt, and I felt, he would not take this issue on frontally, and he did. It was a remarkable demonstration of courage," Asante said.
Meanwhile in the Washington Examiner, Temple’s Marc Lamont Hill said Obama struck the right balance. “You know, if you go out and just throw Jeremiah Wright under the bus, you alienate your black base,” Hill said. “And he was very careful not to do that.” Obama sought to use the Wright controversy as a pivot point to a broader discussion of racial angst. |
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March 19, 2008 | USA Today
In a graphic, Temple University is listed second in the number of sworn police officers working full time on a college campus. Harvard has the most sworn officers. |
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March 19, 2008 | Daily News
Heidi Ramirez, director of Temple University's Urban Education Collaborative, will be sworn in today by Gov. Ed Rendell as a member of the Philadelphia School Reform Commission. |
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March 19, 2008 | The Ambler Gazette
Temple University's Center for Sustainable Communities plans to present floodplain maps for the Fort Washington Office Park to the Federal Emergency Management Agency in April as part of the Fort Washington Office Park Flooding and Transportation Improvement Study for Upper Dublin Township. The study will evaluate how to reduce flooding and possibly improve the office park's transportation network and is expected to be completed by summer. |
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March 19, 2008 | Daily News
Writes Mike Jensen: “They came into the season believing. The Temple Owls closed every preseason practice the way a lot of teams do, huddling up, putting their hands together and reciting a goal: ‘One, two, three, A-10 champs!’ ” Now, Frank Dunphy’s Owls have an opportunity to make the chant come true. |
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March 19, 2008 | Rocky Mountain (Colo.) News
“Christmas arrived in Denver on Tuesday. So did the rest of the Temple Owls, as well as the other seven teams whose dreams of a Final Four berth will begin at the Pepsi Center. Temple, led by Atlantic 10 Conference tournament Most Outstanding Player Dionte Christmas, held a workout Tuesday afternoon at Manual High School to work out the kinks after the team's flight and to begin getting acclimated to the elevation" |
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March 19, 2008 | Philadelphia Inquirer
While everyone at Temple is focusing on this week’s basketball tournament, the Al Golden had his football team starting spring drills. Golden is clearly kicking it up a notch, as he expects his players to work harder for the upcoming season. |
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March 18, 19, 2008 | FoxNews and Fox29’s “Good Day Philadelphia”, CNN “Prime News”
Temple professor Marc Lamont Hill discussed Barack Obama’s speech on race in America during the March 19 nationally broadcast “Fox & Friends” morning news show. On Fox 29’s “Good Day Philadelphia,” Hill was joined by Temple professor Frank Farley in a broad discussion of race, politics and how voters make choices when it comes to the primaries.
The night before, Hill discussed similar topics while on CNN’s “Prime News,” and “The Big Story” on Fox News. |
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March 18, 2008 | CBS3
A new poll says Hillary Clinton has an edge with voters in Pennsylvania, but young voters say they like Barack Obama better. "I think Obama is a little bit cooler. He seems to be more hip and in touch with the younger folks," Temple student Kyle Lewis said. Temple University students are conducting a voter registration drive this week. |
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March 18 and 25 issue | Quick and Simple magazine
Many things during the day can affect your mood and spirit. Regarding the negativity of the nightly news, Dr. David Baron, chair of psychiatry at the School of Medicine, advises on two such instances: how to handle negative news and what to do about an offensive remark. |
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March 18, 2008 | USA Today
The Supreme Court takes its first definitive look Tuesday at the Second Amendment when it hears arguments about the constitutionality of the Washington handgun ban. "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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March 18, 2008 | Daily News
Temple men’s basketball coach Fran Dunphy is looking forward to the NCAA playoffs, but he’s not taking credit for the success of his team. "I appreciate [the compliments]," Dunphy said yesterday at the Palestra, his former homecourt, following the annual Coaches vs. Cancer breakfast. "It's nice to hear those things. But I hope I'm no different this year than last year, or the year before that.” |
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March 18, 2008 | Philadelphia Inquirer
These days, Temple probably needs Sergio Olmos as much as the Phoenix Suns need Shaq. The longer the junior center stays on the court, the better the odds will get for the 12th-seeded Owls in Thursday's first-round NCAA South Regional game against fifth-seeded Michigan State. |
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March 18, 2008 | Daily News, Philadelphia Inquirer
As confident as they play, members of the Temple women's basketball team were quite anxious as they gathered at the Draught Horse on Temple's campus. They were awaiting word on whether they would receive an at-large bid to the women's NCAA Tournament. After a long wait, two brackets were announced and still no Temple. Then came the Oklahoma City bracket and finally, the Owls got the good news. Temple, seeded No. 11, will play No. 6 seed Arizona State in College Park, Md., on Sunday at 9 p.m. |
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March 17, 2008 | The Nation
Temple history professor David Waldstreicher reviews The Terror Dream by Susan Faludi. |
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March 17, 2008 | ABC6
Fox School of Business economist William Dunkelberg discussed the failure of banking giant Bear Sterns and what it signals about the banking industry. |
