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When Subbu Venkat, 56, an engineering manager in Houston and a seasoned marathoner, learned in 2013 that a close family member needed an immediate kidney transplant due to an autoimmune condition, he wanted to do everything he could to support them. After doing some initial research and consulting with his relative’s medical team, he decided he was willing to make the ultimate act of humanity and compassion and became his relative’s living kidney donor in September 2014.
Mary Rice-Boothe’s husband, Marki Boothe, was diagnosed with kidney failure in 2019, and she navigated hurdles within the healthcare system for over a year before he was able to receive a transplant. Rice-Boothe, 45, who is also a runner, wasn’t a match for Marki, but she participated in a living donor exchange to help her husband get a much-needed kidney.
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Oliva Ray (bottom left) and Emily Wagner (top right) from Whitewater High School took first place honors after presenting their science fair project virtually for judges Michael Frnka, former engineer, and Cedric Sheffield, energy efficiency educator coordinator at Georgia Power Company. Photo/Fayette School System.
With some middle and high school students enrolled in full-time virtual learning and others attending school on a hybrid schedule, the new way of teaching and learning during a pandemic did not stop science enthusiasts from entering projects in the annual Fayette County Science and Engineering Fair.