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At international science fair, KC area sparkles
May 20, 2011

By JOE ROBERTSON

The Kansas City Star

The Kansas City science fair's two top winners this week won grand awards on an international stage.

Mary Brock, executive director of Science Pioneers, which organizes the Kansas City Science and Engineering Fair, said this is the first time anyone is aware of that both of Kansas City's grand award winners went on to win grand awards at the Intel International Science and Engineering Fair.

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Shawnee Mission East High School senior sees science as a passion and profession
April 08, 2011

By Morgan Chilson, Contributing Writer

Kansas City Business Journal

Shawnee Mission East High School senior Prarthana Dalal has been entering science fairs since middle school, pursuing a love of science and research that already has clarified her career goals at age 17.

"I'd like to make my major biochemistry and molecular biology and then pursue clinical medicine and combine it with research," she said. "My ultimate goal is to be in academic medicine as opposed to private practice."

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Johnson County science fair winners
April 08, 2011

The Kansas City Star

Here are Johnson County winners in the 59th Greater Kansas City Science and Engineering Fair, which was held March 24-26 at Union Station.

Rex Tai, Blue Valley North High School: Kansas BioGENEius Award

Samantha Parker, Blue Valley North High School: Air and Waste Management Association; Kansas BioGENEius Award; Linda Hall Library Display Award; United States Environmental Protection Agency Award; Society for Technical Communication Award

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Science Fair winners - Northland
April 08, 2011

The Kansas City Star

Here are Northland winners in the 59th Greater Kansas City Science and Engineering Fair, held March 24-26 at Union Station.

Carolyn Scheuler, Madeline Johannes and Sydney Garcia, St. Gabriel School: Environmental Protection Agency; 1st Place Intermediate Environmental Science/Energy Team

Antoinette Cangelosi, Lauren Morley and Allie Freese, St. Gabriel School: Environmental Protection Agency; 1st Place Junior Environmental Science/Energy Team

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For 60th year, Greater KC Science and Engineering Fair names winners
March 26, 2011

By Kevin Collison

The Kansas City Star

The Greater Kansas City Science and Engineering Fair honored some of the best young minds in the area for the 60th year Saturday, and once again there's reason for hope in the future.

One of the Grand Award winners is pursuing a cleaner world through his research into producing and using hydrogen fuel that eliminates harmful carbon emissions. The other, a Grand Award winner for her third consecutive year, is planning a career in medical research.

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Kids from KC public grade school get into science
March 24, 2011

By JOE ROBERTSON

The Kansas City Star

The brass-plated doors of Union Station opened, and the Faxon Elementary School children stepped in with their trifolded science fair projects, gaping at the cathedral ceiling.

"It felt like a mansion," said Debonay West, 11.

In the Grand Hall before them, rows of tables were already beginning to fill with student projects from schools mostly not like theirs " an urban public school.

They'd made it. Twelve of them, with seven projects between them.

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