{"id":215,"date":"2017-01-09T16:01:06","date_gmt":"2017-01-09T16:01:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mub.eps.manchester.ac.uk\/science-engineering\/?p=215"},"modified":"2023-06-21T09:30:44","modified_gmt":"2023-06-21T08:30:44","slug":"outstanding-manchester-humanitarians-recognised-for-their-world-leading-roles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mub.eps.manchester.ac.uk\/science-engineering\/2017\/01\/09\/outstanding-manchester-humanitarians-recognised-for-their-world-leading-roles\/","title":{"rendered":"Outstanding Manchester humanitarians recognised for their world-leading roles"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Two former Manchester students have been presented with awards by the University in recognition of their world-leading leading roles in humanitarian aid and emergency response.<\/p>\n<p>Gareth Owen and Karen O\u2019Neill both won Outstanding Alumni awards, which are presented annually to alumni who have achieved distinction in their professions through exemplary service to local, national or international communities.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.manchester.ac.uk\/study\/undergraduate\/courses\/2017\/03343\/beng-civil-engineering\/\">Civil Engineering<\/a> graduate Gareth Owen has spent a quarter of a century working in humanitarian aid. From Somalia and Angola through to Uganda, Kosovo, Pakistan and Syria, he has witnessed some of the world\u2019s most devastating crisis environments. He has led responses to numerous emergencies all over the world over the last two decades, including the Iraq conflict (2003), Asian tsunami (2004), and East Africa drought (2011).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Two former Manchester students have been presented with awards by the University in recognition of their world-leading leading roles in humanitarian aid and emergency response. 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