05/23/2022 - Carrolyn Patterson, a member of the Academy staff for over 21 years, serving in recent years on the Executive Team as Senior Director of Human Resources and Office Services, has been promoted to Vice President of Human Resources Culture and Diversity.
02/25/2022 - In accordance with the Academy’s focus on inclusion, diversity, equity and access, and efforts to recognize the wide range of diverse populations among dietetics professionals, member profiles in the My Academy area of eatrightPRO now have expanded gender options based on benchmarking with various organizations.
02/09/2022 - The South Carolina Affiliate of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics is offering the following three free webinars in February on IDEA via funding from an Academy IDEA mini grant.
12/15/2021 - Mentors will meet two or three times with their mentees to brainstorm potential projects, review existing project ideas, and review mini-grant applications.
09/27/2021 - Leaders of the National Baptist Convention, USA, Inc., and the announced a strategic partnership aimed at reducing health disparities for African Americans focused on aligning nutrition security and ministry outreach during the launch of NBCUSA’s convening of faith leaders.
08/31/2021 - The Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics Foundation has selected dietetics students Gabriela Naveda and Latina Robinson as the recipients of its Advancing Diversity in Dietetics Scholarship.
08/03/2021 - The Academy supports Black Women’s Equal Pay Day on August 3, and will continue to advocate for policies that ensure equal pay for women as an important step in fostering financial and nutrition security for families.
05/19/2021 - We share the strategic goal of achieving health equity and offer our support in your work, as a food and nutrition professional organization and as essential workers on the front lines of the pandemic.
04/28/2021 - U.S. Rep. Robin Kelly (Ill.) and 10 members of Congress have urged House Appropriations Committee leadership to include $310 million in funding to address racial disparities in nutrition.
04/08/2021 - The Academy Foundation is accepting applications for a new Advancing Diversity in Dietetics Scholarship that will provide $25,000 each to two aspiring RDNs of diverse backgrounds and cultures.
03/31/2021 - The Foundation has awarded its first Diversity and Inclusion Fellowship to registered dietitian nutritionist Marie AK Allsopp, a clinical assistant professor in nutrition science at Purdue University.
03/18/2021 - The Academy stands firmly with our members and all Americans of Asian descent, and in strong opposition to recent increases in threats, harassment and violence against members of the Asian community in the United States.
02/01/2021 - The Diversity and Inclusion Committee has drafted overarching goals for a D&I action plan that is based on qualitatively analyzed member and external stakeholder feedback.
12/18/2020 - The D&I Committee has been in consultation and collaboration with numerous Academy groups and organizational units, encouraging them to view projects such as webinars, videos, pamphlets and educational sessions through a diversity and inclusion lens.
12/15/2020 - The Diversity and Inclusion Committee thanks all Academy members and external stakeholders for the valuable insights they have provided to assist the committee.
