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July/August issue | NACUBO Business Officer magazine
“No Debt About It,” an article co-authored by Temple University Bursar David Glezerman, discussed the impact of student receivables on a university. The article suggests several ways universities can work to keep both the student and the institution moving ahead. |
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July 31, 2007 | CN8
Temple University Health System Chief of Cardiology, Dr. Alfred Bove responded to questions about the continued use of the diabetes drug, Avandia, after initial reports that it may be connected to an increase risk of heart attacks. |
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July 31, 2007 | Bucks County Courier Times
Many people who need to lose weight refuse to exercise because they’re intimidated by their buff and slim counterparts. “Dr. Michael Saks is a professor of kinesiology at Temple University who has studied who motivates people to exercise. He also believes more round role models — real-bodies as he calls them — could be a source of inspiration for heavy people. ‘If I see someone who looks like me, but in a bit better shape, I think, ‘If she can do it, I can do it, too. She seems well adjusted and happy and it might be good for me as well,’ ” he said.’ ” |
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July 31, 2007 | CNETnews.com
In a roundup looking at how technology is changing teaching on campus, writer Candace Lombardi notes that Temple cardiologist Michael Barrett is using iPods to help doctors learn more about detecting unusual heartbeats. In a study Barrett presented in March to the American College of Cardiology, 149 doctors correctly identified heartbeats 80 percent of the time, compared with the usual 40 percent. Barrett initially distributed his files on CD, until his students suggested he make the files available to iPods. |
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July 31, 2007 | Fox News, “Fox & Friends”
Is it a good idea for communities to sue gangs as a way of interrupting urban violence? Some cities are using this strategy, but Temple professor Marc Lamont Hill warns that finding out who the gang members are is often difficult. |
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July 30, 2007 | KYW-AM
Temple law professor Jan Ting discussed congressional plans for immigration enforcement. |
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July 30, 2007 | CN8, “Art Fennell Reports”
Janet Zapalla interviewed Temple podiatrist Kendrick Whitney on the weekly newsmagazine show “Art Fennell Reports.” Whitney discussed proper shoe fitting techniques and foot health, offering several tips to help consumers choose the proper shoe for their foot type and activity. |
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July 30, 2007 | Associated Press
Americans who flocked to the Caribbean islands in record numbers until recently are finding new destinations or staying home, leading to declines of more than 10 percent this year in islands including Jamaica, St. Lucia and Grenada. “Terrorism fears boosted the Caribbean's appeal as a safe, nearby destination, said Joe Goldblatt, senior lecturer at Temple University's School of Tourism and Hospitality Management. Over time, more U.S. tourists began visiting distant continents.” |
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July 30, 2007 | Philadelphia Inquirer
Philadelphia football standout Ryan Murray has made an oral commitment to play at Temple, but he is equally interested at studying at the school. “As much as I love football, that's never going to change. I'll be going to Temple to prepare for my future. To help me have a good life,” said Murray. |
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July 30, 2007 | Allentown Morning Call
Patrick Brogan, a recent graduate of Temple University's School of Tourism and Hospitality Management, is now ArtsQuest's director of performing arts. The 10-day music festival drew more than 1,700 CDs from aspiring musicians hoping for a few moments to show off their chops. |
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July 29, 2007 | BBC, NPR, Agence France Presse
After a major defeat in this weekend’s election, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s LDP party needs to get back to basics, if Abe is to have a future. “Professor Phil Deans, from Temple University in Tokyo, thinks the LDP needs to abandon Mr. Abe's rhetoric about the need to build a ‘beautiful country’, and return focus on its strengths. ‘They've got to get away from their nationalist agenda,’ he says, ‘and talk to the voters about the economy, job creation and support for rural areas.’ ” The election proves that Abe is out of touch with many voters in Japan, Deans told NPR reporter Louisa Lim. “Phil Deans, a professor of Politics and East Asian Studies at Temple University in Tokyo, said Abe's mission to make Japan more assertive on the world stage is out of touch with the electorate. ‘His nationalist agenda just doesn't have that much appeal. Most Japanese people don't care that much about revising the constitution and changing Japan's international role,’ ” Deans said. When he took office last year, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe was the face of a new Japan: young, assertive and on a mission to roll back the legacy of World War II defeat. But for many of the voters who slapped him with a stinging election rebuke yesterday, Abe has not been able to follow the style of his predecessor Junichiro Koizumi. “The problem is that Koizumi changed the expectations,” said Jeffrey Kingston, a scholar at Temple University in Tokyo. “Koizumi was always sending short messages ready to order for the evening news and repeating them. But Abe goes on and on,” he said. |
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July 29, 2007 | Philadelphia Inquirer
The University of Pennsylvania is working with private developers to build student housing, similar to the Avenue North project in North Philadelphia near Temple. “Bart Blatstein, president and chief executive officer of Tower Investments Inc., put up the equity and borrowed from banks to complete the $100 million Avenue North next to Temple's campus on land leased by Beech Interplex Inc., a nonprofit group. The project includes 300 apartments and 1,200 beds for Temple students, 100,000 square feet of retail space, and a seven-screen movie theater. ‘The neighborhood was underserved,’ Blatstein, a 1976 Temple alum, said, ‘and Temple was short of beds, so it was a natural fit.’” |
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July 29, 2007 | Associated Press
A federal judge’s ruling that Hazelton may not enforce its tough anti-illegal immigration law could help decide the fate of copycat measures around the country. The decision is a road map for judges "inclined to find in favor of immigrant advocates," said Peter Spiro, who teaches immigration law at Temple University. "This is a big victory for immigrants' rights advocates, to have a slam dunk in the first major case addressing one of these ordinances," he said. "They could hardly have asked for more." |
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July 29, 2007 | Baltimore Sun
Is the fascination with dog fighting – a illegal activity currently gaining attention because of Michael Vick – a part of hip-hop culture? Blaming hip-hop culture - or athletes for embracing it - for its contribution to the ills of society is hardly a new or particularly insightful bit of social commentary, said Dr. Marc Lamont Hill, an assistant professor of urban education and American studies at Temple University. And drawing a connection between hip-hop culture and dogfighting, something numerous media outlets have been doing during the past week, fails to recognize the larger truth, he said. 'The word 'culture' is secret-agent talk for race in this country,' Hill said. 'It allows people to mythologize poor people, black people, brown people without being labeled a racist." |
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July 29, 2007 | Philadelphia Inquirer
Visitors to Valley Forge are guided by people like Pvt. Windsor Frye, portrayed by Temple University theater-arts graduate Christopher Banker. "These characters have been fantastic," one park tourist said. "You really get a sense of what was going on." |
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July 28, 2007 | Philadelphia Inquirer
Former Temple men’s basketball coach John Chaney says the current controversy over a basketball gambling scandal isn’t new. A 1951 City College of New York scandal was devastating, he said. "It just tore apart New York in every aspect," Chaney said Thursday at Temple's Ambler campus, the site of the Chaney-Hill basketball camp that he puts on with Philadelphia basketball icon Sonny Hill. "What it did was really take some of our historically great schools out of the Division I level forever." |
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July 28, 2007 | Los Angeles Times
