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Jean Allman and Lilianna Solnica-Krezel will receive Washington University in St. Louis’ 2021 faculty achievement awards, Chancellor Andrew D. Martin announced.
Allman, PhD, the J.H. Hexter Professor in the Humanities and professor of African and African American studies, as well as director of the Center for the Humanities, all in Arts & Sciences, will receive the Arthur Holly Compton Faculty Achievement Award. Solnica-Krezel, PhD, the Alan A. and Edith L. Wolff Distinguished Professor and head of the Department of Developmental Biology at the School of Medicine, will receive the Carl and Gerty Cori Faculty Achievement Award.
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The researchers from Washington University in St. Louis said the findings provide further reason to refrain from consuming large quantities of sugary drinks, which are already known to increase one’s chances of developing type 2 diabetes and obesity.
“Our findings reinforce the public health importance of limiting [sugar-sweetened beverage] intake for better health outcomes,” the researchers wrote.
However, other scientists who weren’t involved in the study have spoken out saying further research needs to be done because, of the 95,000 female nurses studied, only 109 women were diagnosed with early onset bowel cancer. And of the 109 women diagnosed, only 16 had a history of consuming more than a pint of sugary drinks per day.
LSU picks new leader, naming system’s first Black president
Louisiana State University chose its new leader Thursday, naming William Tate as the university system’s first Black president.
Tate, provost at the University of South Carolina, was the unanimous pick of the LSU Board of Supervisors after public in-person interviews with three finalists and 90 minutes of closed-door debate among board members. He’ll start the job as LSU president overseeing multiple campuses and serving as chancellor of the flagship campus in Baton Rouge in July.
“We set about to find a great leader, and we found one,” said Robert Dampf, chairman of the LSU board.
Parasitic infections were likely widespread in New England, even in remote areas and in wealthy households, report archaeologists who analyzed excavated fecal samples.
Parasitic infections, including tapeworm and whipworm, were a common problem in the United States until the 20th century. The common belief is that these infections mainly affected lower-income, urban areas where conditions including shared public spaces, lack of sewage systems, and poor sanitation were prime for disease spread.
However, the new research, published in the
“Unlike today, when high-income households are less likely to exhibit signs of infection, wealth and status did not apparently provide insulation from infection exposure in this rural setting, despite likely having greater access to medicines and improved sanitation,” says Theresa Gildner, assistant professor of biological archaeology at Washington University in St. Louis.
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