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March 17, 2008 | CBS3
How does a juicy steak sound, or maybe ice cream? They are usually off limits for dieters, but according to a new study, you might be able to indulge in certain foods, Canadian bacon, for example. "It comes from the loin of the pork. So it's naturally lower in fat," said Amy Virus, a nutritionist with Temple University's Center for Obesity Research and Education. And while a nice big juicy red steak seems like a diet no-no, it does have some benefits. "You actually feel fuller longer by eating a source of protein." |
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March 17, 2008 | Daily News, Philadelphia Inquirer, The New York Times
After winning the Atlantic 10 tournament, Temple’s men’s basketball team will face 7th-seeded Michigan State on Thursday in Denver for the first round of the NCAA Tournament. "It's been a great season so far, but now this is a new one and our focus turns to Michigan State," coach Fran Dunphy said after the selections were announced. |
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March 17, 2008 | Philadelphia Inquirer
Thanks in part to the region’s role as a center of higher education, Philadelphia’s economy may be shielded from the worst effects of a national economic downturn. The region's 88 universities are involved in at least $3.7 billion in capital projects, providing 5,555 construction jobs over the next five years. Temple University, for example, is in the midst of erecting a $180 million research and classroom building for its School of Medicine. |
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March 17 issue | Woman’s World
Michael Brown, PhD, of Temple University’s College of Health Professions, answered a reader’s question about using exercise to control diabetes. His response: Assuming your physician okays it, regular physical activity is a cornerstone of treating diabetes. Even a short walk helps remove glucose from your blood, and it will also improve your cardiovascular system and sense of well-being, both of which are crucial for people with type-2 diabetes. |
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March 15-16, 2008 | Associated Press, KYW New Radio, Philadelphia Inquirer, others
Temple University will use an anonymous million-dollar donation to support student programming for events at the refurbished Baptist Temple when it reopens in 2010. The building is undergoing a $29 million renovation. |
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March 16, 2008 | Philadelphia Inquirer
Most students head someplace warm for Spring Break but a Temple senior will go to the South Pole in an effort to raise awareness of environmental issues. Emily Ziegler, 20, of Cochranville in Chester County is a senior political science major at Temple University and works as a paralegal for Christopher Giddings & Associates law firm between classes. |
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March 16, 2008 | New York Times
Black Jews are slowly gaining acceptance, but very slowly. "Across America, black congregations have been active since the early 20th century. In the past, efforts to reach out to the mainstream Jewish community have been met with suspicion and rejection, said Lewis R. Gordon, the director of the Center of Afro-Jewish Studies at Temple University. That is why many groups stay separatist, aligning themselves more with black nationalism than with traditional Jewish groups," writes Nikko Koppel for The New York Times. |
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March 16, 2008 | Associated Press
Although murders are down in the city of Philadelphia, it's too early to relax policing effort. Jerry Ratcliffe, an associate professor at Temple University's Department of Criminal Justice, has studied violent crime trends and expressed caution about making conclusions after only a few months. However, Ratcliffe said he doesn't underestimate the impact police can have. With the new commissioner asking commanders for their ideas, the department appears more energized, he said. ''Certainly, there's an infusion of interest and enthusiasm,'' Ratcliffe said. |
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March 16, 2008 | Bucks County Courier Times
Is the war in Iraq affecting the American psyche? "The war has drained Americans emotionally, and when you add the perception that the war is a financial drain, too, people feel overwhelmed, said Temple psychologist Frank Farley said. 'We're tired of it. We keep hearing how we are hated everywhere. You say to yourself, "Why can't we solve this issue?" ' Farley said. "This Iraq thing is a linchpin in the feeling that something is wrong.' " |
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March 16, 2008 | Chicago Tribune
Chicago public schools are sponsoring trips to universities by their students to encourage them to plan for their education after graduation. The spring break trips are paid for by the Chicago school district. "Kelly High School college coach Nadia Flores will take 35 students to schools known for serving Latino students such as Temple University in Philadelphia, Penn State University and Syracuse University in New York." |
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March 16, 2008 | Philadelphia Inquirer, ESPN, New York Daily News, Press of Atlantic City, Associated Press
Temple men's basketball team won the Atlantic 10 tournament and a trip to the NCAA championship by beating St. Joseph's on Saturday night. Says columnist Phil Sheridan: "By winning the Atlantic Ten tournament and its automatic berth in the NCAA tournament, Fran Dunphy took a bold stride out of the word-association shadow cast by John Chaney." |
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March 15-16, 2008 | The Washington Post, Daytona Beach (Fla.) News Journal, Jacksonville (Fla.) Times-Union
Legendary Temple University men's basketball coach John Chaney is part of a new ESPN documentary "Black Magic," that premiered last weekend. Chaney recalled his own playing days: "In 1951, I was the best basketball player in Philadelphia, but I had no scholarship offers," he says. "There were only two schools in the city that had black athletes at the time -- La Salle and Temple. The others had no black basketball players on their teams."