A small California publishing company prints translations of obscure texts that some believe can help predict what will happen in the stock market. But are such things actually related to the stock price of Microsoft in the morning? "Absolutely not," said critic John Allen Paulos, a professor of mathematics at Temple University in Philadelphia. "Why not study belly button lint? The translations might be difficult undertakings, but the financial codes and formulas that people think they discern from them have nothing to do with the stock market." |
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July 27, 2007 | CNN (video)
Faith is good for the soul but can it also affect your diet? William Santamore, professor at the School of Medicine, is running a four-year study of church-based weight-loss programs that will also involve telemedicine. The goal is to encourage people to have a healthier lifestyle overall, with the support of their church and fellow congregants as well as the latest technology. |
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July 27, 2007 | Christian Broadcasting Network
Senior citizens can be easy marks for con men. Ron Costen, director of the Institute on Protective Services at Temple University, says that con artists come across as friendly and seemingly helpful, something lonely elders find appealing. |
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July 27, 2007 | The New York Times
A federal jury found on Thursday that Drummond, an Alabama-based coal company, was not liable for the deaths of three union leaders at its mine near La Loma, Colombia, in 2001. Similar lawsuits are pending against several other American corporations, including Exxon Mobil, Occidental Petroleum and Chiquita Brands International, but according to Peter J. Spiro, a law professor at Temple University, this case differed because of Drummond’s lower profile. The company did not have a household name to protect, unlike some others. “A company like Drummond is in a better position to go to the mat on these kinds of claims because the hit outside the courtroom is going to be a manageable one,” he said. “When you are looking at companies with brands that they have to protect, even if they win in the courtroom, they might lose at the cash register.” |
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July 27, 2007 | WHYY-FM “Radio Times”
Temple University trauma surgeon Amy Goldberg has treated many of the Philadelphians wounded by gun violence in the city. Goldberg discussed the procedures necessary to fix these types of injuries and the toll it takes on the victim, family members, and the medical staff. She is medical director of the Hospital Trauma Program, professor of surgery and chief of trauma and surgical critical care. |
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July 27, 2007 | Chronicle of Higher Education
Mark C. Rahdert, a professor at the Temple University Beasley School of Law and a former clerk for the late Supreme Court Justice Harry A. Blackmun, writes about the changes that have taken place on the U.S. Supreme Court and its implications for academic freedom. “The Roberts court's second term, which came to an end last month, sent signals that are loud, clear, and unabashedly conservative — as it moved the law sharply to the right on a number of constitutional fronts.” |
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July 26, 2007 | The Legal Intelligencer
Temple School of Law professor JoAnne Epps is profiled for her work with the Darfur Legal Training Project, which is restructuring the court system in Sudan. |
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July 26, 2007 | Philadelphia Inquirer
In a ruling with national implications, a federal judge this afternoon struck down a controversial year-old ordinance in Hazleton designed to crack down on illegal immigrants in the Northeastern Pennsylvania city. Peter J. Spiro, a law professor at Temple University's Beasley School of Law, called the decision a "knockout for the plaintiffs." "They couldn't ask for anything more." Even so, Spiro said it would not surprise him if an appeals court modified or even reversed the ruling. "A lot of this is uncharted territory," he said. "In the context of failed immigration reform, an appeals court might be more amenable to upholding this sort of local law than the district court was." |
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July 26, 2007 | The Economist
A large aging population is just one of the major demographic disruptions changing Japan. For example, unlike the U.S., working women have less of an impact. “Huge numbers of women drop out of the workforce entirely once they have children. In Japan, says Jeff Kingston of Temple University in Tokyo, women have to choose between work and family.” |
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July 26, 2007 | Angus Reid World Monitor
The vast majority of Peruvians are upset with the decision of former president Alberto Fujimori to run for public office in Japan, but many Japanese have a different view of the former leader. “Jeffrey Kingston, director of Asian studies at Temple University in Tokyo, recently said in an interview: ‘If Fujimori has an image (in Japan), it’s not as a human rights violator, but as the guy who rescued the hostages.’ ” |
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July 26, 2007 | Financial Times
Ichiro Ozawa, the grizzled veteran who leads the Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ), the biggest opposition party, has set the stakes high for Sunday’s upper house election. If his party cannot beat the ruling Liberal Democrats, he says, he will bow out from 40 years in politics. Jeff Kingston, a professor of Asian studies at Temple University, Tokyo, says even a DPJ victory on Sunday will not necessarily herald the long-awaited start of two-party politics. “The DPJ is a party just waiting to unravel,” he said. |
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July 26, 2007 | Wisconsin Rapids Tribune
When planning your 401(k), don’t load up on your company’s stock. "If the company goes under or does poorly, you not only may be losing a huge portion of your retirement income – it could also mean that you're losing your job," said Jack VanDerhei of the Employee Benefit Research Institute (EBRI) and a professor at Temple University. |
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July 26, 2007 | Stamford (Conn.) Times
Coffee drinks may get students revved up for Spanish class or soccer games, but they also offer a feeling of maturity. "What teens tell me over and over is that going to Starbucks makes them feel sophisticated," said Bryant Simon, a history professor at Temple University who is writing a book about Starbucks. "It makes them feel adult." |
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July 26, 2007 | Seattle Times, CBS3
Having obese friends could be a factor in your weight gain, according to a new study. “Others said the findings should not be interpreted as relieving people of responsibility for watching their weight. ‘At the end of the day, an individual still controls what they eat and how they move, said Gary Foster, president-elect of the Obesity Society.” In a related story, Dr. Frank Friedenberg told CBS3’s Stephanie Stahl the new study “shows that individuals tend to change their behavior and change their perception of what is a normal diet and what is a normal body size and shape based on the individuals that they're closest with." |
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July 25, 2007 | NBC10
Temple University Health System unit clerk, Roslyn Flint, is retiring after 43 years on the job. |
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July 25, 2007 | CBS3
Temple University Health System gastroenterologist, Dr. Frank Friedenberg, appeared in a story about a New England Journal of Medicine study stating that obesity may be socially-contagious. |
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July 25, 2007 | NBC10
Temple University Health System bariatric surgeon, Dr. John Meilahn, discussed a New England Journal of Medicine study stating that obesity may be socially-contagious. |
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July 25, 2007 | Associated Press
Skipping the fine print in every document you sign might sound risky, but it’s also practical. "We encounter scores of forms every day; it would be a ridiculous expenditure of time to read all of them," said William Woodward, a law professor at Temple University in Philadelphia. "The economy would go in the toilet." |
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July 25, 2007 | Jackson (Tenn.) Sun
Employers will have to raise wages if they want to be competitive in the current job market. "Employment is at a near record percentage of the nation's population today," said William Dunkelberg, professor of economics at Temple University. "That means that labor markets are very tight, and we have to raise wages to attract people." |
