A new study from Temple University faculty members Sunil Wattal, a professor of management information systems and the Schaefer Senior Research Fellow, and Susan Mudambi, professor emeritus of marketing, finds that humorous, exaggerated product reviews can both increase and decrease sales. May 22, 2024 Inane influence: How nonserious product reviews affect online sales If you have ever done any online shopping, whether it be through Amazon or another retailer, you […] PhD candidate Wangoo Lee conducted the study alongside Lu Lu, associate professor and Arthur F. McGonigle Research Fellow at the School of Sport, Tourism, and Hospitality Management. Their findings shed light on the unintended consequences of using self-service technology in busy restaurants.Photo by Joseph V. Labolito Apr. 12, 2024 Feeling rushed at the food ordering kiosk? You’re not alone If you’ve been to a fast-food restaurant recently, you’ve probably noticed that self-service kiosks […] Simulations from Maciej Boni's Temple University lab are helping countries in Africa implement strategies to slow down drug resistance in malaria.Photo by Connor McVail Apr. 3, 2024 Temple professor helps African national malaria programs combat deadly new strains In the summer of 2020, as the world continued to combat COVID-19 with no vaccine in sight, another […] Min-Seok Pang, an associate professor and the Milton F. Stauffer Research Fellow at Temple’s Fox School of Business, recently completed a study that found for the last 30 years, airlines increase the supply of flights from the airports in the home district of the chair of the United States House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.Photo by Joseph V. Labolito Apr. 2, 2024 New research outlines how airlines covertly lobby Congress What exactly does it look like to lobby Congress? If you are a major airline carrier, it might look […] Laura H. Carnell Professor and Chair of the Department of Neuroscience Kamel Khalili, right, and a researcher, work in a lab at the Lewis Katz School of Medicine at Temple University.Photo by Ryan Brandenburg Mar. 27, 2024 Temple earns top 100 ranking for patents awarded A noninvasive, portable tactile imaging sensor that can aid doctors when they feel an abnormality […] Josh Gladden, Temple’s vice president for research, speaks to attendees during the grand opening of the Innovation Nest. The new space is dedicated to commercializing innovations from Temple researchers and spurring student innovation. Photo by Joseph V. Labolito Mar. 20, 2024 Introducing Temple’s new hub for innovation If you stand in the back conference room within Temple University’s Innovation Nest and look out […] Johanna Jarcho and her research team have been awarded more than $3.7 million from the National Institute of Mental Health to study memory in adolescents with social anxiety.Photo by Ryan S. Brandenberg Feb. 28, 2024 Swipe left or right: New study examines social anxiety in adolescents In the age of social media, judgment from our peers has become increasingly prevalent. At the swipe […] The #MeToo movement brought about a sea change to many industries, but according to a new study from Temple University faculty member Elizabeth Taylor, the sport industry remains a place where women employees still frequently find themselves the victims of sexual harassment at disproportionate levels. Photo by Joseph V. Labolito Feb. 27, 2024 Post #MeToo movement, new study finds the sport industry still has work to do By providing a voice to so many who had been silenced, the #MeToo movement of 2017 and 2018 served […] The Makerspace Residency program allows undergraduate and graduate students as well as faculty to work on components of their research and creative projects.Photo by Joseph V. Labolito Feb. 16, 2024 Temple University Libraries launches new Makerspace Residency program On the third floor of Charles Library lies an open-access space with assorted equipment—a glue gun, […] When it comes to major cultural events, nothing is quite like the Super Bowl. According to Bryant Simon, a professor of history in the College of Liberal Arts, the appeal for the event starts with the fact that as game, football just works. Photo by Joseph V. Labolito Feb. 6, 2024 What makes the Super Bowl so super? When it comes to large-scale events that captivate the American public, there is nothing quite like […] Jonathan Howe has focused much of his research