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WHAT: "CodeBreaker"
WHERE: Spencer Museum of Art auditorium
WHEN: 5:30 to 8 p.m.
ABOUT: Patrick Sammon, the producer and director of "Codebreaker," will present this new documentary highlighting a pioneer of codebreaking in World War II.
WHAT: KU Tango Spring Classes
WHERE: Kansas Union
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Friday, April 5
WHAT: "The Story of Luke"
WHERE: Liberty Hall Cinema, 644 Massachusetts St.
WHEN: 7 p.m.
ABOUT: This film, directed by Lawrence natalio Mayo, centers on a young autistic man on a quest to find a job and a girlfriend. Tickets for this one-day screening event are $8.
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**WHAT:** Girl Scout Rummage Sale for Community Shelter
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**When:** 8 a.m. to 3 p.m.
**ABOUT:** This charity event hosted by Girl Scout Troop #7745 benefits the Lawrence Community Shelter.
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**WHAT:** Edible Books Festival
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WHERE: Edgewood Park, Maple Lane and Miller Drive
WHEN: 7 p.m.
ABOUT: This hybrid game is exactly what it sounds like. Mallets and ball are provided, but bring your own bike!
"The first year, I would show up to group meetings and everything would fly over my head." Chen said. "But after you go to a
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ABOUT: Enjoy karaoke festivities and $2 draws and wells.
Based on those interactions, Chen's research can determine how a molecule will react in a chemical reaction or in a mixture, allowing specific molecules to be designed to act in a specific way.
Students given notable engineering scholarship
EMILY DONOVAN edonovan@kansan.com
Two Jayhawks have been awarded one of the nation's most prestigious merit-based, undergraduate scholarships in the sciences. Qi Chen, a junior studying chemical engineering from Overland Park, and Liaan Dang, a junior studying chemistry from Shawnee, have both received the Barry M. Goldwater Scholarship after a rigorous application process and intense national competition.
"This scholarship is mostly to encourage people to go to grad school and pursue a research career." Chen said.
One of his freshman orientation seminars was led by Dr. Kyle Camarda, an associate professor and associate dean at the School of Engineering, who mentioned Chen's computational chemical engineering research at the end of the presentation. The project started when Chen walked up to Camarda and asked if he had any open space in his lab.
"The project I'm working on right now is quantum level descriptors and computational molecular design," Chen said. "I look at a molecule, look at what other charges are on a molecule and, from that, compare it with other molecules to figure out how well they'll play together — what kind of interactions they'll have."
few meetings, you start catching on to things."
After spending last summer in Denmark collaborating on the project, Chen presented the research at this year's American Institute of Chemical Engineers' annual meeting in Pittsburgh. Outside of the research lab, Chen organized this year's Engineering Expo, is involved with the Self Engineering Leadership Fellows (SELF) Program and plans to spend this summer working as an intern with ExxonMobil.
"The biggest part of the application was talking about your experience in research and why you are a scientist." Dang said.
The Journal of the American Chemical Society published an article covering Dang's catalysts earlier this year. Dang is also the treasurer of her scholarship hall's executive board and involved with the Chemistry Club, taking chemistry demonstrations out to elementary schools to get kids excited about slime and things that blow up or are gross to touch.
Dang sent out emails, attended meetings and entered the research lab in her sophomore year after Chen persuaded her to get involved with on-campus research. Having started off making nanoparticles, she now works to make industrial catalysts, which convert the leftovers from plant feedstock like corn husks or vegetable oil into sellable byproducts.
The two have been dating since meeting up to take a walk around campus on move-in day
"A big focus of my research is renewable and sustainable energy," Dang said. "We're making the biodiesel process more sustainable and more energy-efficient by using the byproducts to make valuable chemicals."
"Iliana's mom still owes me a home-cooked Chinese gourmet meal because she's so happy that I set the two of them up," Marcus said. "I consider that the most successful relationship that I've ever been involved with."
their freshman year. A mutual friend, sophomore Mike Marcus, hassled Dang into approaching Chen after he had met her through the Science Olympiad at Shawnee Mission Northwest High School, and knew Chen through collaboration with Shawnee Mission East High School's Robotics Club.
The scholarship will be applied to Chen and Dang's senior years.
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The 56-year-old Amyx has been actively involved in government since 1983 when he was first elected Lawrence City Commissioner. He has been elected to the post a total of five times. He has also been a Douglas County Commissioner, Chairman of the Douglas County Commission and Mayor of Lawrence. Amyx voted against the $25 million recreation center in northwest Lawrence, making him the
Amyx and Farmer cruised to victory with 7,019 votes and 5,271 votes, respectively. They will each serve four-year terms. Riordan, on the other hand, barely inched ahead of Leslie Soden, beating her by 94 votes for the third available seat. He will serve a two-year term.
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Riordan, a graduate of the University of Kansas Medical School, is a pediatrician who was chairman of the Douglas County Planning Commission in 2005 and 2006. He was also the president of the Oread Neighborhood Association from 2003 to 2004 and a board member for the Douglas County Health Department. He committed $18,000 of his own money to his campaign.
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Three elected Tuesday to City Commission
The Lawrence City Commission election was held on Tuesday, and 10 percent of registered voters in Lawrence turned up at the polls to vote. The three open seats were captured by Mike Amyx, Jeremy Farmer and Terry Riordan.
Farmer is the executive director of Just Food, an organization that provides food for those in need in Lawrence. He has worked for nonprofit organizations for over a decade and was the director of community awareness at Project Hope Food Bank in Hot Springs, Arkansas before returning to his hometown, Lawrence. He plans to push for a stronger emphasis on technical education and be an advocate for threatened populations in Lawrence. This will be his first government job.
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