Purdue center to lead national research in dietary supplements Purdue University will become home to a national center for the study of dietary supplements. The center's interdisciplinary team will examine plants touted to prevent age-related diseases including osteoporosis, cancer, cardiovascular disease and loss of cognitive function. Purdue has joined a new national network of academic institutions and human rights organizations committed to protecting scholars and scholarship around the world. Universities and research organizations belonging to the Scholars at Risk Network pledge to provided temporary academic and research jobs for scholars outside the United States whose work is threatened by mass or individual displacement, discrimination, harassment, intimidation or violence. The trend points to a career field of limitless growth and imagination.
Hospitality industry wants retirees.
Seniors aren't so sure. When Congress repealed Social Security earnings limits last summer, it was good news for hotels and restaurants scrambling for employees as the American economy rolls along, bringing unemployment to new lows. There is a perception problem among seniors about the industry. They don't believe the industry is willing to hire them. A bioethicist responds Scientists say that genetically modified foods are safe, but many people are still uncomfortable about eating them, saying they're unnatural.