on understanding the experiences of Black student-athletes in the predominantly white spaces of historically white institutions and Division I college athletics. His latest study, “Self-Presentation and Black Male College Athletes at Historically White Institutions,” was recently published in the Sociology of Sport Journal.Photo by Contributed photo Dec. 12, 2023 STHM study shows how Black college athletes alter self-presentation to avoid biases On Sept. 16, the University of Colorado’s football team was 3-0 and had secured the No. 19 ranking […] Sudhir Kumar, Carnell Professor of Biology, is also director of Temple’s Institute for Genomics and Evolutionary Medicine.Photo by Joseph V. Labolito Dec. 11, 2023 3 Temple professors earn global recognition for research impact Sudhir Kumar and Sergei Pond, faculty at Temple’s College of Science and Technology (CST), and […] As part of the Mellon Foundation grant, Temple researchers are digitizing and analyzing banned books to find patterns addressing issues of inequality.Photo by Joseph V. Labolito Sep. 7, 2023 Temple researchers examine patterns of inequality in banned books Since July 2021, more than 1,500 books of contemporary literature have been banned in the United […] Staff from Temple’s Center for Substance Abuse Research began researching medical applications for cannabis and its compounds in 1998. The university has since expanded its medical cannabis research, which now includes a partnership with medical cannabis producer Cresco Labs.Photo by Ryan S. Brandenberg Aug. 10, 2023 Temple’s partnership with Cresco Labs explores cannabis’ untapped medical potential Long before you could buy CBD gummies for your pet or lather hemp-infused shampoo into your hair, […] The National Institutes of Health (NIH) has awarded Sarah Bauerle Bass and her research team a $754,000 grant to develop a web-based app to improve HIV prevention and substance use treatment access for incarcerated women in Philadelphia.Photo by Joseph V. Labolito Jul. 5, 2023 NIH awards grant to Temple professor to develop an app for incarcerated Philadelphia women The National Institutes of Health (NIH) has awarded Sarah Bauerle Bass, professor of public health […] Load More
A new study from Temple University faculty members Sunil Wattal, a professor of management information systems and the Schaefer Senior Research Fellow, and Susan Mudambi, professor emeritus of marketing, finds that humorous, exaggerated product reviews can both increase and decrease sales. May 22, 2024 Inane influence: How nonserious product reviews affect online sales If you have ever done any online shopping, whether it be through Amazon or another retailer, you […] PhD candidate Wangoo Lee conducted the study alongside Lu Lu, associate professor and Arthur F. McGonigle Research Fellow at the School of Sport, Tourism, and Hospitality Management. Their findings shed light on the unintended consequences of using self-service technology in busy restaurants.Photo by Joseph V. Labolito Apr. 12, 2024 Feeling rushed at the food ordering kiosk? You’re not alone If you’ve been to a fast-food restaurant recently, you’ve probably noticed that self-service kiosks […] Simulations from Maciej Boni's Temple University lab are helping countries in Africa implement strategies to slow down drug resistance in malaria.Photo by Connor McVail Apr. 3, 2024 Temple professor helps African national malaria programs combat deadly new strains In the summer of 2020, as the world continued to combat COVID-19 with no vaccine in sight, another […] Min-Seok Pang, an associate professor and the Milton F. Stauffer Research Fellow at Temple’s Fox School of Business, recently completed a study that found for the last 30 years, airlines increase the supply of flights from the airports in the home district of the chair of the United States House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.Photo by Joseph V. Labolito Apr. 2, 2024 New research outlines how airlines covertly lobby Congress What exactly does it look like to lobby Congress? If you are a major airline carrier, it might look […] Laura H. Carnell Professor and Chair of the Department of Neuroscience Kamel Khalili, right, and a researcher, work in a lab at the Lewis Katz School of Medicine at Temple University.Photo by Ryan Brandenburg Mar. 27, 2024 Temple earns top 100 ranking for patents awarded A noninvasive, portable tactile imaging sensor that