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Shapiro visits Temple, highlights its nurse scholar program as model amid new budget investments to curb nurse shortage
By Racquel Williams
Governor Josh Shapiro’s new proposed Pennsylvania budget includes $5 million to help educate, train and recruit nursing professionals in the...
The future of work is already here
By Jason Wingard
Temple University President Jason Wingard writes, "It’s no secret that institutions of higher education and businesses have been grappling with...
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Rare, risky, and complex, lung transplants for COVID-19 survivors save, but change, lives
By Jason Laughlin
“To be a transplant candidate you’ve got to be sick enough to need a lung transplant as well as well enough to undergo the procedure,” said Sameep...
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Few lawsuits filed despite COVID-19′s deadly toll in nursing homes
By Harold Brubaker
The next challenge is: “How do you prove causation, that it was from the neglect of the nursing home?” said Samuel D. Hodge Jr., a professor at...

Crime statistics and politics are a deadly mix
By Joe Garofoli
“You hear it at the top of the newscast: Weather. Traffic. Violence,” said Roman, a professor of criminal justice at Temple University. “It doesn’...

'It killed our savings': Hardest hit during COVID, Black and Hispanic businesses look to bounce back
By Sarah Siock
According to Wayne Williams, assistant professor of accounting at Temple University, financial record-keeping was one obstacle that prevented...

Deflating the wheels of drug addiction
By Mohd Umair Iqbal
For instance, a scientific experiment involving simulated driving was conducted by Prof. Laurence Steinberg of Temple University.
Biden rolls dice by getting more aggressive on vaccines
By Morgan Chalfant, Rebecca Beitsch and Brett Samuels
“I think that politically and practically the strategy of trying to push this onto employers is really sensible and important. We’re in a...
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Temple researcher on new technologies to better treat heart disease | 5 Questions
By Sandy Bauers
Among numerous positions at Temple University’s Lewis Katz School of Medicine, Steven Houser is professor of cardiovascular sciences and medicine...
100-day plan: What European nations can do to protect utilities
By Andrew Hollister
The frequency of attacks on critical infrastructure is rapidly rising, with U.S. data on ransomware attacks on critical infrastructure collected...

We need a carbon tax. We can solve the climate crisis while paying dividends | Opinion
By Cory Budischak
Cory Budischak, an assistant professor of instruction in the College of Engineering, argues that a carbon tax needs to be included in Congress’s...

Pair of Royal Navy warships will begin patrolling Indo-Pacific region this summer
By Alex Wilson
Jeff Kingston, director of Asian Studies at Temple University Japan, described the deployment as a “largely symbolic” gesture meant to demonstrate...
What Philadelphia Reveals About America's Homicide Surge
By Miles Bryan and Jillian Weinberger
Temple professor Caterina Roman is wary of easy sound bites. But if she had to explain why violent crime declined for years in Philadelphia, it...

100-day plan: What European nations can do to protect utilities
By Andrew Hollister
The frequency of attacks on critical infrastructure is rapidly rising, with U.S. data on ransomware attacks on critical infrastructure collected...

You've just won a gold medal! So why are you trying to eat it?
By Meghan Holohan
“Sports all have their eccentricities,” said Frank Farley, a professor from Temple University in Philadelphia and former president of the American...

It’s the first Summer Olympics since #MeToo — and athletes are speaking out. Survivors say it’s ‘a reckoning.’
By Caroline Kitchener and Anne Branigin
Elizabeth Taylor, an associate professor at Temple University who specializes in gender and sexual violence in sports organizations, has seen a...

Temple University Health System invests $5 million in nurse staffing as employment vacancies rise
By Hannah Kanik
Temple University Health System will invest nearly $5 million to enhance nurse scheduling, staffing and recruitment to bolster its staff as Temple...

Opinion | Gun violence is a public health crisis
By Rupal Ramesh Shah
Gun violence is a public health issue because people are dying from guns or are terrorized by them, said Frank H. Farley, a Temple University...
Temple University Health System plans to spend $5M to enhance nursing staffing amid nearly double-digit vacancy rate
By John George
Temple University Health System said it will invest nearly $5 million to enhance nurse scheduling, staffing, and recruitment at a time when its...

A police killing in Philadelphia could change Pa. use-of-force cases forever
By Collin Deppen
Shanda Sibley, an assistant clinical professor of law at Temple University, doubts whether the added context Krasner seeks will fundamentally...
Female athletes make a stand on sportswear
By Sarah Mulkerrins
Katie Sveinson, an assistant professor in the School of Sport, Tourism and Hospitality Management, discusses the recent stands at the Olympics...
Russia Holds Military Drills Off Japan’s Mainland During Tokyo Olympics
By Alastair Gale
James Brown, an expert on Russian-Japanese ties at Temple University in Tokyo, said tension over the islands has increased because Japan has taken...

Japan Talks of Defending Taiwan Against China Aggression
By Ralph Jennings
Tokyo’s comments amount to “shadow boxing” and “saber rattling” rather than intent to fight any war, said Jeffrey Kingston, a history instructor...
How are doctors treating COVID-19 patients now?
By Zoë Read
Temple Health enrolled some patients in a trial researching treatments like inhaled remdesivir (an antiviral agent) for outpatient therapy, as...

Skirts. Bikini bottoms. Leotards. Ahead of Olympics, athletes call out sexist uniform practices.
By Candice Norwood
“It’s really a policing of certain bodies,” said Katie Sveinson, an assistant professor in the School of Sport, Tourism, and Hospitality...
Some people are seeking out a second dose of Covid-19 vaccine after getting J&J shot
By Jen Christensen
"Come June, I started to get nervous about this Delta variant spreading and had some travel plans," said Gallagher, a clinical professor at Temple...