Word: deliveryism
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Eating out has become as American as apple pie, but for those manning the kitchen, restaurant work is anything but an American dream. Dishwashers, waiters and delivery people are increasingly served up unfair pay, discrimination and dangerous working conditions.
The mistreatment of restaurant workers at a number of well-known eateries has recently prompted public outrage. At Saigon Grill, Ollie's and Jing Fong in New York City, delivery workers walked off the job in protest of wage and tip policies. More than two dozen city restaurants have been...
Auguste creates micro-environments in her lab that simulate bodily conditions in an attempt to better grasp the way that diseases such as cancer and diabetes affect human cells and tissue. Her work is focused on two specific areas—drug delivery and stem cell differentiation.
Auguste was trained as a chemical engineer at MIT. But after she completed her doctoral research in drug delivery she began to see the way that engineering could lend important insights into stem cell research.
“I found there was a synergy between drug delivery and stem cell differentiation because a lot of differentiation has to do with cycling and spatial cues,” Auguste recalls.