a team led by Purdue University’s Blake Allan encouraged employees to focus on helping others in the real world. One group of employees was asked to do five new things to help
This was a business plan that I’d written as an MBA student at Purdue University. While I was attending school, we won second prize at the Burton D. Morgan Competition that happens annually on campus. That’s me and my co-founder, Christopher Beltran. Chris was an undergrad and I was ...
Of course the proliferation of what came to be known as “fast food,” was yet another revolution. The invention of the frozen French fry, the establishment of huge cattle feedlots and the portability of the corn syrup that formed the base for sodas, made possible the global growth of chai...
Mow your leaves instead of raking them, say studies at the University of Michigan and Purdue. The trick is to cut the leaves, while dry, into dime-sized pieces that will fall among the grass blades, where they will decompose and nourish your lawn over the winter. Use your lawn mower wit...
eggplant is the only "Old World" member of the Solanaceae family that includes the potato, tomato, and pepper, among others. For a full and delightfully detailed illustrated history of this plant, please visitthis offeringfrom Purdue University's contribution to the International Society for Horticu...
Fish are special to me. My doctorate at Purdue had sturgeon as my focus for research. Before that were catfish and medaka. Fish, indeed, are incredible creatures from our Creator to be treasured and husbanded. My wife, Marcia, is a member of the Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of Chippewa India...
You may need to do some research to determine what types of plants fill that bill. But they will save you money in the long run. A yard filled with native plants can cost one-tenth of that of a traditional turf grass lawn [source: Purdue University]. Most natives should be able to ...
Find ways to relax and you may reduce your chances of developing cancer. Purdue University researchers tracked 1,600 men over 12 years and found that half of those with high levels of worry died during the study period. Only 20 percent of the optimists died before the study were completed,...
Purdue scientists discovered that constant worrying shortens your life span by 16 years. Keep Your Cool Men who frequently express anger outwardly are more than twice as likely to have a stroke than guys who control their tempers, according to the journal Stroke. If you have anger-management iss...