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July 25, 2007 | Indianapolis Star
“Retirement used to be simple. After decades of hard work and loyal service, retirees received gold watches along with pensions that promised a secure, comfortable future. A study released this month shows, however, that nearly two-thirds of companies surveyed are moving away from traditional, or defined-benefit, pension plans. ‘We knew this was going to happen. We just didn't know to what extent,’ said Jack VanDerhei, author of the study and a business professor at Temple University. ‘I think all of us were shocked by how big the numbers are.’” |
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July 25, 2007 | Harrisburg Patriot News
“The Simpsons” movie will premiere this week, enhancing the ubiquity of the long-running animated TV show. “The show ‘wasn't just a pop-culture phenomenon -- it had meat, it had substance,’ said Dr. Marc Lamont Hill, professor of urban education at Temple University, who repeatedly professed his love for the show. ‘You can come in from another planet and watch 'The Simpsons' and know what's going on -- you can understand the major debates of the day,’ he said. ‘Whatever the issue is, you can see it there in fascinating fashion.’” |
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July 25, 2007 | Oprah.com
“The average teen girl gets about 180 minutes of media exposure daily and only about 10 minutes of parental interaction a day, says Renee Hobbs, EdD, associate professor of communications at Temple University. In an attempt to emulate the countless media images they view, girls often take drastic measures. Many end up with very low self-esteem; some with dangerous eating disorders.” |
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July 24, 2007 | O Dia (Teresina, Brazil)
Nicole Desilvis, adjunct professor at the Fox School of Business and a senior international trade consultant with the Temple University Small Business Development Center, discussed the honey industry in the state of Piaui, Brazil and the value of business and information exchanges between Brazil and the United States. |
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July 24, 2007 | APM/NPR “Marketplace”
With Starbucks’ stock in decline, the company is opening stores at a dramatic pace, especially in comparatively new markets like Tijuana. Says Temple professor Bryant Simon, who is writing a book about the coffee chain: “You've got two markets going: You have a fair number of Americans who like to go to Starbucks when they're abroad — and you have the aspiring Mexican middle class.” |
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July 24, 2007 | Washington Post
Although there is little quality research linking debt to poor health, experts say there's no question that being in debt can be stressful. "The issue of feeling out of control is probably the single most important universal stressor," said David Baron, chairman of the department of psychiatry at the Temple University School of Medicine. It's that feeling people get when the hot water heater dies, the car needs a new engine and medical bills need to be paid -- all at the same time, he said. "The key to understanding and dealing with stress and finances is sitting down and identifying what are your thoughts and feelings and concerns, and what can [you] do about it?" |
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July 24, 2007 | WHYY-FM
Counterfeit pharmaceuticals are a growing problem worldwide but only recently has the problem surfaced in the U.S. and other developed nations, said Albert Wertheimer, professor of pharmacy at the School of Pharmacy. Wertheimer is offering his expertise at a U.S. Patent and Trademark office event on China and Intellectual Property in Philadelphia this week. |
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July 24, 2007 | Financial Times
Women voters in Japan are disillusioned with Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and his LDP party, but that doesn’t mean they will support the rival DPJ party. “Jeff Kingston, professor of Asian studies at Tokyo’s Temple University, says women tend not to trust the DPJ, which was cobbled together in 1998 from LDP defectors and several other parties of variegated political hues. Instead, women have voted disproportionately for parties stressing a social agenda.” |
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July 24, 2007 | KYW-AM
Philadelphia’s high murder rate is attracting national attention. For example, the CBS Evening News chose the city to top its week-long series on crime. Combating the “don’t snitch” mentality is a major goal of local officials. Marc Lamont Hill teaches Urban Education and American Studies at Temple University. "Most people who go to court to testify are left on their own both before and after trial. So there's a legitimate fear that if you become a witness and you are civically responsible, you won't be protected by law enforcement." |
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July 23, 2007 | CBS3, NBC10, ComcastSportsNet
The 8th Annual Gene Hart Memorial Golf Outing drew all-star golf classic included dozens of Philadelphia sports and media celebrities to raise money for Temple University Health System's Cancer Center programs. The winning trophy for the event was designed by Jocelyn Kolb, a first-year graduate student at Temple's Tyler School of Art. |
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July 23, 2007 | Japan Times
Temple University Japan's Institute of Contemporary Japanese Studies will screen a science fiction film on a highly addictive video game as part of its "Youth and Imaginative Labor: East Asia and Beyond" conference, which will discuss (in English) the actions taken by young people in response to current political and social challenges. The conference is also being held in South Korea, Hong Kong and China. In Japan, academic panel sessions will take place on July 21 and 22 at Temple University's Japan campus. |
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July 23, 2007 | Daily News
There is now a whole generation of Americans under 30 who have a hard time imagining life without Apu, Krusty the Clown, Mr. Burns and the rest of the characters in "The Simpsons" – including Philadelphia's Marc Lamont Hill. Hill was roughly the same age as the perpetually 10-year-old Bart Simpson when the series started to air regularly in 1989, and now he analyzes culture as a professor of American studies and urban education at Temple. "I never imagined that it would turn into what it was – a pop-culture phenomenon," Hill said. |
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July 23, 2007 | Bergen (NJ) Record
Temple football recruit and former NJ baseball and football star Marquise Liverpool's story isn't one of sadness, says a Bergen Record columnist -- despite the fact that Liverpool was recently cut after three years in the Seattle Mariners organization. |
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July 23, 2007 | Press of Atlantic City
While most of the people on the Ocean City Boardwalk were there to soak up the sun and enjoy walking the boards, some were there to build a football program. Temple coach Al Golden and 18 of his top players were in front of the Ocean City Music Pier signing autographs, giving out Temple University beach balls, schedules and plenty of handshakes and smiles. It was the culminating event of the "Temple Down the Shore" three-day weekend. "This has been great," said Shawn Kleitz, associate athletic director for development at Temple. "When we started this five years ago, there was a smattering of people. Now we've had to increase our events to try and hit all our constituents." |
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July 23, 2007 | Associated Press
Anthropological studies show music has been used in healing since the earliest of times. However, the intuitive belief of music as therapy wasn't put into clinical practice until after World War I. Universities such as Temple University in Philadelphia now strive to study music's healing properties scientifically. Music therapy professor Cheryl Dileo, Temple's director of the Arts and Quality of Life Research Center, in 2000 began one of the most ambitious studies to measure the effects of music therapy. She reviewed 183 studies published since 1963 that involved more than 8,000subjects. Among her findings: music therapy can be effective in decreasing aggression in Alzheimer's patients and alleviating pain in cancer patients, among other applications. "Maybe music therapy should be the first prescription, rather than pain medications," Dileo said. |
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July 23, 2007 | Computerworld
College and university systems can be prime targets for identity thieves and hackers — think open computing environments in which students freely download files, interact on social networking sites and use peer-to-peer applications.