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March 15, 2008 | Philadelphia Inquirer
Readers responded to last Sunday's essay "Hoping and believing don't prove God exists" by Temple University math professor John Allen Paulos. |
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March 14, 2008 | Philadelphia Business Journal
A number of local businesses are using Fox School students as consultants. “Basically [students] are consultants at the undergraduate level -- that is unheard of,” said Nicole DeSilvis, who teaches the school’s international business capstone. Commenting on Fox School’s MBA requirement to consult, T.L. Hill, managing director of the enterprise management consulting practice, said, “We like to think of it as an MBA residency.” |
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March 14, 2008 | Al Día
Friday’s edition of Al Día, the region’s largest Spanish-language newspaper, featured several stories about Temple people and programs: an item announcing Temple’s new Governor’s School for Urban Teaching (available online at the link below), as well as print-only articles on President Ann Weaver Hart’s announcement of the Temple University Philadelphia Scholars program and the confirmation of Heidi Ramirez, director of Temple’s Urban Education Collaborative, to serve on the board of Philadelphia’s School Reform Commission. |
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March 14, 2008 | CBS3
A student at Villanova Law School is pushing to win the right for students to carry concealed weapons on campus. Carl Bittenbender, police veteran and head of Temple’s Campus Safety Services, makes a case that college campuses are no places for guns. |
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March 14, 2008 | CNN/Money
Was anyone listening to risk officers before the sub-prime market went belly up? “In the events leading to the sub-prime crisis, it's likely that the advice of some risk managers was ignored, said David Cummins, a professor of risk insurance at the Fox School of Business at Temple University in Philadelphia. Sub-prime mortgages were so profitable ‘that (business) people at firms weren't raising cautionary flags because they were making so much money. Risk managers may have blown the whistle but went unheeded,’ he said.” |
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March 14, 2008 | Metro
Examining the impact of the Foxwoods Casino in South Philadelphia on jobs, Metro reporter Solomon Leach writes that Fox School of Business Professor “Fred Murphy projects a net loss of almost 6,000 jobs thanks to other businesses that will suffer a loss of revenue, although it is uncertain how many of those will be in the community.” |
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March 14, 2008 | Fox29
On Fox’s “Good Day Philadelphia,” Dr. Howard Palamarchuk, director of sports medicine at Temple’s School for Podiatric Medicine, offered tips on what to look for when buying a good walking shoe. |
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March 14, 2008 | Philadelphia Inquirer
David King’s story on PhilaLive, a program offered by young entrepreneurs to let other young people express themselves on stage, featured several Temple students. For example, Jacob Winterstein, a performance poet, mixed funny and serious poems with skits to entertain, inspire and educate the audience. |
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March 14, 2008 | Philadelphia Inquirer
Ruth M. French Ingersoll, 84, formerly of Huntingdon Valley, a World War II veteran and retired Temple University assistant professor, died of Parkinson's disease Sunday at Attleboro Retirement Village in Langhorne. Mrs. Ingersoll earned a master's degree from Temple University and then taught in Temple's College of Allied Health Professions. She retired in 1985. |
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March 14, 2008 | Philadelphia Inquirer, Daily News
Fran Dunphy’s Owls beat LaSalle last night and need another win to guarantee them a spot in the NCAA tournament next week. Temple will play Charlotte tonight, with the winners going on to play for the Atlantic 10 championship tomorrow night. "The only thing we can do is try to survive and move on," said Dunphy. "We survived a game and now we are fortunate enough to hang around another day."
