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October 31, 2007 | Radio Taiwan, Central News Agency (China)
“Temple University of Pennsylvania, USA, is set to sign academic cooperation pacts with six universities in Taiwan, according to a Taiwanese diplomatic source on Tuesday. Temple University President Ann Weaver Hart is scheduled to arrive in Taiwan on Wednesday for a three-day visit. She will sign agreements with six Taiwanese universities on Thursday on dual degree programs. Vice President Annette Lu and Education Minister Tu Cheng-sheng will also attend the signing ceremony. Under the agreements, students from the six Taiwanese universities will be able to attend Temple University after they finish three years of their undergraduate education. They will also be able to study at Temple University's graduate schools and have opportunities to obtain master's degrees in two years.” |
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October 30-31, 2007 | ABC6
WPVI’s Vice President for Public Affairs Linda Munich ’75 was one of the Lew Klein Alumni in the Media award winners. Also inducted into the School of Communications and Theater’s Hall of Fame: Barbara Attie, ’96, documentary filmmaker; Bill Daly, ’77, senior vice president of post production at Warner Brothers; John Dotson, Jr., ’58, Pulitzer Prize-winning newspaper publisher; Bob Pantano, ’71, WOGL radio personality; and Marc Rayfield, ’85, vice president and general manager of WIP. |
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October 31, 2007 | Metro
Student activism is alive and well at Temple University. Stacy Lipson writes: “Student protests at Temple have become more of a common practice, with protests in the past two months on topics ranging from the Jena 6 controversy to yesterday’s demonstrations for and against abortion.” |
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October 31, 2007 | Baltimore Sun
What is it about Halloween that – in addition to ghosts, goblins and witches - brings out demons of another kind: rudeness, insensitivity, bias and prejudice? "This is an opportunity. You can put people down, you can shock people," says Frank Farley, a psychologist at Philadelphia's Temple University and former president of the American Psychological Association. "Events where you can semi-disguise yourself or feel a loosening of restraint – a feeling of 'anything goes' – then some of our prejudices can come out in those conditions where they wouldn't in our everyday life." |
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October 31, 2007 | (Columbia, MO) Missourian
Halloween also encourages those who are looking for safe ways to be afraid. Frank Farley, psychologist at Temple University and former president of the American Psychological Association, said humans have always had a fascination with the “dark side.” Movies, books, video games, even the popularity of Halloween, reflect that fascination. “It’s like people on a roller coaster,” Farley said. “It is so intense and can put your body through things you can’t even get in sex, and afterwards, it was like, ‘Whoa, what was that?’” |
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October 30, 2007 | The Leader
Several North Philadelphia residents living with diabetes attended the "A New Attitude About Diabetes" event, sponsored by Health Partners, held in the Temple University Student Center at 13th Street and Montgomery Avenue on Oct. 27. Attendees heard an inspirational talk from Patti LaBelle, who also has diabetes, and received blood pressure and BMI screenings, and one-on-one consultations with health care professionals including physicians from Temple University’s School of Podiatric Medicine. "We strive to work with others in the medical field to empower our diabetic patients with education and awareness about their disease in order to prevent the possible complications of the lower extremities," said Dr. Kathya M. Zinszer of Temple's School of Podiatric Medicine. "We work as a team to take a multi-disciplinary approach to treatment. We feel that these are sure ingredients for success and better health for all our patients, particularly those battling with diabetes." |
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October 30, 2007 | CN8 “Art Fennel Reports”
Electronic medical records have become big business. But when Microsoft recently launched HealthVault, a web application that manages medical records, it raised questions about privacy and safety. At the American Health Information Management Association’s 79th Annual meeting, Laurinda Harman, PhD, professor of health information management at Temple University, spoke about the need for stricter safety measures to prevent medical identity theft, which could have life-threatening consequences. “If someone were to have a blood transfusion using my name, when I go in to have that same procedure, I could get the wrong blood,” Harman said. “It’s important for everyone to keep track of their own records, and to really look at their bills to make sure there’s nothing suspicious on there.” |
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October 30, 2007 | Denver Post
The first-ever World Series games played in Denver represented more than a chance for rabid sports fans to root for the Colorado Rockies. Mega sports events such as the World Series, the Olympics and the Super Bowl bring long-term tourism benefits to a city, said Joe Goldblatt, senior lecturer at the School of Tourism and Hospitality Management at Temple University. "Salt Lake City found its place on the tourism map with the 2002 Winter Olympic Games. Before that, all tourism for Salt Lake City was regional," Goldblatt said. "The greatest benefit of a mega sports event is the long-term branding of a tourism destination." |
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October 30, 2007 | Indianapolis Star
Researchers at Temple University have found that 16- and 18-year-olds exposed to secondhand smoke at home were 30 percent less likely to pass standardized tests than their peers. They reached this conclusion after analyzing data from thousands of mothers and children in the United Kingdom, and factoring in other risk factors, such as socioeconomic status, gender and smoking by teens. The findings add to a growing body of evidence that secondhand smoke affects children's academic performance. |
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October 30, 2007 | (Allentown) Morning Call
The Bethlehem, Pa., police commissioner wants to require 24-hour video surveillance cameras to be installed outside local businesses. “Videotaping is so commonplace in the community that there is no expectation of privacy when on a sidewalk or in public, said Temple University law professor David Kairys. The question to require businesses to run videos on private parking lots, he said, is more of a regulatory issue. An argument could be made that it is a safety concern and not too onerous for businesses; some businesses are required to install devices like sprinklers, an expensive safety measure,” reports Nicole Radzievich. |
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October 29, 2007 | Inside Higher Ed, Chronicle of Higher Education
One of academe's largest labor unions, the American Federation of Teachers, released today its first comprehensive statement on academic freedom — a fresh indication that the worries of today's academics run deeper than salaries and benefits. "The basic and really central point is that educators should be making educational decisions," said Arthur Hochner, the main author of the statement and an associate professor of human resource management at Temple University. "We want our faculty to be treated as professionals and not just as hired hands." |
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October 29, 2007 | Staten Island (NY) Advance
Why do we love being scared at Halloween by all those spooky movies on TV?