can aid doctors when they feel an abnormality […] Josh Gladden, Temple’s vice president for research, speaks to attendees during the grand opening of the Innovation Nest. The new space is dedicated to commercializing innovations from Temple researchers and spurring student innovation. Photo by Joseph V. Labolito Mar. 20, 2024 Introducing Temple’s new hub for innovation If you stand in the back conference room within Temple University’s Innovation Nest and look out […] Johanna Jarcho and her research team have been awarded more than $3.7 million from the National Institute of Mental Health to study memory in adolescents with social anxiety.Photo by Ryan S. Brandenberg Feb. 28, 2024 Swipe left or right: New study examines social anxiety in adolescents In the age of social media, judgment from our peers has become increasingly prevalent. At the swipe […] The #MeToo movement brought about a sea change to many industries, but according to a new study from Temple University faculty member Elizabeth Taylor, the sport industry remains a place where women employees still frequently find themselves the victims of sexual harassment at disproportionate levels. Photo by Joseph V. Labolito Feb. 27, 2024 Post #MeToo movement, new study finds the sport industry still has work to do By providing a voice to so many who had been silenced, the #MeToo movement of 2017 and 2018 served […] The Makerspace Residency program allows undergraduate and graduate students as well as faculty to work on components of their research and creative projects.Photo by Joseph V. Labolito Feb. 16, 2024 Temple University Libraries launches new Makerspace Residency program On the third floor of Charles Library lies an open-access space with assorted equipment—a glue gun, […] When it comes to major cultural events, nothing is quite like the Super Bowl. According to Bryant Simon, a professor of history in the College of Liberal Arts, the appeal for the event starts with the fact that as game, football just works. Photo by Joseph V. Labolito Feb. 6, 2024 What makes the Super Bowl so super? When it comes to large-scale events that captivate the American public, there is nothing quite like […] Jonathan Howe has focused much of his research on understanding the experiences of Black student-athletes in the predominantly white spaces of historically white institutions and Division I college athletics. His latest study, “Self-Presentation and Black Male College Athletes at Historically White Institutions,” was recently published in the Sociology of Sport Journal.Photo by Contributed photo Dec. 12, 2023 STHM study shows how Black college athletes alter self-presentation to avoid biases On Sept. 16, the University of Colorado’s football team was 3-0 and had secured the No. 19 ranking […] Sudhir Kumar, Carnell Professor of Biology, is also director of Temple’s Institute for Genomics and Evolutionary Medicine.Photo by Joseph V. Labolito Dec. 11, 2023 3 Temple professors earn global recognition for research impact Sudhir Kumar and Sergei Pond, faculty at Temple’s College of Science and Technology (CST), and […] As part of the Mellon Foundation grant, Temple researchers are digitizing and analyzing banned books to find patterns addressing issues of inequality.Photo by Joseph V. Labolito Sep. 7, 2023 Temple researchers examine patterns of inequality in banned books Since July 2021, more than 1,500 books of contemporary literature have been banned in the United […] Staff from Temple’s Center for Substance Abuse Research began researching medical applications for cannabis and its compounds in 1998. The university has since expanded its medical cannabis research, which now includes a partnership with medical cannabis producer Cresco Labs.Photo by Ryan S. Brandenberg Aug. 10, 2023 Temple’s partnership with Cresco Labs explores cannabis’ untapped medical potential Long before you could buy CBD gummies for your pet or lather hemp-infused shampoo into your hair, […] The National Institutes of Health (NIH) has awarded Sarah Bauerle Bass and her research team a $754,000 grant to develop a web-based app to improve HIV prevention and substance use treatment access for incarcerated women in Philadelphia.Photo by Joseph V. Labolito Jul. 5, 2023 NIH awards grant to Temple professor to develop an app for incarcerated Philadelphia women The National Institutes of Health (NIH) has awarded Sarah Bauerle Bass, professor of public health […]