Daily News Sports Columnist Rich Hofmann: Bounce goes Temple's way, dashing La Salle's dreams |
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March 13, 2008 | Jewish Exponent
Before professional basketball players squared off inside state-of-the art arenas, earned millions of dollars and had a wide-ranging fan base, Eddie Gottlieb was on a mission to raise the profile of the game in the American consciousness -- and then make it a success. "He became a pillar in the Jewish community. He was a hero," said Rich Westcott, who wrote The Mogul, a biography of Gottlieb due out next month from Temple University Press. |
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March 13, 2008 | Las Vegas Sun
Workers reused syringes and single-use vials in Vegas health clinics, putting their patients at risk. Why would health care workers do such a thing? The staff members had to have known at some point that their practice was reckless, said Frank Farley, former president of the American Psychological Association and a psychology professor at Temple University in Philadelphia. |
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March 13, 2008 | Philadelphia Inquirer, Associated Press
Mayor Michael Nutter challenged other Philadelphia colleges to take up Temple’s example and offer full scholarships to city school graduates. "We have 92 of the finest colleges and universities you can find in any metropolitan area in America right here in Philadelphia and our surrounding suburbs," Nutter said during the announcement with Temple President Ann Weaver Hart. "It will be part of my goal and commitment to reach out . . . to the 91 other presidents to talk about how they would be able to replicate this effort that has been put forward by Temple University," he said. |
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March 13, 2008 | NPR “Morning Edition”
Following her appearance at Temple University, Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton was interviewed by NPR correspondent Steve Inskeep about the state of the race. |
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March 13, 2008 | Daily News
Al Shrier, special assistant to the director of athletics for Temple, will be presented with the 2008 Bob Vetrone Atlantic 10 Media Award today during the A-10 tournament at Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City. The award recognizes those whose service, professionalism and commitment have made a lasting contribution to its student-athletes and institutions. Shrier, who has been with Temple since 1953, is also a member of the College Sports Information Directors Hall of Fame, the Temple University Hall of Fame, the Philadelphia Big 5 Hall of Fame, and the Philadelphia Jewish Sports Hall of Fame. |
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March 12, 13, 2008 | Chicago Tribune, CBC (Canadian Broadcasting Corp.) “Newsworld”, Wisconsin Public Radio, KDKA (Pittsburgh), KGO (San Francisco), Bangor Daily News, The (Del.) News Journal, others
The type of people we tend to elect to public office also are the type to take risks — big risks, Frank Farley, professor of educational psychology at Temple University in Philadelphia. "They believe they control their fate," he says. "It's the thrill of it." That might explain why New York Gov. Eliot Spitzer took such risks in hiring a prostitute. |
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March 12, 2008 | Newsweek, Bloomberg
What was New York Gov. Eliot Sptizer thinking? Spitzer is a thrill seeker, the kind of intense leader who will do anything to avoid boredom. "Breaking rules is a thrill for them," says Frank Farley, a psychologist at Temple University. "Look at Spitzer: he's Mr. Rectitude, the terror of Wall Street, and he busts prostitution rings, and yet he allegedly goes into that very lions' den – the prostitution ring –and partakes. If that isn't risk-taking I don't know what other label to put on it."
The need to lead an exciting, challenging life provides the fuel to become a crusading attorney general, a jet fighter pilot, trader on Wall Street, or an emergency-room doctor. The same characteristic also can be manifested in extramarital affairs and dangerous behaviors, Farley said.
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March 12, 2008 | Ivanhoe Broadcast News
A cutting edge 3-D lab at Temple University is helping patients reclaim their lives when chronic dizziness or vertigo makes everyday activities like standing up or driving a car nearly impossible. In a virtual environment, six projectors beam double images onto three screens. Patients don 3-D glasses to bring the images into focus, and a special forceplate in the middle can shift up and down, and from side to side. “We try to train them to pay more attention to the feedback they're getting from their own body, and less attention to what's happening in the world around them," said Emily Keshner, of the Virtual Environment and Postural Orientation Lab at Temple. (Ivanhoe is a video wire service distributing to 250 markets nationwide.) |
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March 12, 2008 | International Herald Tribune
If your teen won’t take time away from IM'ing friends to do college visits, try the next best thing: a virtual college fair. CollegeWeekLive puts the virtual college fair together. Among the 200 participating colleges are Bryn Mawr, Illinois State University, Merrimack College, Rutgers University, the U.S. Naval Academy and Temple University. |
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March 12, 2008 | ABC6
Temple University today formally opened the new home of the Charles L. Blockson collection. The new space is larger and more accessible to researchers, and offers one of the finest African American collections in the country. |
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March 12, 2008 | Daily News, Philadelphia Inquirer
“Four very smart, very fortunate School District of Philadelphia seniors will be attending Temple University on full scholarships in the fall of 2009, Temple president Ann Weaver Hart is scheduled to announce at today's School Reform Commission meeting,” reports Mensah Dean for the Daily News. Hart, who is to be joined by Mayor Nutter, will be unveiling the Temple University Philadelphia Scholars program during the commission's meeting today. |
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March 11, 12, 2008 | The New York Times, USA Today, Philadelphia Inquirer, Metro, others
The sex scandal involving New York Gov. Eliot Spitzer is the latest in a series of scandals and politicians. Says The New York Times: “Frank Farley, a psychologist at Temple University, said that many politicians are what he calls Type T personalities, with T standing for thrill-seeking. Despite the intensified scrutiny of politicians in recent times, and the ongoing parade of those who do get caught, Dr. Farley said public officials keep acting recklessly because their nature is hard to restrain. “It’s deep,” he said. “It’s very hard to throttle back.” |
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March 12, 2008 | Associated Press, Bloomberg, CNN, Philadelphia Inquirer, Daily News, KYW, CBS3, many others
The Democratic presidential campaign is being felt at Temple.