To reduce the risk of personal data being exposed, Temple University in Philadelphia launched an initiative three years ago to eliminate the use of Social Security numbers as a primary means of identifying students and staff. “People aren’t expecting to see their Social Security numbers anywhere today,” says Barbara Dolhansky, associate vice president of computer systems at the university. |
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July 23, 2007 | Philadelphia Inquirer
A new analysis of Philadelphia job and growth trends confirm that the job markets in the distant suburbs have boomed, following residential construction in those areas. The information shows a highly fragmented labor market, one that increasingly is "arranging itself along major roadways," said David Elesh, an associate sociology professor at Temple University and a principal investigator on the indicators project. The research was funded in part by the William Penn Foundation and conducted by the Metropolitan Philadelphia Indicators Project at Temple University. |
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July 22, 2007 | Philadelphia Inquirer
The latest means of keeping up with your neighbors: elaborate play sets in the backyard. While the collection of slides, swings and rock walls might look impressive, is it sending the right message to our children? Frank Farley, Temple University psychologist said parents should not be focused on "competing in extravagance." Better to provide basic backyard playthings, he says, and then do something like "planting a little garden. It can challenge the creativity of parents rather than their pocketbook," he says, adding, "Save your money and put it in a college fund.” |
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July 21, 2007 | ABC News, Christian Science Monitor
Who needs to watch soap operas when you can hear intimate details of people’s lives while they use their cell phones at your nearby Starbucks? The chain is a sociological Petri dish for Bryant Simon, a Temple University professor whose book "Consuming Starbucks" comes out next spring. Simon thinks the reasons for all this self-revelation in front of others can be boiled down to two things -- fear and the suburbs. "Starbucks broke at the height of people's retreat from public space, at the same time they were building gated communities," he says. "When they found themselves barricaded alone in their houses, they didn't particularly like it." |
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July 20, 2007 | Chronicle of Philanthropy
Nonprofit organizations have a great opportunity to persuade more Americans to volunteer in the coming years, but must work hard to seize it, said speakers at the National Conference on Volunteering and Service. The number of Americans who donated their time to charity fell last year, the first time that figure has declined in four years. Studies show that one out of every three people who volunteer during a given year do not return the following year. Stephanie Oliver, a Temple University student and frequent volunteer, said people will continue to volunteer if they have a meaningful experience working at a charity, instead of filing papers or taking out the trash. "When people feel like they are needed, they don't want to leave," she said. Oliver also suggested that groups find out what college students are studying to incorporate their interests into their work. For example, Oliver works at an investment-management company and has volunteered to teach poor people about finances. |
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July 20, 2007 | WRTI-FM
Sara Solomon, of the Center for Obesity Research and Education, commented on a new study that predicts fat will be the norm by 2015. If people keep gaining weight at the current rate, experts believe 75 percent of U.S. adults will be overweight and 41 percent obese. |
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July 19, 2007 | TIME
Following the explosion of underground steam pipe in Manhattan last week, Civil and Environmental Engineering's William Miller said that cities with older infrastructures tend to address problems only after they appear. "Paving a street is easy because you can go to it and do it, and frankly it's more politically visible," said Miller, adding that all Philadelphia streets are paved regularly while sewers and other systems are treated reactively, rather than preventively. |
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July 19, 2007 | Chicago Tribune
Every year, more American teenagers die in car wrecks than any other way. Nationally, that number was 5,610 fatalities in 2004. "The public probably knows that teen drivers are at greater risk for fatal accidents," said Laurence Steinberg, psychology professor at Temple University, a national expert on adolescence and author or editor of 10 books on the subject. "What the public doesn't know is what we ought to do about it." |
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July 19, 2007 | BBC News
Later this month Japanese politicians will be fighting an election that will decide the make-up of the upper house of parliament. It is a first important electoral test for Shinzo Abe as prime minister. One issue that’s attracting a lot of attention is a plan to reform the county’s constitution, which was originally written in English after World War II. "It was translated into Japanese by Japanese bureaucrats who left a certain degree of room for maneuver," says Professor Phil Deans from Temple University in Tokyo. "They were able to leave gaps in the language which subsequently politicians have been able to reinterpret, and so instead of constitutional revision per se, what you have is revision through reinterpretation." |
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July 19, 2007 | Chronicle of Higher Education
In a "First Person" column, Temple academic adviser and adjunct English department faculty member Monica D'Antonio describes what she learned from being assigned an arduous task: proofreading every single course syllabus in the College of Liberal Arts. Syllabi, she writes, reveal much about the professors who create them. "Professors, as critical thinkers themselves, should be aware that their syllabi are alive, symbolic, and vocal. A syllabus really can talk, and it's saying a lot more than we think." |
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July 18, 2007 | Newhouse News Service
Do you skip the fine print? Millions of Americans routinely enter into contracts without even attempting to figure out the financial and legal strings attached. In fact, it may be sensible to sign without reading -- at least most of the time. "We encounter scores of forms every day; it would be a ridiculous expenditure of time to read all of them,'' said William Woodward, a Temple Law professor. "The economy would go in the toilet.'' In fact, ignoring the fine print can help you. Judges have ruled against consumers because they admitted having read an agreement, including onerous provisions, Woodward said. |
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July 18, 2007 | USA Today
Bad news continued to seep from Japan's massive Kashiwazaki Kariwa nuclear plant complex Wednesday, two days after it was rocked by a deadly magnitude-6.8 earthquake. Tokyo Electric reported that radiation levels in a 315-gallon water leak were 50 percent higher than it originally calculated. Jeff Kingston, historian at Temple University Japan, said Japan's nuclear industry "has a history of cover-ups" and predicted that "we're going to hear more revisions in coming days." |
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July 18, 2007 | WRTI-FM
Sara Solomon, a nutritionist at the Center for Obesity Research and Education, commented on the move by a number of food and drink companies to limit advertising to children. The move was spurred by a Federal Trade Commission hearing designed to step up pressure on the companies to help curb the growing child obesity problem through more responsible marketing. |
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July 18, 2007 | KYW News Radio 1060
Tourists should beware of medicines overseas. Albert Wertheimer, professor at Temple's School of Pharmacy, says pharmaceuticals in most developed western nations are pretty safe, but those available in developing and eastern countries could cause problems. "When you go over to buy drugs in Cancun or cross the border into Tijuana and the package looks the same and the pills the same shape and size, it would take an expert to decide [if they are authentic]." |
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July 17, 2007 | Metro (Philadelphia)
About nine years ago, then-mayor Ed Rendell and Moshe Porat, dean of Temple's Fox School of Business, were lamenting the "brain drain" issue in Philadelphia where college students promptly leave town after graduation. Their solution: Get high school students from around the area into colleges as early as possible to show them that Philadelphia is a place worth learning and working in. To accomplish that goal, the Fox School created the Business Leadership Academy. |
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July 17, 2007 | WFTS ABC Action News (Tampa, Fla.)
