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The American Society for Nutrition (ASN) and the ASN Foundation are proud to announce the 2021 recipients of its scientific achievement awards. The 2021 ASN award recipients are an esteemed group of scientists whose contributions and dedication to advancing nutrition research, education and practice are inspiring, stated ASN President, Lindsay Allen, PhD. We are thrilled to shine the light on our members remarkable achievements.
As previously announced, due to ongoing COVID-19 concerns and uncertainty around travel restrictions, the ASN Board of Directors made the decision to host Nutrition 2021 as an interactive, engaging, and safe virtual event: NUTRITION 2021 LIVE ONLINE, June 7-10.
What doomed a sprawling city near St. Louis 1,000 years ago?
In an image provided by Cahokia Mounds State Historic Site, L.K. Townsend s rendering of Cahokia Mounds at the start of the 12th century, with Monks Mound in the distance. Excavations at Cahokia, famous for its pre-Columbian mounds, challenge the idea that residents destroyed the city through wood clearing. L.K. Townsend, courtesy of Cahokia Mounds State Historic Site via The New York Times.
by Asher Elbein
(NYT NEWS SERVICE)
.- A thousand years ago, a city rose on the banks of the Mississippi River, near what eventually became St. Louis. Over miles of rich farms, public plazas and earthen mounds, the city known today as Cahokia was a thriving hub of immigrants, lavish feasting and religious ceremony. At its peak in the 1100s, Cahokia housed 20,000 people, greater than contemporaneous Paris.
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More than half of employed mothers in Illinois worked fewer hours and lost income during the coronavirus pandemic. The survey from the Uniersity of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign also found workforce participation among women dropped to 57%.
SPRINGFILED, IL New research shows pandemic-related child care burdens have magnified economic inequalities for women in the workforce in Illinois.
That research was included in The Child Care Crisis in Illinois: A Survey of Working Mothers During the COVID-19 Pandemic, conducted by the Project for Middle Class Renewal at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and the Illinois Economic Policy Institute nonprofit research organization.
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