Psychologist Kathy Hirsh-Pasek of Temple University recently had students observe 30 parents and their children in public places.

WSJ: The Perils of Texting While Parenting

At nearby Temple University in Philadelphia, several of the students are wearing T-shirts or sweatshirts with "Temple" written on it - they're clearly proud to be here.

BBC: US students face worst debt and job prospects ever

"In terms of scale, it's not soon or ever to be repeated, " said Dr. Robert Whitaker, a Temple University pediatrician who was a study co-author.

MSN: Living in poor neighborhood can hurt health

In a recent study by the developmental psychologist Laurence Steinberg at Temple University, teenagers did a simulated high-risk driving task while they were lying in an fMRI brain-imaging machine.

WSJ: What's Wrong With the Teenage Mind?

"Not just ongoing violence, which everybody thinks about, but even when it's over, there's something about what happens that seems to have a lingering effect that we don't quite understand yet, " said Dr. Anuradha Paranjape, co-author of the study and associate professor at Temple University School of Medicine.

CNN: Abuse victims report long-term poor health, depression

Ralph Taylor of Temple University testified that Hispanics are more likely to be checked for immigration status during saturation patrols than non-Hispanics are.

CNN: Federal judge says Arizona sheriff was racially profiling

Beasley, a legendary Philadelphia-based trial lawyer, who is the namesake of the Beasley School of Law at Temple University.

CNN: CNN Profiles - Michael Smerconish - Host

Among the more promising is Cyberonics' vagus-nerve stimulation approach, pioneered by Jacob Zabara, its scientific founder who's a retired Temple University physiologist.

FORBES: Rewiring the brain