Temple obesity researcher Gary Foster explodes myths about dieting. Myth No. 1: Don't eat after 8 p.m. "There's nothing magical or mysterious about when calories go into the body," said Foster. "It's really about how much energy goes in over 24 hours and how much energy is burned over 24 hours." No. 2: Eat a big breakfast to boost metabolism. You won't get a big boost, says Foster, and it will be a short one. |
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July 16, 2007 | Los Angeles Times
Research on the benefits of vacation shows that people who take them are better off than those who don't. "People are very stressed. They have very busy lives," says Yoshi Iwasaki, professor of therapeutic recreation in the College of Health Professions. "Vacations are an important way of finding meaning in life. They enhance the quality of life, including health." |
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July 16, 2007 | United Press International
Some experts think non-pharmaceutical treatments for children with mental health problems are overlooked. "You're a pediatrician who must see six children per hour to make ends meet; [when a] parent complains [a] child's depressed or has school problems, you have no luxury of referring the child to a psychiatrist for a workup, so you're inclined to use medication," said Ronald Brown, dean of Temple's College of Health Professions. |
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July 16, 2007 | United Press International
Physicians need to be aggressively counseling women about the importance of starting pregnancy at a healthy weight, said Vani Dandolu, an obstetrician-gynecologist at Temple's School of Medicine and Temple University Hospital who found in a recent analysis that obesity, increasingly common in pregnant women, raises the risks to mother and baby. |
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July 16, 2007 | KYW News Radio 1060
School is out for the summer, but high school students are flocking to college campuses to find the perfect fit. KYW's Lynne Adkins joined a tour of visiting families at Temple's Main Campus. Tours start at the Welcome Center with a video, showing the faces and opportunities on campus. Niki Mendrinos, assistant director of Admissions, says tours are popular: "This is the popular time, especially after July 4th. People are on vacations, their going into their senior year, so they're starting their college search." |
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July 16, 2007 | Philadelphia Inquirer
Temple international trade expert Nicole DeSilvis outlines the fascinations and frustrations of doing business with Brazil in an exclusive Q&A. DeSilvis said the U.S. government was eager to foster more trade with Brazil following President Bush's recent visit there. But that's not going to be easy because the countries are separated by cultural barriers that are almost as formidable as the geographic ones. |
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July 15, 2007 | Washington Post
"I Got a Crush on Obama," the ballad created by marketing strategist Ben Relles and Temple senior Leah Kauffman scored a thousand hits within five hours of its posting on YouTube, and shout-outs on Leno, "The View" and even in the Economist. Now the song has a sequel, "Obama Girl vs. Giuliani Girl." This song, says Kauffman, "is less a love song than a debate song. We go into some serious issues, like the war in Iraq and Giuliani comparing himself to Ronald Reagan." |
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July 14, 2007 | WRTI Radio, “Creatively Speaking”
Yoshi Iwasaki explains his recent research on leisure across various world cultures. Western culture is very consumption oriented and work ethic can transfer to how we spend our leisure time .... very systematically. Non-Western cultures don't necessarily distinguish between work time and free time. Rather, people integrate leisure activities into work and family time and leisure occurs more spontaneously. |
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July 14, 2007 | Los Angeles Daily News
A group of Glendale residents has started pressing for a public smoking ban. But the move could be a tough sell in this city of 208,000, where local health officials say smoking is prevalent among the community's large Armenian and Asian immigrant populations. A study by the Center for Asian Health at Temple University, directed by Grace Ma, found smoking rates among Asian-Americans are about 10 percent higher than the national average. Much of that could be attributed to cultural views in which lighting-up is just part of socializing and relieving stress. |
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July 13, 2007 | USA Today
Candice Dupree doesn't brag. The 6-2 Chicago Sky forward would rather let her game do all the talking. The only problem is that she has a fundamental, no-flash Tim Duncan-like game and the court demeanor of the silky-smooth Jamaal Wilkes. That combination arguably makes her the most talented WNBA All-Star no one knows. "You have to be a basketball enthusiast to appreciate what she does because if you're not paying attention, you'll miss it," said Dawn Staley, who was Dupree's coach at Temple University. |
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July 13, 2007 | New York Times
Six years ago, three union leaders were kidnapped and slain in northern Colombia. Now, 2,000 miles away, a federal jury here is being asked to decide whether an Alabama-based coal company, Drummond Ltd., aided in the killings and took sides in Colombia's decades-old civil war. According to Peter Spiro, a law professor at Temple University, human rights organizations are seeking these kinds of cases and bringing them against American corporations with more frequency, and if Drummond prevails, it could stanch the legal attacks. ''If the plaintiffs lose this case, it might embolden other corporations to fight these claims more vigorously,'' Spiro said. |
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July 13, 2007 | USA Today
These days, only the most fortunate among can count on a traditional pension to ensure a comfortable retirement. Most people who want to be able to afford to retire need to pack as much money as they can into their 401(k) accounts, yet few have the time, energy or expertise to manage 401(k)s well. Jack VanDerhei of the Employee Benefit Research Institute and a professor at Temple University offers this advice: Company stock should not make up more than 10 percent of your portfolio. "If the company goes under or does poorly, you not only may be losing a huge portion of your retirement income -- it could also mean that you're losing your job," he says. |
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July 12, 2007 | United Press International
The tobacco industry is working behind the scenes and pressuring states to spend less on anti-smoking efforts, said Temple public health researcher Jennifer Ibrahim. She reviewed public anti-smoking media efforts from 1970 to 2006 and found that tobacco companies have lobbied state legislators concerning the states' anti-tobacco programs. In fact, some companies convinced states to cut back on public anti-smoking campaigns and allow the industry itself to put forth anti-smoking programs, she concluded. But the industry advertisements are not as effective and in some cases actually encourage children to smoke, Ibrahim said. "They tried to glamorize smoking as an adult thing (but) research shows this increases smoking,'' Ibrahim told UPI. |
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July 12, 2007 | BBC News
Tough rules on how Japanese politicians can canvas for votes have come into force. Surprisingly, in a country with some of the fastest broadband speeds and a wide internet penetration, it is now illegal for candidates to create new websites or update existing web pages between now and election day. So instead, loudspeaker vans are out on the streets. The candidates sit inside, waving regally, smiling and politely asking for votes. Phil Deans, a professor at Temple University Japan, describes it as "almost a throwback to the 1950s…Cars with speakers on the roof, the use of posters, leafleting, and the almost complete absence of electronic media to communicate political messages." |
