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Thanks to a new grant from the LEGO Foundation, Professor of Psychology Kathy Hirsh-Pasek and her team are working with communities, districts and educators to implement an approach to teaching that is culturally inclusive, builds on what science tells us about how human brains learn and prepares students to succeed in the 21st century.

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Ryan Vogel, left, and Brian Holtz of the Management Department at the Fox School of Business recently authored a study that reveals how an employee’s choice of attire in the workplace affects how they see themselves while also detailing how it affects their productivity.

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Part of the National Artificial Intelligence Research Institutes Accelerating Research, Transforming Society and Growing the American Workforce program, Temple University along with the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, the University of Florida and Educational Testing Services will have five years and $19.5M to pursue inclusive and intelligent technologies for education. The Temple project will be led by Jamie Payton, professor and chair of the Department of Computer and Information Sciences in the College of Science and Technology.

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Camden, New Jersey, native Haason Reddick was a standout during his time as a member of the Temple Football team. Since then, his star has only grown, and he has now helped lead the Philadelphia Eagles to the Super Bowl. According to School of Sport, Tourism and Hospitality Management faculty member Thilo Kunkel, Reddick's strong play is set to drastically impact both his brand and earning potential.

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Excitement has taken hold of the region during the last few weeks as the Philadelphia Eagles prepare to appear in their second Super Bowl in five years time. It's a great story for the city but that doesn't necessarily mean that it's a huge economic boost, says Temple Professor of Economics Michael Leeds.

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The study demonstrated that vehicles with automation capabilities can make traffic flow more smoothly, reduce greenhouse gas emissions, and keep drivers safe.

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Bryant Simon, a professor of history at Temple University, has been conducting research as he prepares to write a book that will focus on the history of the public restroom in the United States.

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Samuel Hodge, Jr., a risk, actuarial sciences and legal studies professor at Temple University’s Fox School of Business, recently had the legal review article “The Medical and Legal Implications of Artificial Intelligence in Health Care – An Area of Unsettled Law” published in the Richmond Journal of Law & Technology. Within the piece, Hodge argues that the potential positive impact of AI in medicine is too significant to ignore.

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Iyad Obeid, associate professor of engineering and Temple liaison to the NSF I-Corps Hub Northeast Region, encourages faculty and students to get involved in the program.

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Jamie Payton has been executive director of STARS Computing Corps since 2014.

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Philadelphia’s Pride flags at Temple’s National Coming Out Week 2021.

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A new paper by doctoral candidate Nicole Johnson and Professor Caterina Roman, both in the College of Liberal Arts’ Criminal Justice Department, seeks to offer some of the missing context behind Philadelphia’s gun violence crisis. The study shows that from March 2020 through June 2021, gun violence went up on average by 21.6% each two-month period, albeit slowing down considerably in 2021. The areas that saw increasingly more gun violence had something in common: they had high drug market activity.

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PhD College of Engineering student Jordan Langston is using his F31 research grant to study how sepsis develops in the body.

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Recent research from Min-Seok Pang of the Department of Management Information Systems outlines how verified users are among biggest culprits when it comes to sharing fake news across social media platforms.

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