Speaking to a crowd in McGonigle Hall, Sen. Hillary Clinton Tuesday urged voters to think about “who would you hire” to do things like end the war in Iraq, face the crisis in the housing market and assure universal health care for Americans. “I have the greatest respect for my opponent, but I believe that in these times what I am offering, my experience, my qualifications, my understanding of what we need to do is exactly the direction we should be headed,” Clinton said to cheers from the crowd.
Meanwhile Barack Obama is pushing to register as many voters as possible before the April 22 primary. “A key target are the state's 35 largest colleges, where, the campaign estimates, 327,000 undergraduates are up for grabs. Dozens of organizers have been dispatched to secure those voters. Temple Students for Barack Obama, for instance, is a campaign-sanctioned group with ‘dorm leaders’ and ‘dorm captains’ responsible for visiting every residence hall to find new voters,” reports the Philadelphia Inquirer.
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March 12, 2008 | USA Today
Want to keep off that weight you’ve lost? A new study says those who report their weight monthly keep their weight down more often. “The study is ‘good news for people trying to manage their weight,’ says Gary Foster of the Center for Obesity Research and Education at Temple University in Philadelphia. ‘Historically there have been many studies that say it's difficult or impossible to keep weight off, but this shows it is possible.’ ” Being in contact with a counselor provides a "reality check," he says. |
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March 11, 2008 | CN8 “Art Fennel Reports”
Fox School of Business Professor Bruce Rader discussed general conditions in the overall economy and the credit markets, and looked ahead to the impact on employment and the growing probability of a recession. |
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March 11, 2008 | CN8 “Money Matters”
Temple economist William Dunkelberg discussed the actions of the U.S. Federal Reserve on Tuesday and what impact it could have on Wall Street. |
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March 11, 2008 | CBS3, ABC6, NBC10
Some 500 of Philadelphia’s best and brightest public, parochial, private and charter school children in grades 7 to 12 showcased their creativity and innovation in science and engineering at the 29th annual George Washington Carver Science Fair, which was hosted by Temple University. |
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March 11, 2008 | CN8 “It's Your Call with Lynn Doyle”
In the wake of shootings on the campuses of Virginia Tech and Northern Illinois University, a movement has begun to permit college students to legally carry concealed weapons on campus. Psychology's Frank Farley said that these were isolated incidents and such measures as allowing students to legally carry guns on campus is an over-reaction which could cause more problems down the road. |
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March 11, 2008 | Philadelphia Tribune
The HEALTHY study, led by the Center for Obesity Research and Education, is following more than 6500 sixth graders nationwide over 2 and 1/2 years to see if changes in school food services and PE classes, along with activities that encourage healthy behaviors, will lower risk for type 2 diabetes. "Type 2 diabetes used to called adult-onset because kids never got it. But with increasing obesity and decreasing activity levels, more and more youths are actually being diagnosed with type 2 diabetes than ever before," said Eileen Ford, HEALTHY program director. |
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March 11, 2008 | Voice of America
Bank of Japan Deputy Governor Toshiro Muto is asking lawmakers in Japan's divided parliament to support his candidacy as central bank chief. But Jeff Kingston, a professor of politics at Temple University in Japan, says Japan's opposition Democratic Party is against Muto's nomination because they say he will not be as independent as a central bank chief should be. “The principle that they are trying to promote is that there should be a separation between fiscal policy and monetary policy,” Kingston explained. |
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March 11, 2008 | Philadelphia Inquirer, Daily News
Four months after Gov. Rendell nominated her for a spot on the Philadelphia School Reform Commission, Heidi A. Ramirez yesterday was unanimously confirmed by the state Senate. Ramirez, 33, who directs the Urban Education Collaborative in Temple University's College of Education, is the first Latina to serve on the five-person board that oversees the district. "I am more anxious than ever to get started," said Ramirez, who spent the day in Harrisburg on standby, in case the senators had questions. |
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March 11, 2007 | Philadelphia Inquirer, Daily News
Temple’s women’s basketball team lost its championship game against Xavier last night, 47-42. "I just told [the Owls] that the best team and the hardest-working team didn't win this game tonight," coach Dawn Staley said. "But the team that couldn't score lost the basketball game. We executed the game plan to a T, but offensively, we couldn't get it going." |
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March 10, 2008 | Philadelphia Inquirer
