Arts group awards $500K for music therapy programs for stressed employees at Philly-area hospitals

By Stacey Burling

It has chosen the first round of recipients from eastern Pennsylvania, including four from the Philadelphia region: Einstein Medical Center...

Higher education: Why engagement should matter more than location

By Munir Mandviwalla, Richard Watson, Jan vom Brocke and Niraj Patel.

Universities seeking to differentiate and improve quality at scale should shift to an engagement-centric strategy. But for engagement to become...

West York schools defy Wolf’s mandate, make masks optional

Health experts anticipate higher COVID-19 transmission moving into colder months. Combined with flu season, Temple University epidemiologist Krys...

Huge coaching contracts—unjustifiable or business as usual?

By Josh Moody

“The college football playoffs brought a new infusion of cash. There was kind of a series of cascading events, which has concentrated power and...

Why child’s play is serious business in early education

By Karen D'Souza

“We have the data that proves that play changes everything. It changes attitudes, and it changes outcomes,” said Kathryn Hirsh-Pasek, a professor...

She sees seed keeping as ‘an important piece of resistance’ and is starting a Black heirloom seed farm | We the People

By Stephanie Farr

In the spring, Amirah Mitchell, 29, of Fairmount, graduated with a horticulture degree from Temple University. Next month, with the help of more...

The whiteness of tax and how to narrow the race gap

By Amanda Athanasiou

“Who it is that is helping to craft the law is important, and I think tax lawyers of color are underrepresented in those areas,” Alice Abreu of...

These Christmas trees may improve your health

By Megan Marples

“I would expect that bringing a bit of the great outdoors indoors would affect us positively,” said psychologist Sonja Peterson-Lewis, an...

Car crash deaths have surged during COVID-19 pandemic. Here’s why

By Emily Baumgaertner, Russ Mitchell

The rise in motor vehicle deaths lines up with other pandemic-era trends: Alcohol sales have soared, drug overdoses have set new records and...

5 Pennsylvania hospitals to use music to support well-being, resiliency of healthcare workers

By Kelly Gooch

Five Pennsylvania hospitals and health systems, including Temple University Hospital, were chosen to participate in a new statewide music therapy...

Temple University alumni create inclusive makeup brand

By Emily Leopard-Davis

Pound Cake Cosmetics got its start at the founders’ alma mater Temple University. Camille Bell and Johnny Velazquez both graduated from the Klein...

DA Krasner’s statement that the city has no crime crisis generates a debate—and a backlash

By Mensah M. Dean, Dylan Purcell, Max Marin and Craig R. McCoy

Caterina Roman, a professor at Temple University and crime expert, said her research finds a link between the high numbers of shootings and heavy...

James Templeton, AIA, promoted to assistant vice president and university architect of Temple University

James Templeton has been promoted to assistant vice president and university architect of Temple University. In this role, James will oversee the...

30 Under 30—Social impact: Ofo Ezeugwu

While attending Temple University, Ofo Ezeugwu says he heard horror stories from students living on and around campus, ranging from female...

The urgent imperative for corporations to promote financial literacy in communities of color

By Earl Carr

Education and awareness are the best ways to combat the cycle of poverty along with assistance from fellow citizens. To improve this statistic,...

Touted by Allure, Temple grad's Pound Cake brand out to disrupt cosmetics industry

By Lisa Dukart

Not many entrepreneurs can say they have an award-winning product before they’ve even gone to market, but that’s what happened for Camille Bell...

Temple’s business school is ready to ‘close this ugly chapter’ after its former dean is convicted in rankings scandal

By Susan Snyder

The dean of Temple University’s Fox School of Business saw the news alert Monday afternoon: His predecessor had been convicted of manipulating the...

Trump appointed a lot of judges. What is Biden doing?

KYW Newsradio caught up with Craig Green, professor of Law at Temple University Beasley School of Law, to discuss the topic.

12 health systems opening hospitals

By Alia Paavola

Philadelphia-based Temple University Health System said Nov. 18 it will turn the campus it acquired earlier this year into a hospital for women’s...

Temple University Health System get a big credit-rating upgrade from Fitch

By Harold Brubaker

In a sign of its continuing financial improvement, Temple University Health System on Wednesday received a two-notch upgrade into investment-grade...

Kenyatta calls for state of emergency on gun violence in Philadelphia

By Stephen Williams

Scott Charles, trauma outreach manager at Temple University Hospital who was at the news conference, said that for every person who is shot, there...

BMI’s role: ‘A blanket approach is not acceptable any longer'

By Erin Michael

“While BMI is flawed, it is still an important measure,” David B. Sarwer, director of the Center for Obesity Research and Education in the College...

Temple lacrosse coach Bonnie Rosen: ‘Sports has always been in my life’

By Matt Leon and Andre Bennett

Bonnie Rosen has spent 15 seasons as the head women’s lacrosse coach at Temple University. The Bala Cynwyd native was a three-sport athlete at...

Supreme Court hears arguments in Mississippi abortion case. What are the key takeaways?

The Supreme Court this morning heard arguments in a case that will determine the future of abortion rights in the United States. Today on AirTalk...

A brief history of shuffling your songs, from Apple to Adele

By Shira Feder

“Most people don’t change from default settings unless they have almost an ideological reason to do so,” says Devon Powers, associate professor at...