WEST LAFAYETTE – An increasingly diverse elderly population is the focus of a Sept. 21 symposium at Purdue University, organized by the Center on Aging and the Life Course.

“Health and Aging in Diverse Contexts: From Research to Policy” is from 1-5 p.m. (EST) in Stewart Center, Room 218 ABCD. The event is free for Purdue faculty, staff and students, as well as people 65 and older; for all others, the fee is $40.

The speakers are Kyriakos S. Markides, director of the Annie and John Gnitzinger Distinguished Professor of Aging Studies at the University of Texas Medical Branch in Galveston; Toni P. Miles, professor of epidemiology and biostatistics at the University of Georgia and director of the Institute of Gerontology; and Douglas K. Miller, professor of medicine and Richar M. Fairbanks Chair in aging research at the Indiana University School of Medicine.

Registration information is available online at www.conf.purdue.edu.