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John Fry wants Temple to be Center City's 'anchor university'
By Ryan Mulligan
Temple University will take over the landmark Terra Hall building at Broad and Walnut streets come 2027, but President John Fry ...
A troubled sequel: Tokyo’s bid to remake classic 1964 Olympics set to disappoint
By Simon Denyer
Jeff Kingston, a political science professor at Temple University Japan, says there’s a chance that the best athletes of the world can rescue the...

Meet Dr. Jessica Mack, the Mastermind Behind “More Than Meatless Monday”
Her quest to further her studies led her to Temple University in Philadelphia, PA, where she graduated with a clinical Doctoral Degree.

Reducing Violence: Why Simple Solutions Won’t Work
By Greg Berman
“Libraries, parks, rec centers, pools, free internet — those are all crime prevention activities and resources,” Caterina Roman, Ph.D., a...
How the wealthy use debt ‘as a tool to screw the government and everybody else’
By Jillian Berman
And the higher education industry is capitalizing on it. Douglas Webber, an associate professor of economics at Temple University, said it’s not...
Remote Learning Hurt High School Students Academically, Emotionally
By Robert Preidt
"Notably, the thriving gap was larger among students in 10th through 12th grades than it was among ninth graders," study co-author Laurence...
Olympic couple Tara Davis and Hunter Woodhall define a generation of social-savvy athletes
By Emily Adams
Thilo Kunkel, director of the Sport Industry Research Center at Temple University, said having a multi-platform audience is one of the best...
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How Simone Biles lands her signature move, the Yurchenko double pike
By Tom Avril and Ellen Dunkel
For a breakdown of how Biles defies gravity, we spoke to Fred Turoff, a longtime Temple University gymnastics coach who studied physics in...

Bryant Simon’s Book ‘Everything But The Coffee’ Explores Starbucks’ Role In American Culture
By Gary Stern
According to Everything But the Coffee: Learning About America from Starbucks, written by Bryant Simon, a professor of history and director of...

Work-life balance improves audits, but not job satisfaction
By Michael Cohn
The study, by Jagan Krishnan, a professor of accounting at Temple University, recently published by the American Accounting Association, found...

Why has the number of Americans killed or wounded in road-rage shootings doubled in the past year?
By Justin Vallejo
Jerry Ratcliffe, a professor of criminal justice at Temple University, warns against comparing year-over-year crime figures, especially in low-...
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This Philly musician is on a 511-day running streak that began when he took his wife’s remains to India
By Stephanie Farr
Temple alumnus Eddie Gieda, a musician and DJ, has now run 511 days straight in memory of his wife. Gieda started by running 13 miles a day—the...

‘I lost everything’: Well-known community activist asks for help after North Philly house fire
By Max Marin
Scott Charles, a gun violence educator and trauma outreach coordinator for Temple University Hospital, recalled Jacobs hounding him at his office...

Chronic male unemployment helps explain Philly's gun violence problem
By Hannah Kanik
A study out of Temple University, published earlier this year, found that COVID-19 restrictions have had a significant impact on the city's gun...

Rapper Cadence Weapon says under a 360 record deal, he was 'not personally making any money'
By CBC Radio
Since the 20th century, Black recording artists have been routinely underpaid by record companies, according to research undertaken by Stahl and...
Jordan Court Convicts Men for Seeking to Replace U.S.-Backed King
By Stephen Kalin and Suha Ma’ayeh
“It’s not good for any royal dynasty to see its ugly innards exposed,” said Sean Yom, a political-science professor at Temple University who...

Does the coronavirus delta variant mean I’ll need a vaccine booster?
By Zoë Read
“That doesn’t mean that it won’t last beyond that, it just means that the information still needs to be evaluated on a consistent basis,” said Dr...
Woodrow Wilson football coach leaves for college job
By Bill Evans
Woodrow Wilson football coach Preston Brown is leaving his alma mater to join the Temple University coaching staff as Director of Player Personnel...

Kaufman County wants to implement juvenile curfew law; parents could also be fined
By Eline de Bruijn
According to research from Temple University's Center for Public Health Law Research, there is insufficient evidence to support the effectiveness...
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Temple Health discloses the deal it got for Cancer Treatment Centers of America’s Philly campus
By Harold Brubaker
Temple University Hospital Inc. paid $12 million for the buildings, equipment, and supplies of the former Cancer Treatment Centers of American...

MLK first heard the phrase ‘I Have A Dream’ from this remarkable woman you probably don’t know
By Mildred Europa Taylor
Hall was just 22 and had only recently graduated from Temple University with a degree in political science when she led that prayer vigil.
From Wuhan to Paris to Milan, the search for ‘patient zero’
By Eva Dou, Lyric Li, Chico Harlan and Rick Noack
“We can actually say surprisingly little about the pandemic origin,” said Sergei Pond, a Temple University biology professor, who has been...

10 Things You Didn’t Know about Marc Lamont Hill
By Camille Moore
Over the years, Temple University’s Marc Lamont Hill has become widely known all over the world and he’s built a very strong social media presence...
NIL rules add additional pressure, costs to small colleges
By Hilary Burns
“The more resources that schools have, the more people they have available to monitor what's been going on,” said Thilo Kunkel, sports management...
'The problem is much bigger' than the wealthiest 25 Americans avoiding taxes
By Matt Leon
Dr. Steven Balsam, Professor of Accounting at Temple University's Fox School of Business is on the KYW Newsradio In Depth podcast to talk about...

The woman helping direct $100k in Philly social enterprise funding is dedicated to boosting Black biz
By Layla A. Jones
Temple University alumna Chelsey Lowe is one of two people running the Well City Challenge, a citywide quest to develop new ventures that boost...