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July 12, 2007 | CBS3 Eyewitness News
Social networking sites like Myspace and Facebook can be seen by thousands of people, and if you are not careful photos and the information you post can come back to harm you, says CBS3's Mary Stoker Smith. Temple educational psychologist Frank Farley has examined some internet sites like Myspace, YouTube and Facebook. He agrees many do it for validation and get caught in what they think is the fun of it all. "My sense of it is, a big factor is, the thrill value," said Farley. "The thrill of being there, revealing yourself to the whole world. It's the inner life becoming more public and so many aspects of the inner life, not just the good stuff but awful lot of the bad stuff." |
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July 12, 2007 | WPTV NewsChannel 5 (West Palm Beach, Fla.)
A growing number of companies are turning to the Internet to learn about young job candidates, according to Corinne Snell, director of the Center for Student Professional Development at Temple's Fox School of Business. "I don't think it's an actual formal practice used by all employers," Snell said. "But there are some that are using it as part of their recruitment process." Could it cost you a job? Snell says potential employers may hesitate to hire you if they dig up "digital dirt." |
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July 11, 2007 | Los Angeles Times
Nearly two-thirds of employers that offer traditional pensions have closed their plans to new hires or frozen them for all employees, or plan to do so in the next two years. Analysts have known for some time that the number of employers shutting or freezing their pension plans was on the rise. But the sharpness of the increase caught some by surprise. "This is a watershed event," said Jack VanDerhei, a Temple University pension specialist. "There has been a steady decline in traditional pensions for two decades, but the trend is really accelerating, and it's going to accelerate even more." |
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July 11, 2007 | Philadelphia Daily News
In a moving essay, Temple journalism student Chris Banks describes the moment when a homicide detective called to tell him that his father had been shot dead on the streets of Philadelphia. "There were 406 homicides in Philadelphia last year," wrote Banks. "We were ranked sixth in homicides in 2006 among big cities, and we have more than 200 murders in a little more than half of this year. And still, we don't get it! What will it take for us inner-city youths to realize that the streets are not the way? How close to home does it have to hit? A co-worker? A homie? Girlfriend? Boyfriend? What about a best friend? And what if that best friend was your parent? Well, that's what it took for me." |
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July 11, 2007 | Philadelphia Daily News
Candice Dupree used to be a skeptic when told just how great a basketball player she could be. The former Temple University star, now in her second season with the WNBA's Chicago Sky, has no such doubts these days. "When I was in high school, I never thought I could play in college," said the 22-year-old forward/center and 4-year Owls standout. "In college, [at first] I never thought I could play in the WNBA." This week, she will play in the WNBA All-Star Game. |
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July 10, 2007 | CN8 "Art Fennel Reports"
Molecular biologist Danny Dhanasekaran, a professor at Temple's School of Medicine, demonstrates a biosensor he has developed that uses yeast to detect the ingredients found in explosives. A fluorescent green light signals the presence of the explosives. The biosensor could one day be used in a handheld or remote device. |
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July 10, 2007 | XM Radio's "Reach MD"
Nationwide, about 15 million adults and children are seen in emergency departments annually for acute neurological emergencies. This week on "ReachMD" (on XM radio station 233), Nina Gentile, associate professor of emergency medicine, speaks about the Neurological Emergencies Treatment Trials (NETT) Network, a nationwide initiative to test the effectiveness of new treatments for neurological emergencies affecting children and adults. Gentile is the head of all regional efforts for this program, for which Temple serves as the primary clinical study site.
(Link goes to schedule of broadcast times) |
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July 10, 2007 | Parents magazine
Andrea McCoy, a pediatrician at Temple's School of Medicine and Temple University Hospital, offers helpful advice for parents in "My Kid Overdid It." For sunburn, she advises, "Cool your child's skin with a room-temperature bath or compresses." And for nail biting, she says, "Constant biting puts your child at risk for infection, so it's important to try to stop it quickly." |
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July 10, 2007 | Philadelphia Inquirer, Philadelphia Daily News, Associated Press
Former Associated Press sportswriter Ralph Bernstein, a Temple alumnus, died on Saturday. Described as "the quintessential Philadelphia sportswriter" and "someone who never shied away from asking the tough questions," Bernstein was feared and respected by coaches across the nation. During his time at Temple, he got a job as a stringer with the old Philadelphia Record and later worked at United Press before moving to the AP. |
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July 10, 2007 | Science Central
Using his experience in how biological cells communicate with each other, molecular biologist Danny Dhanasekaran, a professor at the School of Medicine, has come up with a way to use yeast to detect explosives. Typically used for baking bread, yeast is also used in research because of its simple, unicellular structure. Dhanasekaran is developing a small biosensor that emits green light when in the presence of chemicals found in explosives. |
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July 9, 2007 | Metro (Philadelphia)
What should the next mayor's plan be to address tax cuts in Philadelphia? "Cut a deal with city workers to eliminate waste with a third of the savings to tax reform, a third as extra payments to fund worker pensions and a third to fund improved services,” said Fredric Murphy, professor of management science and operations management at the Fox School of Business. |
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July 9, 2007 | Financial Times
Japan has the reputation of being a closed culture, a mono-ethnic society unwelcoming to foreigners. Yet in reality, even fortress Japan is not as closed as this caricature suggests. Jeff Kingston, professor of Asian studies at Temple University in Tokyo, says: "Underneath the official radar screen, there's a lot of immigrants coming in. Japan is a multi-ethnic, multicultural society in denial." |
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July 9, 2007 | Philadelphia Inquirer
Maps can speak volumes. That's what the Metropolitan Philadelphia Indicators Project at Temple University is finding. A multidisciplinary group of professors and graduate students is mapping and graphing job dispersal, incomes, health-care coverage, arts-related business and about 100 other quality-of-life measures in the Philadelphia region's 353 towns and municipalities. The goal is to make information available from many sources, and, in so doing, present a data-based picture of current conditions on this mosaic of nine counties, with about five million people, two million jobs, vast wealth and distressing poverty. "It brings public data to the public," said Elizabeth Halen, a Temple graduate who massages the torrent of data.
