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President, Foreign Secretary, and Councillors</h3></td></tr> <tr><td> <div style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN-RIGHT: 5px"> <a href="morenews/20070426.html"><img height="140" alt="Photo by Donna Coveney" src="/web/20070427121854im_/http://www.nationalacademies.org/morenews/includes/20070426.jpg" width="100" border="0"/></a> </div> <p class="blurb"><span class="date">Apr. 26 -- </span> Charles Vest has been elected as the new president of the National Academy of Engineering. Vest, a mechanical engineer, is president emeritus of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Foreign secretary George Bugliarello and councillor Lawrence Papay were re-elected, and Linda Abriola, Ruth David, and Charles Elachi were elected as new councillors. All terms begin on July 1. </p></td></tr> <tr><td><div id="homepage_ul"> <ul> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20070427121854/http://www8.nationalacademies.org/onpinews/newsitem.aspx?RecordID=04262007">News Release, Councillors</a> </li> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20070427121854/http://www8.nationalacademies.org/onpinews/newsitem.aspx?RecordID=04262007b">Statement</a> </li> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20070427121854/http://www8.nationalacademies.org/onpinews/newsitem.aspx?RecordID=09152006">News Release, Vest</a></li> </ul> </div> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <table class="topnews"><tbody> <tr><td><h3 class="blurbhead"><a href="morenews/20070425.html">Nutrition Standards Proposed for 'Competitive' Foods in Schools</h3></td></tr> <tr><td> <div style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN-RIGHT: 5px"> <a href="morenews/20070425.html"><img height="140" alt="Photo from the public briefing (John Bavier)" src="/web/20070427121854im_/http://www.nationalacademies.org/morenews/includes/20070425.jpg" width="100" border="0"/></a> </div> <p class="blurb"><span class="date">Apr. 25 -- </span> A new report by the Institute of Medicine proposes a set of nutritional standards for foods and drinks available in schools that compete with the national school meal programs. The standards promote consumption of fruits, vegetables, whole grains, and nonfat or low-fat dairy products and limit the amount of saturated fat, salt, added sugars, and total calories. 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