Some people are interested in the dark side, explained Dr. Frank Farley, a psychologist at Temple University in Philadelphia, Pa. They don't understand the destructive side of humanity, so they become fascinated by it. "The stuff you get in horror movies is not every day; it stands out," said Dr. Farley, past president of the American Psychological Association. "We don't understand why we have serial murderers, how we can torture someone." |
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October 29, 2007 | Philadelphia Inquirer
Philadelphia has been promoting itself as a gay-friendly city for visitors, and the Philadelphia Gay Tourism Caucus recently held a session for hotel and motel employees to help make that claim real. Debra K. Blair, a professor in Temple's School of Tourism and Hospitality, helped create the program and served as moderator for the Marriott presentation. "This is a necessary piece of diversity education," she says.… "We hope to motivate business to get on board and train their people." |
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October 28, 2007 | Los Angeles Times
Why are Americans gaining weight, even though the health risks of obesity are increasingly clear? A study by researchers at Temple University in Philadelphia reported that Americans were less likely to pay more for healthful foods, knew less about healthful menu items and were more likely to regard healthful foods as bland. “Gary Foster, the Obesity Society's new president and a coauthor of the study, doesn't blame them for their reluctance to part with more money. 'I don't think that's an unreasonable position for consumers to be in,' says Foster, director of the Center for Obesity Research and Education at Temple University. 'Why pay more for healthy foods? In the end, taste and cost trump everything else, and convenience is in there, too.'" |
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October 28, 2007 | Boston Globe
Parents who push academics or educational toys on toddlers would be better served just spending more time with their children, writes Neil Swidey in the Boston Globe Sunday magazine. "Temple University psychologist Kathy Hirsh-Pasek and two colleagues compared children in academically oriented preschools with those in socially oriented preschools. At age 5, those in the academic group knew more numbers and letters than their counterparts in the social group. But those gains faded away by around the first grade. And the kids from the academic preschools were observed to be less creative and less enthusiastic about learning." |
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October 28, 2007 | Philadelphia Inquirer
The city of Camden's police department has a growing number of internal problems that are inhibiting effective policing. "They have a mapping system, and they've never had bad equipment," said Jerry H. Ratcliffe, a crime analysis expert and professor at Temple University who was hired as a crime consultant to Camden two years ago. "But the general field of crime mapping is advancing incredibly rapidly, and the technology can be outdated very quickly," Ratcliffe said. |
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October 27, 2007 | The New York Times, Associated Press, Playbill
Joy Abbott, the widow of the playwright George Abbott, who died in 1995, has bequeathed her share of the rights and future royalties of plays written by her husband — which include “The Pajama Game,” “Damn Yankees” and “The Boys From Syracuse” — to Temple University in Philadelphia. The donation, to be given after Mrs. Abbott’s death, is valued at $6 million and would help to establish a center for musical theater at Temple’s Boyer College of Music and Dance. Mrs. Abbott will also give the college a cache of memorabilia, including scripts, letters and Tony Awards. |
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October 27, 2007 | Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
"Unless you have no heart, you have to be pulling at least a little for Temple to win those last three MAC games to become bowl eligible," says columnist Shelly Anderson. "It would serve the Big East right if Temple blossomed into a competitive team and delivered its Philadelphia TV market to the MAC." |
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October 26, 2007 | Associated Press
The widow of Broadway legend George Abbott is dedicating her share of the profits from his productions toward a new theater center at Temple University. Joy Abbott, a Temple alumna, bequeathed her share of rights and future royalties toward the George and Joy Abbott Center for Musical Theater at the university's Boyer College of Music and Dance. The gift is estimated to have a minimum value of $6 million. Abbott also plans to give Temple select memorabilia, including original scripts and drawings, a Pulitzer prize and personal letters to notables such as Gene Kelly and Stanley Donen. |
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October 26, 2007 | Philadelphia Inquirer
With coats of colorful paint, garden designers are increasingly turning trunks of dead and dying trees into works of art. Painting trees, especially the dead ones, is like building a sand castle, says Jenny Rose Carey, garden historian and director of the Landscape Arboretum of Temple University Ambler. "It won't be there forever, and that's part of the fun of it. They're ephemeral structures that give you joy later in the remembering," she says. "You do it for the pleasure of creation." |
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October 26, 2007 | Philadelphia Daily News
The connection between business and sports has never been greater. "Today, the leadership in sports is often used to translate how to run a business organization," said Fran Dunphy, Temple's basketball coach. "Businesses want sports personalities to come in and speak to them. People like Coach K speak to CEOs of major corporations because they want to know the secrets to his success." This semester, Dunphy is helping to teach a course at Temple, in the honors program in the Fox School of Business called "Management, Theory & Practice: From the Locker Room to the Board Room." |
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October 25, 2007 | WHYY's "Radio Times with Marty Moss-Coane"
What distinguishes those of us who challenge ourselves physically and mentally from those of us who prefer to play it safe? What is the greatest risk you've ever taken? Host Marty Moss-Coane talks with Temple University Professor Frank Farley and invites listeners to call in to talk about an interesting challenge they've undertaken -- successfully or not -- and what they learned about themselves through it all. |
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October 25, 2007 | The Virginian-Pilot (Norfolk, Va.)
A national physician staffing company has taken over emergency rooms in several Virginia hospitals, with mixed results. The American Academy of Emergency Medicine is concerned about such groups because the practice of medicine "is not in that doctor's hands, it's in the hands of the corporation," said Robert McNamara, an AAEM board member and chairman of the emergency medicine department at Temple 's School of Medicine. In the "corporate practice of medicine," McNamara said, the focus becomes "making as much money as they can off of the care of patients in emergency departments." |
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October 25, 2007 | The New York Times
"It's no longer a Temple of gloom and doom," writes Dave Caldwell about Temple football's recent three-game winning streak. The team's success parallels positive developments at the university. When Coach Al Golden tries to sell recruits on the virtues of Temple's new conference affiliation and handsome stadium, it helps that new buildings are popping up regularly on campus. “Kids are shocked by how beautiful the campus is,” he said. Even though Temple won only one game last year, “I kept feeling that I was the luckiest guy in the business, to be honest with you,” Golden said. |
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October 25, 2007 | Times of India
Asian children have the highest levels of body image dissatisfaction among all ethnic groups, a study has found. The study, led by Gary Foster, director of Centre for Obesity Research and Education and president-elect of the North American Association for the Study of Obesity, found that overweight or obese children can still be unhappy with their bodies, despite acceptance from within their ethnic group. In Asian cultures, the ideal body shape for children is a lean one, while in African-American and Latino cultures, being lean is not considered ideal. |
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October 24-25, 2007 | Philadelphia Inquirer, Philadelphia Business Journal, Associated Press
Temple University Children's Medical Center will close by the end of the year; its doctors will practice and teach at nearby St. Christopher's Hospital for Children. The agreement is "part of an effort to enhance financial performance while ensuring continued high-quality medical care, education and research." Inpatient pediatric care and some outpatient services will move from Temple to St. Christopher's. Temple University Health System will continue to offer emergency pediatric care, neonatal intensive care, and outpatient and primary pediatric care on N. Broad St. Under the new 25-year agreement, Temple School of Medicine pediatric physicians and faculty will practice and train medical students at St. Christopher's. |
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October 24, 2007 | CBC News
