Press & Media

Samuel Rosen’s research offers closer look at CARES Act’s Paycheck Protection Program PHILADELPHIA, May 11, 2020 — One of the key components of the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act is the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP), a $349 billion fund designed to help keep workers employed thanks to forgivable business loans. An additional […]

The  Fox School is focused on making a positive impact on its students, community and the global business world. This focus can be seen as a through line across much of the school’s research, including the current interdisciplinary industrial ecology project by Daniel Isaacs, legal studies professor, Avner Ronen, civil and environmental engineering assistant professor […]

Fox School Honors alumnae Sarah Stanton and Rachel Stanton among top prize winners at 22nd annual event Switch Stream, a company that makes wearable devices that help persons with physical impairments control their electronics, earned $60,000 in total prizes at the 22nd annual Be Your Own Boss Bowl® (BYOBB®), a Temple University-wide initiative that is […]

Modern Day Leaders course is designed to help students lead in all areas There is no set game-plan for the game of life, but becoming a “modern day leader” can assist in overcoming any obstacle. For more than a decade, former Temple coach and Hall of Famer Fran Dunphy and Lynne Andersson, associate professor of […]

A key benefit of online education is that students can join a classroom from anywhere in the world. That’s also true for guest speakers, and the Fox School of Business has hosted a number of them over the last several weeks. One of our recent speakers was Adam Lyons, BBA ‘09, the founder of insurance […]

School moves back into the AACSB’s regular, five-year review cycle PHILADELPHIA, April 22, 2020 — AACSB International has announced it has extended its accreditation of Temple University’s Fox School of Business through 2025. Accreditation by AACSB—the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business—is the highest standard of achievement in business education. Just 5% of the […]

Monica Wadhwa discusses how the 50th anniversary of Earth Day and COVID-19 serve as reminders of how our decision making directly impacts climate change PHILADELPHIA, April 22, 2020 — This year marks the 50th anniversary of Earth Day, and if there is a silver lining with COVID-19, it might be with regard to its environmental […]

Fox School launches podcast; available via Apple, Google, Spotify and other platforms PHILADELPHIA, April 20, 2020 — What is my company doing with my data? Will robots really take my job? How does a trade tariff actually affect me? They’re questions that many of us have contemplated, but for most the answers remain a mystery. […]

Temple faculty members Thilo Kunkel and Subodha Kumar available to discuss how celebrities, athletes and organizations can engage audiences during COVID-19 PHILADELPHIA, April 6, 2020 — The NBA is postponed indefinitely. Concerts have been canceled. And who knows when we’ll see another Hollywood blockbuster in theaters.  So how are celebrities and athletes supposed to engage […]

Temple University Hospital is calling for donations of personal protective equipment (PPE) as the number of hospitalized COVID-19 patients continues to grow in North Philadelphia and the surrounding region in the coming days and weeks. To help keep vital front-line emergency personnel healthy and able during the crisis, Temple University’s  Fox School of Business is […]

PHILADELPHIA, March 24, 2020 — Steve Balsam is not a baseball player, but he has the instincts of one.  “Sometimes you just react. It’s like when you see a fastball coming at you and you duck. You just know to do it. To me, this was like that. I said, ‘They’re closing down our physical […]

Fintech, Blockchain and Digital Disruption course to be held in new virtual reality format PHILADELPHIA, March 18, 2020 — Bora Ozkan doesn’t do virtual reality. Good luck if you try to get him to play video games. “It’s just never been my interest. I don’t even own a VR headset,” says Ozkan, assistant professor of […]

While research experts like Jay I. Sinha and Thomas Fung, professors in the Fox School’s Department of Marketing and Supply Chain Management (MSCM), are studying how companies are innovating to reach millennial audiences, these three Fox alumnae are living it.  The On the Verge editorial team caught up with these micro-influencers to talk about their […]

With an estimated 2.7 million new jobs for data science and analytics talent expected to post this year, employer demand for professionals with data and analytics skills continues to grow, according to a recent report from Burning Glass Technologies, Business-Higher Education Forum, and IBM. Nearly all industries–particularly finance and insurance, information technology, and professional services–are […]

Artificial intelligence (AI) is rapidly altering several industries. The efficient, practical and organizational benefits of AI are far too effective to ignore, particularly in occupations that require a lot of crunching numbers.  Cory Ng, assistant professor of instruction in the Department of Accounting at the Fox School, investigated just how much AI is impacting the […]