Hospitals are responding to an increase in heavier patients. “Temple University Hospital is making changes that help its biggest patients whenever it renovates. ‘We just realized that bariatrics was not confined to four rooms on the ninth floor,’ said Terry McGoldrick, the hospital's chief nursing officer.” |
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March 10, 2008 | Philadelphia Inquirer, Associated Press
The race between the Democratic candidates for president is heating up in Pennsylvania, and both are expected in Philadelphia this week. Sen. Hillary Clinton will hit town first, with a rally at McGonicle Hall on Tuesday afternoon. |
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March 10, 2008 | Philadelphia Inquirer, Daily News
Temple used a grind-it-out approach yesterday to turn back Dayton, 56-51, in the semifinals of the Atlantic Ten women's basketball tournament at St. Joseph's Alumni Memorial Fieldhouse. Dawn Staley's top-seeded Owls will face Xavier in the title game today at 5 p.m. The Owls (21-11) are likely to receive one of the NCAA's 33 at-large bids next Monday night if they falter in the final. |
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March 9, 2009 | CBS3, “Newsmakers”
James Hilty, professor of history and acting dean at Ambler College, discusses the impact of the presidential primaries on Pennsylvanians. |
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March 9, 2008 | Philadelphia Inquirer
Temple clinched second place in the Atlantic Ten on Saturday with a win over LaSalle. “Temple played about as well as it could possibly play, as Owls coach Fran Dunphy would say,” wrote Jeff McLane.
Afterwards, columnist Bob Ford wrote a profile of Temple point guard Chris Clark. After being overlooked earlier in his college career, the senior has come on strong in recent weeks: “As a senior, though, his playing time finally has arrived, and with it, Chris Clark has arrived as well. Just in time for March.” |
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March 9, 2008 | Philadelphia Inquirer
Borrowing for college is going to be more difficult this year as fallout from the sub-prime mortgage crisis hits other lending agencies. While lenders like PHEAA have stopped making new loans, some argue others will fill the gap. “At Temple University, chief financial officer Anthony Wagner was less sanguine. He said he did not think anyone fully understood yet what was going to happen in the student-loan market. If access to student loans were limited, it would be a serious problem for Temple, which gets about 40 percent of its revenue from student loans, he said.” |
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March 9, 2008 | Philadelphia Inquirer
Temple mathematics professor John Allen Paulos responds to some of the questions and comments that followed his most recent book, Irreligion: A Mathematician Explains Why the Arguments for God Just Don't Add Up. “I don't agree with, but have little problem with those who simply maintain a nebulous but steadfast belief in ‘something more’ (a large percentage of Americans, according to the just-released report of the Pew Forum). And I don't contest those who note that religion has been and can be a source of enlightening stories and metaphors, of inspiring ideals and values, of satisfying rituals and traditions. It is also undeniable that religion has led and can still lead to hatred, cruelty, superstition and fanaticism.” |
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March 7, 2008 | CNN “The Situation Room”
Political science professor Michael Hagen discussed the challenged ahead for the presidential candidates, particularly in the city of Philadelphia, as the Democratic candidates begin courting voter for the April 22 primary. |
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March 7, 2008 | Investor’s Business Daily
Was anyone listening to risk officers before the sub-prime market went belly up? “In the events leading to the sub-prime crisis, it's likely that the advice of some risk managers was ignored, said David Cummins, a professor of risk insurance at the Fox School of Business at Temple University in Philadelphia. Sub-prime mortgages were so profitable ‘that (business) people at firms weren't raising cautionary flags because they were making so much money. Risk managers may have blown the whistle but went unheeded,’ he said.” |
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March 7, 2008 | Philadelphia Inquirer
Temple University and state officials announced today the opening of a new, state-funded Governor's School for Urban Education Teaching at Temple this summer. C. Kent McGuire, dean of Temple's College of Education, and State Rep. James Roebuck, D-Phila., chair of the house education committee, will described program that will provide urban teaching experience opportunities for students who will be high school seniors in the fall. The goal is encouraging students interested in becoming teachers to prepare for positions where they are needed most -- in urban schools. The five-week residential program will be housed on Temple's campus from June 29 to Aug. 2. |
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March 7, 2008 | Philadelphia Daily News
After a "production glitch" prevented the Daily News from covering the Temple men's basketball team's big win over Duquesne on senior night, the paper published an apology and a picture from Temple photographer Joseph Labolito showing Senior Night festivities at the Liacouras Center. |