The global pandemic of obesity may stem from our love of cheap calories. A study out of Temple University's Center for Obesity Research and Education found that Americans don't think much of healthy food. The study found that people are more likely to consider healthy food bland tasting and are less willing to pay more for healthy dishes. It also found that dining out greatly increases your chances of becoming obese. |
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October 24, 2007 | Wall Street Journal
GlaxoSmithKline’s new FDA-approved diet drug, Alli, has drawn a lot of attention, particularly through the company’s many web sites. Encouraging users to track their progress online is a valuable weight-loss strategy, said Gary Foster, an obesity researcher from Temple University in Philadelphia who helped develop the site. "People do better with structure than without," Mr. Foster says. |
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October 24, 2007 | WHYY, “Radio Times with Marty Moss-Coane”
Temple University's Tom Fekete discussed the MRSA bacteria and bacterial infection. And at 11, Thomas Keels talked about his new book (published by Temple University Press), Forgotten Philadelphia: Lost Architecture of the Quaker City. |
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October 24, 2007 | MediLexicon
Different cultures have different standards and norms for appropriate body size and shape, which can affect how children perceive their body image. Some cultures celebrate a fuller body shape more than others, but researchers at the Center for Obesity Research and Education (CORE) at Temple University have found that an overweight or obese child can still be unhappy with his or her body, despite acceptance from within their ethnic group. "This unhappiness is yet another consequence of childhood obesity," said Gary Foster, Ph.D., director of CORE and president-elect of the North American Association for the Study of Obesity. |
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October 24, 2007 | Philadelphia Inquirer
In an extraordinary column, Phil Sheridan writes about how the transformation of the Temple Owls football team under coach Al Golden parallels the advances that have been made at the University as a whole. “Temple is the hottest university on the East Coast," Golden said, slipping perhaps just a bit into recruiting mode. "We had 19,000 applications last year for 4,300 spots. We're in the midst of $450 million in capital improvements. Since I've been here, the Tech Center has opened, the student center has opened. Philadelphia is a world-class city. It's hot. It's a great time to be here." |
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October 24, 2007 | Associated Press
Temple University says standing-room-only tickets will go on sale Friday for the Nov. 10 football game when the Owls host Penn State. Temple plays home games at Lincoln Financial Field, which has a seating capacity of more than 67,000. The stadium was less than half full at the best attended Temple game at the Linc so far this year. That was the Aug. 31 season opener hosting Navy, which had a little over 30,000 fans. |
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October 23, 2007 | Philadelphia Inquirer
The Collegium of Black Women Philosophers held their inaugural meeting last weekend in Tennessee. Temple philosophy grad student Qrescent Mali Mason was in attendance. Although many complain about a discipline that has been resistant to accepting women and people of color, Temple's philosophy department has a record of "putting out a welcome mat," thanks in large part to faculty members Lewis Gordon and Paul Taylor. After Temple accepted Mason's application, Gordon invited Mason to visit. He took her out to lunch and introduced her to people in the department. "The sense was," Mason recalls, "we want you here…we want to build the kind of department that supports black people." |
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October 23, 2007 | Popular Mechanics "Science News" blog
In the past two weeks, outbreaks of Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (or MRSA) have been reported in at least six states. “I predict a further increase of not only MRSA, but other resistant infections as well,” says Laszlo Otvos, director of drug development at the Sbarro Institute for Cancer Research and Molecular Medicine at Temple. “Bacteria always find genetic mechanisms for beating small molecule antibiotics that kill them only by one mode of action.” Otvos is developing a new kind of antibiotic that uses a protein fragment found in insects. These antimicrobial peptides are able to inhibit specific proteins, killing the bacteria while leaving human cells untouched. |
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October 23, 2007 | Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Legendary Philadelphia soul songwriter and producer Kenny Gamble has a long record of giving back to the community. Gamble has created hundreds of jobs, opened a charter school and developed affordable housing. In 1990, he sold his mansion in an affluent suburb and moved with his family into an inner-city neighborhood in south Philly. "He's a pioneer in this," says Bill Stull, professor and chair of the economics department in the Fox School of Business at Temple University. "The fact that he moved back to the community makes him a role model." |
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October 23, 2007 | Asahi Shimbun
Robert Dujarric, director of the Institute of Contemporary Japanese Studies at Temple University Japan Campus in Tokyo, writes in an op-ed that “the fate of Maritime Self-Defense Force (MSDF) operations in the Indian Ocean remains uncertain. What is already clear, however, is that observers have over-dramatized the refusal of Minshuto (Democratic Party of Japan) leader Ichiro Ozawa to support the renewal of legislation authorizing Japanese refueling of allied navies involved in the Afghan war and related naval activities.” |
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October 23, 2007 | SmartMoney.com
With the Pension Protection Act of 2006, Congress sought to counteract one of Americans' biggest flaws: the tendency toward inertia. People have a hard enough time settling on a flavor of yogurt, much less deciding how much income to defer to a 401(k) plan. Hence the nation's inadequate retirement savings. According to Jack VanDerhei, an associate professor of risk management and insurance at Temple University's Fox School of Business and Management and expert on retirement savings behavior, that should soon change. |
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October 23, 2007 | USA Today, NBC Newschannel, Med Page Today
People who eat several fast-food meals a week are significantly heavier than those who don't eat fast food very often, according to a new study released Monday. Each additional fast-food meal packs on pounds, so someone who consumes one fast-food meal a week is on average 1½ pounds heavier than someone who eats no fast food, says Kelley Borradaile, an obesity researcher at Temple University in Philadelphia. She presented her research at the annual meeting of the Obesity Society. "These results largely confirm commonly held perceptions about the relationship between fast food consumption and body weight," she says. |
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October 23, 2007 | CBS3
The city of Philadelphia will install additional closed circuit television cameras as a crime deterrent measure. Temple criminal justice Professor Jerry Ratcliffe, who has recently published new research on the value of the cameras, said they are more effective at preventing planned crimes like robbery. Violent crimes are often acts of passion, and people don’t think about being recorded during these crimes, Ratcliffe said. |
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October 22, 2007 | Daily News, ABC6, WRTI
Survivors of the 1921 Tulsa race riots discussed their experiences during a symposium at Temple’s Beasley School of Law. In less than a week, more than 1,000 homes and businesses were destroyed and at least 300 people were killed. |
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October 22, 2007 | USA Today
Top weight-loss experts often travel, eating at restaurants, airports and meetings. Gary Foster, Director of the Center for Obesity Research and Education at Temple University in Philadelphia, travels more than 100 days a year and shared the ways that he maintains his weight while traveling: “When restaurants serve large portions, I leave part of it on my plate. I spend a lot of time taking conference calls, and I walk while I talk. I don't like sitting still for too long, so just walking back and forth helps me get some steps.” |
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October 22, 2007 | Science Daily
Americans are less willing to pay more for healthy dishes, less knowledgeable about healthy menu items, and more likely to consider healthy items bland-tasting than they were three years ago, finds a Temple University analysis. “The results underscore the importance of competitively pricing healthy foods," said Kelley E. Borradaile, Ph.D., lead author and research assistant professor in the Department of Public Health and the Center for Obesity Research and Education (CORE) at Temple University. |
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October 21, 2007 | Atlanta Journal-Constitution
