Research

January 2018

Victor Gutierrez-Velez sitting at his desk
Morgan Zalot -  

Jan. 23, 2018

Geographer to lead NASA-funded project in Colombia

By Morgan Zalot

Since leaving Colombia a decade ago amid a violent internal armed conflict that spanned five […]

October 2017

Fox Chase President and CEO Richard Fisher at the new institute

Oct. 10, 2017

Multimillion dollar gift establishes pancreatic cancer institute

The largest single gift in Fox Chase Cancer Center s 113-year history will create a new institute […]

September 2017

Temple University s Lewis Katz School of Medicine

Sep. 22, 2017

$11.6M NIH grant funds study of stem cells and heart disease

With the support of an $11.6 million National Institutes of Health grant, scientists at Temple s […]

August 2017

Antonio Giordano holding a pipette, surrounded by tomatoes in a lab

Aug. 28, 2017

Muse for cancer-fighting tomatoes study? Italian food

For his latest research discovery which showed that certain tomato extracts can slow the growth of […]

Temple University Hospital aerial view

Aug. 9, 2017

NIH selects Temple as hub for clinical trials network

Temple University will serve as one of 11 clinical hubs nationwide as part of a newly established […]

Traffic on North Broad Street

Aug. 8, 2017

Tested with human drivers, self-driving car calms traffic

A live experiment recently confirmed for the first time what Temple researchers had predicted […]

July 2017

Polina Gross standing at a laboratory bench in a white lab coat.
Morgan Zalot -  

Jul. 27, 2017

Changing hearts

By Morgan Zalot

Polina Gross was in class at her high school in Israel when she received a text message that would […]

June 2017

Labor economist Douglas Webber
Hillel Hoffman -  

Jun. 9, 2017

Research shows economic value of a college degree

By Hillel Hoffman

Few young faculty members at Temple have joined the national discussion faster than Douglas Webber, […]

May 2017

Researcher holding up a syringe

May 12, 2017

Temple researchers extract HIV from infected cells

Researchers at the Lewis Katz School of Medicine recently became the first to demonstrate that HIV […]

Rachel Paul looking at zebrafish in a tank.
Eryn Jelesiewicz -  

May 9, 2017

Science for real

By Eryn Jelesiewicz

It s one thing to read about a new species of coral in a book; it s entirely different when you […]

April 2017

graduate student Zoe Ngo working with a child at a computer.
Morgan Zalot -  

Apr. 26, 2017

Temple researchers delve into childhood memory

By Morgan Zalot

Have you ever wondered why you have no memories from the earliest years of your childhood, yet you […]

March 2017

Chelsea Walton standing in front of a blackboard full of math equations
Eryn Jelesiewicz -  

Mar. 7, 2017

Temple mathematician Chelsea Walton named a 2017 Sloan Research Fellow

By Eryn Jelesiewicz

The Alfred P. Sloan Foundation named Temple mathematician Chelsea Walton a 2017 Research Fellow, […]