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CUSA student affiliate wins Brower Youth Award

 

Hai Vo, a 2009 graduate of Social Ecology at UCI and a CUSA Student Research Associate, has been chosen as a winner of a 2009 Brower Youth Award. Hai co-founded the Real Food Challenge (RFC) at the University of California at Irvine (UCI) and worked with CUSA on a series of research, education and advocacy projects related to improving the sustainability of campus food systems.

 

 

Food Security, Food Safety and Food Defense

 

Bryan McDonald presented on "Ensuring Safety and Security in the Food System"to a conference on "Factors Influencing Emerging Infections in the Southeast" sponsored by the Southeastern Center for Emerging Biologic Threats (SECEBT) and Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia, June 23-24, 2009.

 

 

A "Real"UCI Dining Experience

 

On May 16, Kelsey Meagher and Hai Vo, CUSA Student Affiliates, presented the results of their research on food sustainability at UC, Irvine. Their presentation "A "Real" UCI Dining Experience: Toward a Just and Sustainable Food System," was part of UC, Irvine's 16th annual Undergraduate Research Symposium.

 

 

 

 

Education and Service

CUSA's education and service activities focus on training the next generation of leaders through funding field research, offering courses and providing internship opportunities. Our students and interns are gaining recognition through awards and scholarships, and moving into influential positions in research, government and business arenas in the US and abroad.

 

Leadership and Preparedness

Part of this challenge is developing simple and effective strategies to improve preparedness, readiness and response at local, organizational, regional, national and international levels.