Inflation isn’t scaring people away from holiday shopping deals, consumer survey shows

By Nina Baratti and John McDevitt

 Sheri Lambert, an associate professor of marketing at Temple's Fox School of Business, says coming out of the pandemic, inflation has scared...

Female characters in modern games are deviating from sexualization | Opinion

By Samantha Little

Despite females making up half the gaming audience, “video game design teams sexualize female characters to make them look appealing to men...

The new superstars: San Diego’s Dexcom signs 14 college athletes with diabetes

By MIKE FREEMAN

 Dexcom U highlights an evolution taking place around NIL deals for student-athletes.

“It was intended for those superstars to let them...

What Xi Jinping’s ‘unscripted’ moments at G20, Apec reveal about future of diplomacy

By Shi Jiangtao

 For most people, it was their first time seeing Xi express himself in such an unscripted manner, according to Benoit Hardy-Chartrand, an...

‘They want toys to get their children into Harvard’: Have we been getting playthings all wrong?

By Alex Blasdel

One of the ironies of many so-called educational toys is that they don’t leave much for children to do or figure out on their own. You spin the...

A media literacy requirement that starts in kindergarten? New Jersey may start the trend

By Lauraine Langreo

It’s about “understanding the influence media has in our lives and the need to apply critical thinking to our involvement with media and to...

Growing storms push shrinking La. insurers into failure

By Thomas Frank

Martin Grace, a risk and insurance expert at Temple University, said reinsurance costs are rising around the world because reinsurance companies...

Japanese destroyers successfully shoot down target missiles during test off Hawaii

By Seth Robson

 The successful tests are welcome news in the context of recent North Korean missile tests, according to James Brown, an international affairs...

Malvern opioid maker Endo to be monitored by Obama’s former drug czar for $25K a month

By Bob Fernandez

Endo will pay him as much as $25,000 a month, according to court documents. “This is straight out of the Purdue playbook,” said Temple University...

Debating COVID's origins

 We probably never will with 100% certainty. “There is no smoking gun one way or the other, and we may never get it,” said Temple University...

FTX bankruptcy will offer a look behind crypto’s dark curtain

By Ernie Sadashige

 “There’s going to be very, very difficult forensic accounting questions and some really important questions about concepts, like, how do we...

Abortion rights referendums are winning – with state-by-state battles over rights replacing national debate

By Rachel Rebouche

“Faith in ballot measures is a risky, and expensive, proposition. Expensive because, as the Kansas vote demonstrates, groups supporting opposite...

Temple University releases the results of its violence reduction report

By Susan Snyder

Development of an advisory board, better communication efforts, increased security cameras and walking escorts, and a cleanup and beautification...

Medical mystery: Breathing problems developed during pregnancy

By Rohit Gupta

“In 2008, Bianca Morgan was pregnant with her second child when she developed breathing problems. The Trenton woman felt winded over seemingly...

Where’s the positive news? Japan’s third-quarter contraction, inflation dim post-pandemic optimism

By Julian Ryall

 “We will have to see what the next set of figures show, but even if they are relatively good, I still think they will only be covering up the...

A federal law has been destroying families for 25 years. Let’s get rid of it. | Opinion

By Sarah Katz

“More than one million children have been forever separated from their families in the time since the Adoption and Safe Families Act became law 25...

Maybe the best gift of all is sleep for both baby and parents: The best Snoo sale of the season (40% off!) is here

By Francesca Krempa

 Not familiar with the Snoo? Or maybe you just want to learn more. Here to answer all your questions is Melissa Horger, a developmental...

Women of Distinction 2022: Chaudron Carter Short, Temple University and Temple University Health System

By Lisa Dukart

“The opportunity to serve and make a difference in the lives of patients, nurses, and students,” is what motivates Chaudron Carter Short. As a...

China remains focus of military drills in Japan, despite subdued US messaging

By SETH ROBSON

 Whatever message is conveyed in public, China remains the focus of Keen Sword, James Brown, an international affairs expert at Temple University’...

DelCo Bertuccis worker won't battle cancer alone

By Mac Bullock

 Sean Scandle is your typical 24-year-old. When the Ridley Park native isn’t working a shift at Bertucci’s Brick Oven Pizza in...

Born in the ’80s, Temple’s NARS Project is still an artificial general intelligence leader

By Sarah Huffman

 Did you know that Temple University is home to a decades-old AI systems project? The NARS (Non-axiomatic Reasoning System) Project is an...

Better health: It’s in Temple University’s DNA

By Abiona Berkeley

 “What can be done to improve health status for African Americans and achieve health equity? My answers stem from insights I have gained as a...

$6 Million Temple University study to address Black maternal health

By ELIZABETH AYOOLA

There are ongoing conversations about the state of Black maternal mortality in the United States, seeing as the rate is considerably high. A $6...

Temple University’s anti-racism center now open

 Timothy Welbeck, the director of the Center for Anti-Racism at Temple University, joins Good Day Philadelphia to discuss the center’s...

Royals announce partnership with WHIP Radio, Temple University

The Reading Royals, ECHL affiliate of the Philadelphia Flyers and Lehigh Valley Phantoms, have announced a partnership with Temple University’s...