(Note: Online version of article includes picture of Temple's MPIP team; print version on front page of Business section includes four MPIP maps.) |
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July 9, 2007 | USA Today
Temple women's basketball coach Dawn Staley will be coaching the U.S. team in the Pan American Games later this month in Brazil. Although her squad features several potential first-round picks in the 2008 WNBA draft, she knows her team will have a target on its back. "To have who I have on this team is a good thing," says Staley. "Yes, there is a lot of basketball being played, but without a lot of time to prepare. And it doesn't matter the age group; we're [every opponent's] gold medal game." |
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July 9, 2007 | northjersey.com
With Starbucks and Dunkin' Donuts seemingly around every corner in North Jersey, educators and nutritionists say more and more teens are consuming coffee drinks, from caramel lattes to Coffee Coolattas. Coffee drinks may get students revved up for Spanish class and soccer games, but they also offer a feeling of maturity. "What teens tell me over and over is that going to Starbucks makes them feel sophisticated," said Bryant Simon, a history professor at Temple University who is writing a book about Starbucks. "It makes them feel adult.'' |
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July 8, 2007 | Washington Post
If you drop a doughnut, how long can it stay on the ground and still be good enough to eat? If you've never heard of the "five-second rule," ask any sixth-grader. According to psychologist Thomas Shipley of Temple University, the ability to assess food risk is biologically built into our makeup: "Disgust is basically an evolutionary health code," says Shipley. "We know we shouldn't eat gravel, for example, but the thought of it doesn't make us gag the way that (a) cockroach walking across our mashed potatoes." |
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July 8, 2007 | Philadelphia Inquirer
With pharmaceutical companies Merck and GlaxoSmithKline in fierce competition over the latest cervical cancer vaccine, what could the difference really be between the two? The choice could come down to price, said Enrique Hernandez, chairman of obstetrics and gynecology at Temple University Hospital, who has served on advisory boards to both firms. "Whoever comes out with a cheaper product wins," Hernandez said. "I don't think there's a significant difference between the two." |
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July 8, 2007 | phillyburbs.com
A Guatemalan man didn't have a valid driver's license, a valid Social Security number, nor a registration for the Toyota Corolla that crashed into and killed Steven Ketterer two years ago. “This is not an unusual story,” said Jan Ting, former assistant commissioner for the Immigration and Naturalization Service of the U.S. Department of Justice in 1990. “We've had many accidents caused by drivers who are unlicensed, uninsured, undocumented and have no permanent address. And many people wonder why employers can't be held liable?" Ting, who now teaches immigration law at Temple University, said federal sanctions in place make cases against employers difficult to prosecute even at the federal level. |
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July 7, 2007 | MSNBC
Temple University psychologist Frank Farley joined MSNBC's "Dayside" live on Saturday morning for a discussion of the popular obsession with the day's unusual date, 7-7-07. The real beneficiaries, says Farley, are casino operators, who can't wait to get their hands on gamblers flocking to hit the slots on this allegedly lucky day. |
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July 7, 2006 | Agence France Presse
The recent resignation of Japan's defense minister Fumio Kyuma for comments suggesting that the US atomic bombings "couldn't be helped" is a stark reminder that the issue remains an emotional one for many Japanese. "The Japanese remain so divided over how to interpret the war," said professor Jeffrey Kingston, an historian and specialist in Asian affairs at Temple University in Tokyo. "Overseas, I think that there is generally a misconception that all Japanese are in denial and Japanese only think of themselves as victims. If you look at the public opinion polls, I think most Japanese agree that the war was a war of aggression." |
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July 6, 2007 | Philadelphia Inquirer
Temple philosophy professor Paul C. Taylor co-authored an op-ed on the recent U.S. Supreme Court desegregation decision. “We must accept the responsibilities that diversity and democracy place on each of us as individuals. This means more than resisting the constrained moral vision and tendentious legal reasoning of the Roberts Court, more than finding ways to integrate our schools. It means working in our everyday lives for interracial understanding, instead of for the red herring of abstract color-blindness.” |
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July 6, 2007 | Chicago Tribune
Teenagers have the bodies of adults, but what you can’t see is that their brains are still developing. That’s why teens so often make judgment errors when driving. "The reason that kids take chances when they drive is not because they're ignorant," said Temple University psychologist Laurence Steinberg. "It's because other things undermine their better judgment." |
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July 5, 2007 | The New York Times
Reporter Katie Hafner says that those who hoped to make big bucks reselling hard-to-find iPods have not been successful, with one exception. “Trevor Lyman, 21, a senior at Temple University in Philadelphia, sold an 8-gigabyte phone on eBay for $1,300 while waiting in line last Friday afternoon to buy it. He has sold two more, but for far less than the first one.” |
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July 5, 2007 | Jewish Exponent
Why is yoga, which was originally practiced by men in India, considered mainly women's turf in America today? According to Temple University professor Michael Sachs, who studies kinesiology, ideas about sport and exercise in Western culture relate back to ascribed gender roles. "There is the societal image of men being macho, being the protector who goes out and hunts," he said. "Back in the 1800s and 1900s, women were not allowed to participate in overly vigorous activities, while men took up competitive and collision sports." |
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July 4, 2007 | Asahi.com (Japan)
Robert Dujarric, who heads the Institute of Contemporary Japanese Studies at Temple University Japan, writes in an op-ed that while Americans have not paid much attention to a House resolution on Japan's use of "comfort women" in World War II, the issue could have an impact on Japanese politics. The resolution "has clearly displeased Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's administration while generating anxiety about the state of Japan-U.S. relations." |
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July 4, 2007 | France24.com, ChinaPost.com, TurkishPress.com
Japan's new defense minister is vowing not to make the same gaffs that prompted Prime Minister Shinzo Abe to drop her predecessor, Fumio Kyuma. Kyuma "had become a huge political liability to Abe, who is already very unpopular and who didn't need this," said Professor Jeffrey Kingston, a specialist in Asian affairs at Temple University in Tokyo. |
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July 3, 2007 | CNN/Money.com