With a drought forcing water restrictions on Atlanta residents, locals are turning in their neighbors who are watering their lawns. The drought “might also be doing a number on the city's psyche – or the city's neighborliness – says Dr. Frank Farley, a professor of behavioral psychology at Temple University in Philadelphia. ‘Boy would I like to come down there and study this,’ he said. ‘It's snitches, rats. You've got a collapse of the communitarian ideal, where people aren't pulling together, they are pulling apart.’ ” |
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October 21, 2007 | Japan Focus
Jeff Kingston director of Asian Studies, at Temple University’s Japan Campus, writes about Japan's Kashiwazaki nuclear disaster and Japanese plans to sell nuclear power technology to Indonesia. Kingston is the author of Japan’s Quiet Transformation. |
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October 21, 2007 | Washington Post, U.S. News & World Report
Researchers at Temple University found that 16- and 18-year-olds exposed to secondhand smoke at home were 30 percent less likely to pass standardized tests than their peers. "It's important that we help smoking parents learn how to reduce their children's exposure to secondhand smoke, a goal that can be achieved without requiring the parent to immediately quit smoking, although that's the ultimate goal for the health of the entire family," study author Bradley Collins, an assistant professor of public health and director of the Health Behavior Research Clinic at Temple, said in a prepared statement. |
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October 21, 2007 | Diverse magazine
When a noose was found hanging on the door of a Columbia University faculty member, the incident reminded scholars of intimidation tactics used against African Americans 100 years ago. “This sort of behavior is not new,” says Dr. Nathanial Norment Jr., a professor of African-American studies at Temple University. “It is reminiscent of something that has been pervasive for many years. The noose is just one illustration of racist sentiments on college campuses; racist e-mails or notes posted on bathroom walls are others.” |
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October 21, 2007 | Philadelphia Inquirer, Associated Press
"On a sunny afternoon at Lincoln Financial Field, the Temple football team made it clear these Owls are to be reckoned with in the East Division of the Mid-American Conference," wrote the Inquirer Kevin Tatum. "Though a 24-17 victory yesterday over Miami of Ohio was stained by a season-ending injury to quarterback Adam DiMichele, Temple now has as many division wins as any of its six division competitors. 'This is a tremendous win for our program,' said second-year Owls coach Al Golden, who is guiding Temple through its inaugural season as a full member of the MAC." |
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Oct. 19, 2007 | Philadelphia Business Journal
At the Annual American Health Information Management Association’s convention in Philadelphia last week, Laurinda Harman, an associate professor and chair of the health information management department at Temple University’s College of Health Professions, urged HIM professionals to take an active role in uncovering medical identity theft. “We need to take the role as patient advocate. We need to help them protect their patient information and privacy. There aren’t the same protections in place for medical identity theft as there are for financial identity theft,” Harman said. |
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October 19, 2007 | ABC6
Dr. Andrea McCoy, Pediatrics, TUCMC, was a live in-studio guest in the early evening newscasts to discuss the MSRA drug-resistant bacteria strain. Dr. McCoy also participated in the live web chats, answering questions from viewers who emailed in about this topic, during the newscasts. MRSA is a staph bacteria that does not respond to penicillin and related antibiotics, though it can be treated with other drugs. |
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October 19, 2007| Associated Press
San Francisco health officials took the first tentative steps Thursday toward opening the nation's first legal safe-injection room, where addicts could shoot up heroin, cocaine and other drugs under the supervision of nurses. At a forum to discuss the initiative, Temple University law professor Scott Burris said that a supervised injection room would seem to run afoul of federal drug possession laws and a state statute that makes it illegal to operate a crack house or any place where drugs are used, but only if the police and federal agents enforce them. ''The law isn't a barrier,'' Burris said. ''The issue of whether it's legal doesn't come up until somebody is arrested.'' |
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October 19, 2007 | Daily News
Philadelphia has the ugliest people in the country, according to Travel & Leisure Magazine. Frank Farley, a psychologist at Temple University, said the perception’s just wrong. "When I walk around Center City or the campus of Temple University, there are attractive people all over the place. It's a melting pot. It's vibrant. It's beautiful. The beauty they should be looking for is the beauty of diversity." |
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October 19, 2007 | Daily News
Among the speakers at Sunday’s 10,000 Men event to fight urban violence will be Temple University professor Molefi Kete Asante. "I fear no one and nothing. I'm always in the position to fight," he said from his office in Temple's African American Studies Department last week. |
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October 19, 2007 | Philly.com
Temple, Saint Joseph's and Syracuse have been selected as the three schools nationally to participate in a new Coaches vs. Cancer fund-raiser tonight. At Temple, the "Walk for the Cure," led by men's coach Fran Dunphy, women's coach Dawn Staley and their teams will cap Cherry & White Night. The free event begins at 7 p.m. at McGonigle Hall and features player introductions and scrimmages by the men's and women's basketball teams. |
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October 18, 2007 | Metro
Temple University professor Marc Lamont Hill begins a regular stint as a columnist for Metro, a free daily newspaper aimed at readers in the 20s and 30s. Today, he discusses plans for a 10,000-man campaign against city violence, to be held Sunday in the Liacouras Center. Hill is also a frequent commentator on Fox News. |
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October 18, 2007 | Metro
Chef Ellen Yin, whose new book, "Forklore," has been published by Temple University Press, is profiled. |
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October 18, 2007 | Daily News
Columnist Mike Kern notes that with two wins in a row, the times are changing for Temple’s football team. "There's [still] a tremendous job in front of us,” said coach Al Golden. “And a tremendous opportunity. Two wins is not why I took this job. It's not why [Temple] wanted to have me here. |
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October 17, 2007 | Newsweek
A new field, called educational neuroscience, it hitting its stride, but so-called “brain based” teaching aides have dubious value, writes columnist Sharon Begley for Newsweek. “In a guest editorial in the journal Science last month, two scholars called ‘brain-based pedagogy’ a ‘myth.’ … ‘People have been sold a bill of goods that there is enough here to make curricular decisions,’ says psychologist Kathryn Hirsh-Pasek of Temple University, coauthor of the editorial.” |
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October 17, 2007 | Philadelphia Inquirer
Temple’s comprehensive campaign chair and trustee Leonard Barrack and his wife are featured in a photograph from the campaign kickoff event. The photo is part of the newspaper’s weekly society page. |
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October 17, 2007 | Courier-Post
In a story syndicated by Gannett News Service, Temple economist Jack Vanderhei warns that Americans are not being realistic about their financial needs when they retire, especially if they want to retire early. “Even retiring at 62 -- when most people become eligible for Social Security -- is risky, says VanDerhei. Employer-provided health coverage for retirees is increasingly rare. And without it, you'll have to pay for your own insurance until you're 65, when you become eligible for Medicare.” |
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October 17, 2007 | Detroit Free Press
“Inside-Out classes are offered at prisons in at least 16 other states. In 2003 and 2004, Temple University lecturer Lori Pompa, using a Soros Justice Fellowship, created a national model for Inside-Out and started to train instructors. Pompa got the idea for teaching criminal justice in prison from an inmate serving a life sentence in Pennsylvania. ‘This is an exchange of equals,’ Pompa said in a phone interview. ‘For the outside students, it roots theory in reality. For those on the inside, it's an opportunity to take their experience and see it in a much bigger framework.’ ” |
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October 17, 2007 | Bloomberg
Japan's government proposed a new bill to authorize naval operations supporting the U.S.-led war in Afghanistan, placing limits on the mission to persuade opposition parties to vote for it. “Robert Dujarric, professor at Temple University Japan Campus, said a suspension of the operation won't affect Japan-U.S. relations because the mission is ‘insignificant’ to the U.S.'s activities in Afghanistan. ‘Even if the U.S. isn't too happy, there's not much it can do,’ Dujarric said.” |
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October 16, 2007 | KYW1060
