{"id":1192,"date":"2021-03-11T18:23:33","date_gmt":"2021-03-11T23:23:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.iie.org\/why-iie\/awards\/"},"modified":"2026-04-09T08:50:25","modified_gmt":"2026-04-09T13:50:25","slug":"awards","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.iie.org\/about\/awards\/","title":{"rendered":"Medals and Awards"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\t\n\t<div class=\"wp-block-iie-navigation-wrapper is-layout-constrained wp-block-iie-navigation-wrapper-is-layout-constrained\">\n\t\t<div class=\"navigation-wrapper__sidebar\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"navigation-wrapper__menu-container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"navigation-wrapper__menu-controls\">\n\t\t\t<a class=\"navigation-wrapper__menu-parent-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.iie.org\/about\/\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"eyebrow\">About IIE<\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<nav id=\"navigation-wrapper-menu\" class=\"navigation-wrapper__menu\" aria-label=\"Sidebar Navigation\">\n\t\t\t<ul>\n\t\t\t\t<li class=\"page_item 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