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March 6, 2008 | Time
Japanese universities have fallen on hard times. Low birth rates and the growing number of Japanese students deciding to seek higher educations overseas have contributed to declining enrollment and tuition revenues. Critics say student bodies are homogeneous, teaching methods are obsolete, and few courses are taught in English, the lingua franca of international education and commerce. "Japan's schools are third-rate by international standards," says Robert Dujarric, director of Temple's Institute of Contemporary Japanese Studies. Bruce Stronach, whose hiring as dean of Temple University's Japan Campus was recently announced, says that "reforms are crucial right now." |
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March 6, 2008 | KYW News Radio, WHYY Radio
A recent article in the Journal of the American Medical Association reported that Americans are spending more money than ever to ease their back and neck pain without much benefit. What, if anything, can we do about our aching backs and necks? Michael Weinik, associate professor of physical medicine and rehabilitation at Temple, explored the problem. |
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March 6, 2008 | Reuters
Recent research suggests that anti-reflux surgery can provide long-term improvement and resolution of symptoms in many patients who suffer with severe heartburn. In a commentary published with the study, gastroenterologist Joel Richter and surgeon Daniel Dempsey of Temple agree with this conclusion, but say that anti-reflux surgery should be performed at "academic centers of excellence or community hospitals with experienced surgeons and gastroenterologists appropriately utilizing sophisticated esophageal labs." |
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March 5, 2008 | Philadelphia Inquirer, Philadelphia Daily News
The Liacouras Center will host a boxing exhibition between the U.S. and Puerto Rican Olympic teams on April 26, 2008. “I think it's really important for Temple to be seen as a place where we nurture all kinds of sporting activities," said Temple President Ann Weaver Hart when she opened the news conference announcing the event. "To have USA Boxing matches that lead up into the Olympics and to make that available at a Temple venue is such a great honor for us," she said. Philadelphia beat 10 other cities seeking to host the exhibition. |
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March 5, 2008 | KYW News Radio
The deadline to register to vote for the Pennsylvania primary election is March 24th, and a drive to register 1,000 Temple students is underway by the school's student government. |
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March 5, 2008 | Inside Higher Ed.com
Scott McLemee's "Intellectual Affairs" column this week looks at the 1968 Democratic convention in Chicago. "In his book Chicago '68 — first published 20 years ago by the University of Chicago Press, which is now reissuing it — David Farber, now a professor of history at Temple, quotes a position paper that Richard Nixon wrote as a candidate: 'The first right of every American, to be free from domestic violence, has become the forgotten civil right of the American people.' Obviously Nixon did not mean freedom from having your head massaged by a policeman’s billy club." |
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March 5, 2008 | Philadelphia Inquirer
Monica Yant Kinney's column explores one of business's most ancient traditions: the handshake deal. What's the value of a handshake in 2008? She describes an old-fashioned handshake business deal between an ice cream vendor and the organization that runs Franklin Square -- a deal that only one party remembers. "There's nothing old-fashioned about feeling misled," insists Eleanor Myers, a professor of ethics and contracts at Temple's Beasley School of Law. "It does matter." Legally, Myers says, oral agreements can be just as binding as written ones. |
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March 4, 2008 | Bloomberg News
Fox School of Economics Professor William Dunkelberg appeared on a Bloomberg election panel discussing the potential impact of each candidate’s election on the economy. |
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March 4, 2008 | San Diego Union-Tribune
Writes Sherry Saavendra: "Today's classrooms are increasingly high-tech with electronic “chalkboards” that work like touch-screen computers, wireless access, Web cams and clickers that use infrared rays to project students' responses on a screen. So perhaps it was inevitable that an electronic version of the daily class lecture is now available to students anytime, anywhere." Saavendra notes that more than 50 classes at Temple's Fox School of Business are recorded and available for later download. |
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March 4, 2008 | San Diego Union-Tribune
Dramatic changes could be coming to San Diego's retirement packages for the majority of the city's new employees. The city’s mayor wants the city to start using a “hybrid plan,” an option more common in the private sector. The move is not so much about saving money said Jack VanDerhei of Temple’s Fox School of Business. Instead, it's about limiting the city's exposure to ups and downs on Wall Street. “In many cases what they're trying to do is shift the risk of investment and longevity from employer to employee,” VanDerhei said. |