As the seasons change and hours of sunlight decrease, some individuals experience seasonal affective disorder, or S.A.D. But it's important to distinguish between feeling down because of seasonal stressors and an actual psychiatric disorder such as S.A.D., said Dr. David Baron, professor and chair of psychiatry at the School of Medicine. |
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October 16, 2007 | Metro
“Temple University has made impressive steps in improving its academic rigor and reputation over the past decade. Now it’s time to pay for them,” writes Mike Benner for Metro. Temple’s rise must be accompanied by increased donor support, said Stuart Sullivan, vice president for institutional advancement. “If we’re going to build buildings, provide scholarships, bring in the best faculty … a lot of those resources are going to have to come from third parties,” said Sullivan. |
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October 16, 2007 | Fox & Friends
Temple professor Marc Lamont Hill discussed the return of Don Imus to radio, following a racially-charged comment that cost Imus his long-running radio show. |
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October 15, 2007 | The Philadelphia Inquirer
Temple Anthropology Professor Anthony Ranere and alumna Delores Piperno have been at the forefront of archaeologists who are helping to piece together the earliest evidence of farming in Central and South America. “Farming was a gradual phenomenon that emerged independently in various locations around the world, enabled by a warming climate more than 10,000 years ago. Ranere, a soft-spoken, bearded fellow who came to Temple in 1973, has made it one of his specialties.” |
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October 15, 2007 issue | American Medical News
Primary care physicians often face diagnostic challenges with mental illness because of overlapping symptoms and the limited amount of time they have with each patient. But with bipolar disorder, the primary care physician is in a good position to intervene, says David Baron, DO, chair and professor of behavioral sciences and psychiatry at the School of Medicine. "They are more likely to see these patients during the depressive stage." |
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October 14, 2007 | Sunday Tribune
The noose has been making a resurgence as a racist symbol. “There are other racist symbols, the swastika, etc., but the noose – we haven’t seen that for a long time,” said Frank Farley, Temple psychologist and former president of the American Psychological Association. Farley and other believe the number of noose incidents could be a backlash to the Jena 6 publicity. |
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October 14, 2007 | Philadelphia Inquirer
Twin Temple School of Medicine graduates have taken their medical skills to Afghanistan, where Vince and Vance Moss used their surgical skills. For three months this year, their odyssey took them from the relative comfort, not to say safety, of the capital, Kabul, to the medieval conditions of mountainous outposts. They saw thousands of patients and operated on hundreds. As always, they did it side by side. |
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October 14, 2007 | The Press of Atlantic City
Atlantic City's political history reads like a fictional potboiler, with politicians going to jail and huge amounts of money moving – sometimes illegally – around the city casinos. Temple University Professor Bryant Simon, who authored 2004's "Boardwalk of Dreams," believes the basic problem is that outsiders always controlled the economics of the town while they were shut out of the political process. These days, state laws block casino investors and gaming business leaders from direct political involvement. "It just opens itself up to graft when you depend so much on outside dollars and you have so little control of the place," Simon said. "It seems like a bad recipe." |
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October 14, 2007 | The New York Times
Last week, immigration officials announced that they had made more than 1,300 arrests across the country over the summer when they went looking for gang members. Since the raids were carried out under immigration law, many protections in place under the American criminal codes did not apply. “Immigration law enforcement is all about getting you to where you belong, which is outside the United States,” said Jan C. Ting, a law professor at Temple University who is a former assistant commissioner of the Immigration and Naturalization Service, the precursor to ICE. He pointed out that immigration laws are civil codes, not criminal. “A lot of constitutional protections that one would normally expect in a criminal case do not necessarily apply,” he said. |
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October 13-14, 2007 | WRTI
After several over the counter cough and cold medicines for babies and toddlers were voluntary re-called by their makers, many parents were caught off guard and unsure of what effect this would have on their children. Temple pediatrician Andrea McCoy, MD, offered tips for parents on how to keep their children safe and healthy. |
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October 13, 2007 | ABC6
Piracy and counterfeiting are increasingly moving into an area that could threaten your health – counterfeit drugs. Dr. Albert Wertheimer of the School of Pharmacy said the Internet provides easy access and camouflage for counterfeiters. "It may have the Canadian flag, and it might say Ontario pharmacy, but that pharmacy could be in Zimbabwe, or Bangladesh," said Dr. Wertheimer. Some products may be complete fakes, while others may be outdated, watered down, or sub-standard. |
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October 13, 2007 | Bucks County Courier Times
How can a man who looks like a quiet, hard-working family man also be a criminal who executed two armored car guards in a daring daylight robbery? “There's no easy answer to how that happens, said Frank Farley, a psychology professor at Temple University. ‘We are a long way from being able to fully understand these kinds of things,’ Farley said. ‘So much of it is post hoc, Monday morning quarterbacking. Nobody would’ve predicted this. That’s our problem in science. We're just not very good at predicting these things.’” |
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October 12, 2007 | CN8 "Your Morning"
A patient of Dr. Bizhan Micaily, Radiation Oncologist with the Temple Cancer Center, is featured, along with Dr. Micaily, explaining the heart-sparing radiation treatment technique she is undergoing. It is utilized on some patients battling breast cancer in their left breast. The body is positioned differently so the heart "falls away" or separates from the chest wall so that the heart is not damaged during radiation treatments to the breast. |
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October 12, 2007 | KYW1060
The ability of people, particularly teenagers, to create completely different personalities through the Internet may be sparking the rise of violence by some of these people when their online character starts to overtake their real world life, as it did with the student who planned a “Columbine-style” attack on a local high school, says Temple psychologist Frank Farley. “There is this whole concept of parallel universes and parallel lives that's arising. Something like six million people are active in second life on the Internet.” |
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October 12, 2007 | USA Today
Those planning to borrow from their 401(k) plans should consider the pros and cons first. On the plus side, there won't be any surprises. “That's a plus, especially in light of the many homeowners who have adjustable-rate mortgages that began at low interest rates that eventually reset to much higher rates, notes Jack VanDerhei of the Employee Benefit Research Institute and a professor at Temple University.” |
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October 12, 2007 | Associated Press
The Columbia University professor who found a noose dangling from her door previously taught at Temple University. "She came from modest beginnings," said Frank Farley a Temple professor and former president of the American Psychological Association. "She is astounding. She is extremely bright." |
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October 12, 2007 | Daily News
Fran Dunphy, Lew Klein, and Dawn Staley were among those honored last night by the Philadelphia Eagles for being among the 75 “Greatest Living Philadelphians.” |
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October 12, 2007 | Philadelphia Inquirer
“More time should have been allotted to ‘The Fluid Field: Abstraction and Reference,’ which opened at Tyler School of Art's Tyler Gallery on Oct. 3 and has barely more than a week to go,” writes Edith Newhall in a very positive review. “This sophisticated, unpredictable group exhibition of paintings by 10 female Tyler graduates is the kind of show that anyone interested in contemporary painting will find stimulating, while presumably also benefiting current Tyler students with a close-at-hand vision of what their futures can hold.” |
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October 12, 2007 | Santa Rosa Press Democrat
Residents of Santa Rosa have complained about the voice being used to give street crossing information. “Frank Farley, a psychologist at Temple University, said the fact people are complaining about the male voice may be because fathers -- meaning males -- generally are viewed as the disciplinarians in the family. In a wider societal context, he said males also are associated with control and power -- attributes some find unsettling in an age of increased surveillance and war. ‘The male voice lends itself more to that fear’ said Farley, past president of the American Psychological Association.” |
