Telework

Although it is cold, please allow me to extend the warmest welcome from the Fox Business Analytics program to all of you (even if it is warm wherever you are!).  Obviously, it has been a rather unusual semester, given the challenges presented by COVID-19; however, the MSBA remains strong, and our students continue to thrive.  […]

Since the beginning of the COVID-19 outbreak back in March, the skepticism, approach and adjustment to virtual learning has been quite a struggle for many students. Some students, myself included, have found it very difficult to maintain the same motivation to power through class, engage with the course load and be involved in extracurricular activities, […]

This is part six of a six-part series using empathy in the classroom. Higher education as an industry is changing rapidly, even more so than we could have anticipated before the COVID-19 pandemic.  Let’s set ourselves apart by embracing empathy as the future of education.  As educators, we can practice empathy in our virtual classrooms […]

This is part five of a six-part series on using empathy in the classroom. Students, like organizations, can be very good at knowing things, but can find themselves challenged when it comes to the “doing” part. “By activating empathy, we can fuel connection and cross the knowing-doing gap,” says Bert Verhoeven, associate professor and program […]

The Robert A. Hedges Virtual Risk Seminar Series, hosted by the Fox Department of Risk, Insurance and Healthcare Management (RIHM), returned Tuesday, Sept. 1, with the first of six virtual sessions to be held during the fall semester.  Speakers come from both esteemed American and international institutions, and all sessions are free and open to […]

For many students, balancing school, work and family obligations is an ongoing challenge. Add in an internship and time tightens further. Stir in a pandemic? Things could get chaotic.  But Joel Castillo, an accounting major at the Fox School of Business, just keeps smiling.  Castillo is one of the many students adapting to a new […]

The emergence of the “Zoom Happy Hour” was not just a fun distraction from being in quarantine. Socializing with coworkers is an important and necessary component of workplace culture. And not being invited, whether to an after-work bar hop or a call-in video conference, can have an outsized emotional impact on our lives. Ryan Vogel, […]

This year, Temple University’s Fox School of Business planned to host the 10th annual Interdisciplinary Symposium on Decision Neuroscience (ISDN) conference, an annual gathering of researchers and practitioners in the field of decision neuroscience that first started at Temple University in 2010. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the conference hosts in the Center for Applied […]

One of the greatest challenges for a remote workforce is to maintain a secure digital environment. By connecting your work computer to your home, the potential for cyber-attacks increases because many home networks are outdated and poorly configured. Enterprise network security has personnel who actively monitor and stop malicious traffic, but at home, this becomes […]

Americans everywhere made the transition to work from home to flatten the curve during the COVID-19 outbreak. It has affected the lives of millions of people, who are now using unfamiliar technology and adapting to different communication—and teaching—techniques.  To assist the Temple and Fox community who find themselves teaching online, we asked Carly Papenberg, director […]