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March 4, 2008 | BBC News
Japan continues to pursue a hard-line stance against North Korea, even though nations like the United States have agreed to remove North Korea from its list of states that sponsor terrorism. Prof Robert Dujarric, an American analyst from Temple University in Tokyo, says the U.S. action - what he calls "a traumatic shock" for the Japanese government - "humiliated" the administration in Tokyo. "This U.S. 'U-turn', apparently with little or no prior consultation with Japan, made the Japanese look extremely stupid," the professor argues. |
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March 4, 2008 | Los Angeles Times
Just how many Americans are atheists, and is that number growing? New surveys seem to indicate the numbers of non-believers are on the rise, writes John Allen Paulos, a mathematics professor at Temple University and the author of Innumeracy and, most recently, Irreligion: A Mathematician Explains Why the Arguments for God Just Don't Add Up. |
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March 4, 2008 | Philadelphia Inquirer
A heart attack like the one that struck state Sen. Vincent J. Fumo over the weekend needs to be treated immediately. Alfred A. Bove, chief of cardiology at Temple University, who has not been involved in Fumo's care, said the senator's case illustrated why it was important for patients to get quickly to the nearest hospital that can perform an angioplasty to restore blood flow to the heart muscle. Bove said a person suffering a heart attack might return to work in as little as a few days or up to six weeks later, depending on the extent of damage to the heart. |
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March 4, 2008 | Philadelphia Inquirer
Basketball standout Mark Tyndale has shown his value on the court, and if the NBA doesn’t come calling, he hopes to make an impact in his community as a teacher. Either way, he wants to be a leader like his heroes. |
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March 3, 2008 | UPI, FOXNews
Putting cell phones in the hands of U.S. college students increases their likelihood of walking after dark where they normally wouldn't go, a study shows. Study co-author Jack Nasar of Ohio State University in Columbus, along with Peter Hecht of Temple University in Philadelphia and Richard Wener of Brooklyn Polytechnic University in New York, randomly selected 317 OSU students in 2001 and 305 students in a separate survey one year later. |
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March 3, 2008 | Philadelphia Inquirer
“In 2001, Joseph W. "Chip" Marshall III traded a career in health law for one of medicine's toughest management jobs: running Temple University Health System,” writes Stacey Burling in her Q&A feature. “Marshall, 54, is chief executive and president of an organization with 7,500 employees and annual revenue of about $1 billion in financially stressed North Philadelphia.” |
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March 3, 2008 | Salt Lake Tribune
The University of Utah gave Temple President Ann Weaver Hart its alumni award at a ceremony last week. |
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March 3, 2008 | Philadelphia Inquirer
A recent survey of young adults finds they are more willing than their parents to search out new religions. Reporter David O’Reilly finds that Temple students illustrate this point. "I went along with it [Christianity] through most of my childhood," said freshman Julie Myers. "But I guess I'm trying to find certain things out on my own." |
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March 3, 2008 | Philadelphia Inquirer
Reducing complications from medical care is a high priority nationwide. That's why doctors, nurses, pharmacists and other caregivers in this region have been attacking blood clots and other areas of concern, writes Josh Goldstein. Age is a factor, although young people should still take precautions, says John Blebea, chief of vascular surgery at Temple University Health System. "I was recently on a medical exchange program to China, and every two hours I got up and walked up and down the aisles," he says. |
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March 3, 2008 | Philadelphia Inquirer, Daily News
As Dick Jerardi wrote for the Daily News: “The Owls led for just 22 seconds, but it was the right 22 seconds.”
In a heart-thumping finish, Temple men’s basketball beat St. Joe’s in the final seconds to claim the No. 2 spot in the Atlantic Ten Conference. During his final huddle, with his team lagging by one point, coach Fran Dunphy told his team: "This is what we play for . . . How much fun is this?"
Rich Hofmann: Temple, Saint Joseph's leave it all on the court in college basketball classic
Bob Ford: Palestra played host to one more classic |
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March 2, 2008 | Philadelphia Inquirer
Friends and family of Temple senior Jeff Harris raised more than $16,000 for the national Transplant and spinal Cord Injury Assistance Fund during a curling marathon this weekend. Harris was rendered a quadriplegic in a beach accident July 4. |
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