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October 12, 2007 | ABC6
The discovery of a cache of guns and anarchistic literature from a home-schooled student in Montgomery County is disturbing. Temple psychology professor Frank Farley said the Columbine shooters fixated on similarly extreme literature, including a strong interest in Hitler and violence. |
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October 12, 2007 issue | Chronicle of Higher Education
“As many know, Temple University is in a rather rough neighborhood. But the university has been making efforts to redevelop and refurbish the neighborhood; for example, there are bookstores, shops, and student housing across Broad Street, in a place students avoided years ago. Now the university is investing $500,000 to help Temple employees purchase homes in the surrounding area, as reported in The Philadelphia Inquirer.” |
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October 12, 2007 issue | Chronicle of Higher Education
It is common for faculty to become advisors for presidential candidates, but does it raise a conflict? Jan C. Ting, a law professor at Temple University who is advising Rudy Giuliani's campaign on immigration policy, has strong personal views about the issue. Ting, who also ran for a U.S. Senate seat in Delaware last year, says he finds it reasonably easy to balance politics and academe: "At law schools, the expectation is that faculty members will have an impact on the system, either through their scholarly writings or by advising people in government." |
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October 11, 2007 | United Press International, WHYY radio, Medical News Today.com,
U.S. medical identify theft is not as widespread as identity theft, but can be just as damaging and plague victims' medical and financial lives for years. Laurinda B. Harman of Temple University’s College of Health Professions in Philadelphia said that victims can suffer physical danger if false entries in medical records lead to the wrong treatment. "The crime occurs when someone uses a person's name and sometimes other parts of their identity -- such as insurance information -- without the person's knowledge or consent to obtain medical services or goods," Harman said in a statement. |
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October 10, 2007 | People’s Daily, China Post
Most Japanese voters are happy with moderate 71-year-old Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda, a poll showed on Wednesday, as he sets out on a more cautious policy tack than his hawkish predecessor, Shinzo Abe. But Taro Aso praised Abe and vowed to lead a "conservative revival" in an essay published the same day. "I don't think conservativism is fading away," said Jeff Kingston, Director of Asian Studies at Temple University's Tokyo campus. "But I don't think people are very keen on the flavor of conservatism represented by Abe and Aso." |
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October 10, 2007 | Philadelphia Inquirer
The National Constitution Center and Independence National Historical Park are close to a new agreement to complete the archaeological work precipitated by excavation on the center's building site more than six years ago. The delays have frustrated some. "We've been watching what's happening over the years - a collection that is not being worked on at a very rapid pace to the point that the NCC and the park service have really reneged on their agreement," said Anthony J. Ranere, professor of anthropology at Temple University and vice president of the archaeological forum. |
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October 10, 2007 | KYW radio
A group of health care professionals is meeting in Philadelphia this week and one topic under consideration is the growing problem of medical identity theft. The problem concerns people stealing your medical ID for access to health care services. Dr. Laurinda Harman department chair of health information management at Temple University says you need to periodically look at all your medical records: "A patient does have the right to gain access to their medical documentation, they may have to fill out a form and pay some copying fees. But the information does belong to them and it's about them, so yes, they can have access." |
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October 10, 2007 | Reuters
Most Japanese voters are happy with moderate 71-year-old Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda, a poll showed on Wednesday, as he sets out on a more cautious policy tack than his hawkish predecessor, Shinzo Abe. But Taro Aso praised Abe and vowed to lead a "conservative revival" in an essay published the same day. "I don't think conservativism is fading away," said Jeff Kingston, Director of Asian Studies at Temple University's Tokyo campus. "But I don't think people are very keen on the flavor of conservatism represented by Abe and Aso." |
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October 9, 2007 | Science Daily
Many consumers take precautions against identity theft, but what about medical identity theft? In addition to financial peril, victims can suffer physical danger if false entries in medical records lead to the wrong treatment. "The crime occurs when someone uses a person's name and sometimes other parts of their identity -- such as insurance information -- without the person's knowledge or consent to obtain medical services or goods," said Laurinda B. Harman, PhD, RHIA, associate professor and chair of the health information management department at Temple University's College of Health Professions. |
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October 9, 2007 | eSchool News online
Media-literacy instructors especially depend on the use of news broadcasts, advertising, reality TV shows, film snippets, and a host of other recordings to teach analytical skills to their students. Yet, the goals of media-literacy education – to cultivate critical thinking about media and its role in society, and to strengthen students' creative communications skills – are compromised by unnecessary restrictions and a lack of understanding about copyright law, says the report, titled "The Cost of Copyright Confusion for Media Literacy." Researchers at Temple University's Media Education Lab, American University Washington College of Law's Program on Information Justice and Intellectual Property, and American University School of Communication's Center for Social Media interviewed 63 educators, educational media producers, and leaders of media-literacy organizations. They found that nearly all were confused about "fair use" and their rights as educators to use media materials. |
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October 9, 2007 | Daily News
In an editorial, the Daily News staff said, “Temple University's new program to help its faculty and staff buy houses in the school's North Philadelphia neighborhoods could be a successful idea. The program will spur the revitalization that is already occurring around the school. Through live-in ownership, employees will be connected to the community, which could lead them to show greater care, loyalty and concern toward the community than they might commuting in and out. And it could help raise home values in the area.” |
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October 9, 2007 | Newsweek
In a commentary piece, Temple University Japan’s Jeff Kingston writes that the shooting of a Japanese journalist by a Burmese soldier will have serious repercussions for Burma’s ruling junta. “How long can the junta rule hold onto power if its remaining allies, including Japan, China and ASEAN (the 10-member association of Southeast Asian nations that includes Burma), turn against it?” asks Kingston, director of Asian studies at TUJ. |
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October 9, 2007 | Boston Globe
An old practice that fell out of favor in the swinging ‘60s is back: asking your fiancé’s father for permission to propose. ‘‘It was a fairly common practice based on the notion of making alliances between families and passing the daughter who was legally the property of the father onto the husband,’’ says Temple University historian Beth Bailey. ‘‘What we’re seeing right now is an odd combination of young people with progressive sentiments and a real desire for conventional gender roles and arrangements’’ |
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October 9, 2007 | Phillyburbs.com
Increased use of surveillance cameras sounds like a good crime-fighting technique, but they are not likely to reduce the murder rate. “Murder is one of those violent crimes that is very difficult to prevent because people don't think rationally about it,” said Jerry Ratcliffe, an associate professor of criminal justice at Temple University. “It's hard to have a camera at the right place at the right time with someone watching it.” |
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October 8, 2007 | Philadelphia Inquirer
Writes Wendy Rosenfeld in a review of the Temple Theaters play “In Conflict”: “Congratulations to Temple Theaters and director Douglas C. Wager for creating ‘In Conflict,’ a collection of former Philadelphia Daily News writer Yvonne Latty's interviews with Iraq war veterans that first appeared in book form, and has now been adapted for the stage. There are many triumphs in the piece.” |