Worried that your employer is going to drop its pension plan? You should be. “The higher the expected increase in contribution, the more likely a company is to freeze or close its plan," said pension expert Jack VanDerhei, a Temple University professor. "Even for those employers with overfunded plans that don't care about the level of cash contributions (required under the Pension Protection Act) ... you take a 10 percent equity hit (to your pension assets) and that can wipe out a company's operating income overnight," VanDerhei said. "You'll be dead on your bottom line." |
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July 3, 2007 | Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Descendants of slaves and their owners are working together to research their shared past. It’s an unusual story, but their experience should become more common. "One of the things that has retarded the progress of race relations is our extraordinary ability to forget," said Marc Lamont Hill, a professor of American studies at Temple University. "We go to extravagant lengths to forget aspects of the past. We need to acknowledge the past as it really was. We don't need to romanticize it." |
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July 3, 2007 | Orlando Sentinel
Alli, a new weight loss drug, has been gaining a lot of attention. Temple researcher Dr. Gary Foster discussed the drug, its value and side effects in a Q&A column for the Sentinel. |
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July 2, 2007 | Fox News “Your World with Neil Cavuto”
Temple urban education professor Marc Lamont Hill is part of a panel discussion on the conflicts between privacy and security as the nation battles terrorism at home and abroad. |
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July 2, 2007 | Wall Street Journal
A reverse marketing ad campaign that promotes a Philadelphia jewelry store by announcing “I Hate Steven Singer” has been successful, but its strategy is not for every businessman. “‘He's not appealing to the upscale, upmarket segment,’ says Indrajit ‘Jay’ Sinha, an associate professor of marketing at Temple University's Fox School of Business in Philadelphia. Those who would rather go to “Harry Winston” would probably not appreciate the sometimes crude humor and gimmicks, he says.
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July 2, 2007 | Hagerstown (MD) Herald-Mail
Students who participate in summer reading programs at local libraries might have an advantage when returning to school in the fall. A recent study conducted in Pennsylvania by Dr. Donna Celano of Temple University and Dr. Susan B. Neuman of the University of Michigan concluded that children who participate in summer reading programs, like the one at the local library, read on higher levels than those who attend summer camps. |
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July 2, 2007 | WHYY radio, “Focus on the Family”
Portia Hunt, professor of counseling psychology in the College of Education, discussed sibling relationships and how those relationships change over the decades with host Dan Gottlieb. |
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July 1, 2007 | KYW-TV, “Newsmakers”
James Hilty, professor of history at Temple, discussed dissent and patriotism during times of war in anticipation of July 4 with Mark Howard.
(Visit the link above and search for “Hilty”.) |
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July 1, 2007 | Associated Press
Couples who hope to get a little lucky by marrying on July 7, 2007 might be part of a self-fulfilling prophesy. "It's kind of something that's shared that will never ever, ever happen again in their lifetime," said Temple University psychologist Frank Farley. "Maybe that alone can cement it a little bit. Because they can say, 'We started off in a totally unique moment in the history of the world. And we've got to make it work.'" |
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July 1, 2007 | Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
Alternatives to long stretches in prison had not been popular in Pennsylvania until the costs of prison over crowding became a budget issue. "Wayne Welsh, a criminal justice professor at Temple University, said it took years for politicians to acknowledge the research that shows that drug courts and treatment programs are effective at reducing recidivism. 'You start talking about saving taxpayer money, then you've got the attention of the lawmakers,' Welsh said." |
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July 1, 2007 | Bottom Line
Benjamin Krevsky, professor of medicine and director of gastrointestinal endoscopy at the School of Medicine and Hospital, advises a reader on eating after a colonoscopy. You can resume your normal diet once you get home, but it's best to make your first meal a light one, nothing fried or heavy. |
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July 2007 | Pediatric News
Too few pediatricians in training are following best-practice guidelines for addressing parental smoking and the risks that secondhand smoke poses for their patients, said Bradley N. Collins, a public health expert at Temple. "This is not a criticism of the efforts of pediatricians with respect to trying to protect their patients from the effects of secondhand smoke," Collins said. "But the vast majority of pediatricians surveyed said they were not confident in their ability to change parental smoking habits or their patients' exposure to smoke." Collins and his associates asked 66 pediatric residents and 27 preceptors in a teaching hospital how they intervened when treating different environmental tobacco smoke-related illnesses. Almost all of them said they received less than two hours' training about smoking cessation during residency. |
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July 2007 | USA Today (magazine)
Nature beckons, but be wary with your summer workouts, cautions kinesiology professor C. Buz Swanik of Temple University, Philadelphia. "Anytime you change the mode of exercise you're used to, you're increasing your workload," he says. "If you took the best cyclist in the world and put him on a treadmill, it'd be a lot harder." |
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July 2007 | Pharmaceutical Executive
Leading a pharmaceutical company is a complex, difficult job and there's been a great deal of turnover in the last decade. Albert Wertheimer, professor at the School of Pharmacy, traces this malaise to the mega-mergers of the '90s, when the scientists who ran drug companies got sidelined by "business people." |
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July 2007 | TheNextMayor.com
Temple criminal justice professor Phil Harris is one of three faculty members interviewed as part of an issues forum on crime in Philadelphia. The forum is part of the website that focuses on the challenges facing the city’s next mayor. TheNextMayor.com is sponsored by WHYY, The Daily News and the Committee of 70. |
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July/August 2007 | Natural Health magazine
Foot pain is common but it doesn't have to be. Kendrick Whitney, a podiatrist at the School of Podiatry, explains that many people think foot pain is normal. With so many people ignoring or expecting foot discomfort, it's hardly surprising that about 43 million Americans suffer from foot problems. |
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July 2007 | Ebony magazine
When families plan a reunion, who foots the bill? “There is no typical cost, really,” said Ione D. Vargus, Ph.D., founder of the Family Reunion Institute at the School of Social Administration at Temple University in Philadelphia. “It depends on where they decide to have the reunion, what the facilities are and how much they cost,” says Dr. Vargus. |
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