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October 8, 2007 | Philadelphia Inquirer
“Aircraft designers are always looking for ways to trim a few pounds from their creations in order to save fuel,” writes Tom Avril. “So Parsaoran Hutapea, a Temple University assistant professor of mechanical engineering, decided to take a ‘smart’ approach to the problem. He suggested that his students invent a lighter mechanism for raising and lowering wing flaps, to replace the heavy hydraulic motors that are commonly used. The key, he told them, was smart alloys: metals that ‘remember’ – and return to – their original shape after they are deformed. Their design is now one of four finalists in the undergraduate division of this year's Collegiate Inventors Competition, a program of the nonprofit National Inventors Hall of Fame Foundation.” |
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October 8, 2007 | Philadelphia Inquirer
Neurofeedback is a burgeoning form of therapy that teaches patients exercises to strengthen weak patterns of brain activity – even kids with ADHD. David Baron, chairman of the Department of Psychiatry at Temple University School of Medicine, says neurofeedback studies that he is aware of involved small numbers of participants and were not "double-blind," the gold standard in medical research that minimizes unrelated influences. Also at Temple, pediatric psychologist Brian Daly has reviewed numerous studies reporting positive results from neurofeedback. But the assistant professor in the College of Health Professions questions whether the findings are "due to the treatment itself or other non-specific factors like attention-from-therapist." |
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October 8, 2007 | Los Angeles Times
International law needs to be updated to govern the growing tide of cyberwarfare, according to an op-ed written by Duncan B. Hollis, an associate professor of law at Temple University. “We need new rules of international law so military commanders can operate with greater certainty in cyberspace, and can use new cybertools in ways that reduce the collateral costs of conflict.” |
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October 7, 2007 | KYW radio
Temple University is making it easier for employees to own homes close to the main and health sciences campuses. President Ann Weaver Hart said the program is part of a broad range of community engagement by the university. |
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October 7, 2007 | Financial Times
“Burma is south-east Asia’s North Korea, a failed state that is a menace to its people and neighbours. Regional actors need to work together towards promoting a democratic transition that is in their interests,” writes Jeffrey Kingston, director of Asian studies at Temple University’s Japan campus. Japan needs to play a pivotal role in changing the international malaise towards Burma. |
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October 7, 2007 | Houston Chronicle
On Sept. 28, the Judicial Council of the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals reprimanded U.S. District Judge Samuel B. Kent for sexual harassment of one court female employee and mistreatment of others. The harassment complaints against Kent are unprecedented in scope in the federal judiciary and among the most serious faced by any judge disciplined in recent years, according to Marina Angel, a Temple University law professor who authored a national study of sexual harassment among judges in 1991. Angel called the possibility that Kent would return to the bench "horrendous." |
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October 7, 2007 | Philadelphia Inquirer
A year of change at the former Shoemaker Middle School has brought dramatic test improvements and the near-elimination of violence. Moshe Porat, dean of the Fox School of Business at Temple University is on the Shoemaker advisory board. |
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October 6, 2007 | Baltimore Sun
A brief respite in the Baltimore murder rate is encouraging, but local residents shouldn’t become complacent. “It's too early to tell whether the decreases are an insignificant blip in the overall statistics or mark the beginning of a downward trend, said Ralph B. Taylor, a criminal justice professor at Temple University in Philadelphia. 'Time will tell,' Taylor said. ‘Might your new commissioner be responsible for some of the new improvement? It's possible.’ ” |
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October 6, 2007 | New York Daily News
The FDA has recently issued warnings about over-the-counter, multi-symptom cough and cold medicines for children under six. Patrick J. McDonnell, an associate professor of clinical pharmacy at Temple University School of Pharmacy, says parents may not realize they could be "overdosing" their child. "Very often they use more than one product to treat symptoms of cough/cold. Multi-symptom cold and other cold products may contain the same ingredients and you may have an overlap of either a decongestant or antihistamine." |
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October 5 and 7, 2007 | Philadelphia Inquirer
The public phase of Temple’s comprehensive campaign was kicked off Friday night, reports Kathy Boccella. “At Temple, the comprehensive campaign is the first in the university's history, with a goal of $350 million for a wide range of projects by 2009, the university's 125th anniversary. It has raised $253 million. Gifts to the campaign will affect almost every corner of the university, from restoring the Baptist Temple on North Broad Street and completing facilities to building the endowment and funding academic, research and community programs, as well as scholarships for many of the 36,000 students.” Meanwhile, Michael Klein, in his Inklings column, noted that: “Temple U, launching a big fund-raising campaign, surprised the crowd at Friday's gala at the National Constitution Center by bringing in alum Bob Saget to emcee. Branford Marsalis and the Temple Jazz Band entertained the full house.” |
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October 5 and 6, 2007 | ABC6, Daily News
NASA astronaut Scott Carpenter spoke at the Temple program commemorating the 50th anniversary of the launch of Sputnik and the beginning of the space race. "Sputnik was a critical moment in U.S. history. It was the impetus to the science and technology boom," he told a large crowd at Temple University yesterday afternoon. Nearly 50 years after the Cold War and the creation of NASA, Temple's College of Liberal Arts and the College of Science and Technology invited the former Mercury astronaut, and others, to reflect on the impact Sputnik had on American culture. |
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October 5, 2007 | University Business
Under Temple's Employee Home Ownership Program, the university will provide $4,000 to $5,000 in forgivable loans toward the purchase of single-family dwellings in the eight zip codes surrounding the main and health science campuses. Each home must be used as the buyer's primary residence for at least four years. |
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October 5, 2007 | Philadelphia Business Journal
The proposed $8.5 billion acquisition of Commerce Bancorp this week by Toronto-based TD Bank Financial Group brought with it more questions than answers. “It's going to be fascinating to watch because of the divergent cultures," said Jonathan Scott, a professor with Temple University's Fox School of Business who teaches an honors class on financial institutions that includes a comparison of Commerce's model compared to those of rivals Wachovia Bank and PNC Bank. "All of the principles involved are saying the right things, but we'll have to wait for closing to see what really happens." |
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October 5, 2007 | Philadelphia Inquirer
Looking to cut your medical bill? “Savvy patients have known for years about the reasonable rates at campus dental clinics. The Outreach Program at Temple University's Kornberg School of Dentistry provides student exams and treatment at private and public practices across the city and at the school at 3223 Broad St. Ivonne Ganen, director of the Outreach Program and acting chair of dental public health sciences, said patients are asked if they mind being examined by a student. ‘Sometimes they decline. Most don't have any trouble with that.’ ” |
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October 5, 2007 | Philadelphia Business Journal
Lance Johnstone, who played for Temple in the mid-1990s and later played in the NFL with the Oakland Raiders and Minnesota Vikings, has teamed up with Legacy Growth Partners of New York to construct a $3 million rental community at Broad Street and Indiana Avenue in Philadelphia. The idea is to tap into the abundance of medical students seeking housing near Temple's medical school. Writes Natalie Kostelni: “Temple continues to grow in its surrounding neighborhood and remains one of the city's key economic development drivers. The school, private developers and investors have begun to focus on that part of Philadelphia.” |
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October 4, 2007 | CNN, “Anderson Cooper 360”
The shooting deaths of two armored truck guards have raised questions about gun licensing. David Kairys, a law professor at the Temple’s Beasley School of Law, says it is too easy to obtain a gun. |
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October 4, 2007 | CNN, “Out in the Open”
In a story on the history of the noose, and its symbolism in different segments of American society, Temple professor Marc Lamont Hill talked about what the noose means to members of the African American community. |
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October 4, 2007 | WURD radio
Dr. Robert Emmons from the Fox Chase-Temple Bone Marrow Transplant Program was a live guest on the Barbershop Talk radio show on WURD 900 AM. He discussed issues concerning bone marrow transplantation with the host, Bob Woodard, and listeners. He also mentioned that the BMT program is approaching its 1,000th transplant. |
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October 4, 2007 | Philadelphia Inquirer, Daily News, City Paper, Philadelphia Weekly, WHYY radio
Temple students star in the new play “In Conflict,” which is based on interviews with returning Iraqi solders, and premieres tonight at the university’s Randall Theater. “None of the students has been a soldier. None has been on a battlefield. But they have entered the war and these voices of the war by literally listening to the raw audiotapes from (former Daily News reporter Yvonne) Latty's interviews. They absorb the disjointed cadences of adrenaline-laced action, the broken sentences of rationalization, the terseness and lassitude of disappointment,” writes Stephan Salisbury for the Inquirer. |
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October 4, 2007 | Bloomberg
Although the summit between North Korean leader Kim Jong Il and South Korean President Roh Moo Hyun has grabbed headlines, a lack of substance is noticeable. The summit was “overshadowed'” by progress in the six-nation talks, which has altered the world's stance toward Kim, said Robert Dujarric, Northeast Asia specialist at Temple University's Tokyo campus. “Roh was most useful when the U.S., Japan, and to some extent China, were in an anti-Kim mode,'' Dujarric said. Now that Kim has promised to disable his nuclear program, and the U.S. could consider normalizing relations with North Korea, he said, “support from the South remains very useful but less vital.” |
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October 4, 2007 | Philadelphia Inquirer
Young men who have adopted a hip-hop style that has their pants hanging below their waists might soon be breaking the law if two New Jersey elected officials have their way. Marc Lamont Hill, professor of American studies and urban education at Temple University, said the baggy-pants edicts have become an attack on less-affluent inner-city youths – the same group that has suffered most from poor education and gun violence. "What they [the lawmakers] have done is criminalize developmentally appropriate behavior," Hill said. |
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October 4, 2007 | Metro
Universities are now more willing to contact parents when their college-age children are clearly having problems abusing alcohol. “I do think it has an impact on students not repeating this behavior,” said Ainsley Carry, the associate vice president for student affairs at Temple University. |
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October 3, 2007 | ABC6
There's usually a kernel of truth to medical myths, said Dr. Paul Lyons, associate professor of family and community medicine at the School of Medicine. For years there's been a myth circulating that if you get the flu shot, you can get the flu. The truth? Since the active ingredient in the shot is the weakened influenza virus itself, it's possible that someone could get a mild illness from it. |
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October 3, 2007 | Jewish Exponent
In its obituary for former Temple Board of Trustees Chair Howard Gittis, the paper notes that among Gittis’ many honors were the Eleanor Roosevelt Humanities Award, the Temple University Russell H. Conwell Founders Award and the Temple University Hospital Auxiliary Acres of Diamonds Award. |
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October 3, 2007 | WHYY radio
Fox School of Business Professor Jonathan Scott was discussed the recent acquisition of Commerce Bank with reporter Susan Phillips. |
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October 3, 2007 | WHYY radio
Reporter Elizabeth Fiedler interviewed Temple student actors who are preparing for Thursday’s premiere of “In Conflict.” The play features students portraying returning Iraqi veterans as they reflect on their experiences and re-entry to American life. |
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October 3, 2007 | BBC World News
Jeff Kingston, director of Asian studies at Temple University Japan, discussed the ongoing crisis in Burma. “I think what's clear now is that Burma has become the North Korea of Southeast Asia. It's become a danger to its own citizens, and to its neighbors,” said Kingston, who believes a regional solution might be needed to bring peace to the nation. |
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October 3, 2007 | Philadelphia Weekly
Hip-hop performer 50 Cent’s recent album is a hit, but its violence-laden lyrics are not everyone’s favorite. “50’s act is tired,” says Temple University urban education professor Marc Lamont Hill, who’s teaching a class on Jay-Z and Nas. “We say we want better hip-hop, but we don’t buy it or support it. The problem is people genuinely don’t have access to it. But we can’t let people tell us what matters. We have to figure out what we want, and not buy stuff we don’t care about. Movements shift upon what we do.” |
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October 2, 2007 | Evening Bulletin
“Hoping to encourage employees to live near its North Philadelphia campus, Temple University announced yesterday a massive program to help employees buy homes in the area. Area development has already been surging in recent years, and Temple President Ann Weaver Hart said she wanted the university to be a larger part of that development. ‘Temple University is tied to its neighborhoods, offering many gateways through which community and university resources pass,’ she said in a statement. ‘Our goal is continued growth and investment in our city...’ ” |
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October 2, 2007 | Philadelphia Business Journal, Metro, ABC6, Fox29, MSNMoney.com
Temple University on Monday launched a program designed to encourage its employees to buy homes in the neighborhoods around its main and health-sciences campuses. The program, in conjunction with home-ownership programs run by the city of Philadelphia and the state of Pennsylvania, could enable Temple employees to receive up to $17,000 in funding toward the purchase of homes within certain Philadelphia ZIP codes. |
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October 2, 2007 | Bloomberg
The leaders of North and South Korea come to today’s historic meetings with their own agendas. For North Korean leader Kim Jong Il, he wants “first, international recognition,'” said Northeast Asia scholar Robert Dujarric of Temple University's Tokyo campus. “Second he wants money, and Roh might oblige. Third, he may wish to help the South Korean left win the next election.'” Fourth, Dujarric said, Kim thinks it's good for North Korea's position in the six-nation talks on the country's nuclear program to show that it is “a diplomatic player.'” |
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October 2, 2007 | Philadelphia Inquirer
Delivering a blistering rebuke, a federal judge slammed some of the region's top law firms and lawyers, saying they deliberately dragged their feet in producing evidence in a class-action lawsuit. While judges sometimes order sanctions against attorneys in cases, it's rare and noteworthy when it happens, experts say. “It is sufficiently unusual that the cases become notorious throughout the litigation bar,” said Eleanor Myers, an assistant professor of law who teaches ethics at Temple University's law school. |
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October 1, 2007 | Metro
Frederick Murphy at the Fox School of Business is one of three panelists asked for their views on the future of SEPTA. Considering SEPTA’s role as both an alternative to autos and an economic engine, one point is clear says Murphy: “The agency does not have enough money to meet its transit mission.” |
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October 1, 2007 | Philadelphia Inquirer
“With growth and development surging in North Philadelphia, Temple University President Ann Weaver Hart wants university employees to play a stronger role in the residential communities surrounding the university,” writes Vernon Clarke. “To achieve that, Hart will announce today a $500,000 program to encourage workers at the university to become homeowners in the neighborhoods around the main campus in North Philadelphia and the health sciences campus in the city's Tioga section.” |
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October 1, 2007 | Philadelphia Inquirer
“Here's yet another reason to kick the habit: Your smoke may make your teenager fail tests in school. Researchers at Temple University found that high school students exposed to secondhand smoke at home were 30 percent less likely to pass standardized achievement tests than fume-free kids. The researchers controlled for factors such as socioeconomic status and whether the teens themselves smoked. The study, published in the Journal of Adolescent Health, analyzed data from 6,380 pregnant women and their children in Britain. The researchers were surprised to find that secondhand smoke, but not prenatal exposure to smoke, was linked to test failure.” |
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October 2007 issue | Natural Health magazine
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