UWeek Vol.15, No.26 May 7, 1998

News Briefs

Meetings

Board of Regents
The Board of Regents will hold a regular public meeting at 1:30 p.m. Friday, May 15 in the Walker Ames Room of Kane Hall. The regents will meet in formal session to take official action on personnel appointments and changes, gifts and grants, contracts and agreements with outside agencies, and other University business.
Secretary of the Board

Association for Women in Science
The May meeting of the Seattle Area Chapter of the Association for Women in Science (AWIS) will be from 7:309 p.m. Wednesday, May 13 at the NOAA Northwest Fisheries Science Auditorium, 2725 Montlake East (entrance on East Hamlin Street) in Seattle. Peggy Phillips, senior vice president of pharmaceutical development at Immunex Corporation, will talk on her career path to the executive level. Reception from 6:307:30 p.m. at the same location. For more information call Kay Stremler at 325-9977 or Helen Powell at 328-7561.

Toastmasters Harborview
Harborview Toastmasters Club meets from noon1 p.m. the second and fourth Tuesday of the month in the Harborview Board Room, 1-C-30. Visitors and guests are welcome. Call Amy Studer, 521-1667. Harborview Toastmasters Club

Al Anon
AlAnon Open Meeting for friends and families of alcoholics, 11:30 a.m. Wednesdays in 217 Loew.

Other News

Blood Drives
There will be blood drives from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Friday, May 8 in the Health Sciences Lobby and in the HUB.

Blood Pressure Screening
Have your blood pressure tested 11 a.m.1 p.m., on first Wednesdays of the month at the Faculty Club or 11 a.m.1 p.m. Fridays at Hall Health Primary Care Center.

Surplus Property
The following are available for interdepartmental transfer:

Sony CD Radio Cassette-Corder, CFD-31—never been used, original cost: $850. Will accept best offer. Call Elaine DuRall, 543-5240 or durall@u.washington.edu

Degree Examinations

Members of the Graduate Faculty are invited to attend the General and Final Examinations. Supervisory committee chairpersons are denoted in parentheses.

General Exams

Molly Jo Byrne, Electrical Engineering, Ph.D. 2 p.m. Friday, May 8. 215C EE/CSE. (Prof. Leung Tsang).

Walter Eugene Grodzik, Drama, Ph.D. 1:30 p.m. Friday, May 8. 150 Hutchinson. (Prof. Barry Witham).

Nels Eric Olson, Pathology, Ph.D. 2:30 p.m. Monday, May 11. K076 Health Sciences. (Prof. Michael Reidy).

James Albert Rodriguez, Education, Ph.D. 9 a.m. Wednesday, May 13. 412 Miller. (Prof. Mary Lee Nelson).

Shawn Adrian Ross, History, Ph.D. 8 a.m. Friday, May 8. 306 Smith. (Prof. Carol Thomas).

Ronald Stuart Steinke, Physics, Ph.D. 3:30 p.m. Thursday, May 14. C421 Physics/Astronomy. (Prof. Marshall Baker).

Tak-Chee Tony Tsang, Music, Ph.D. 4 p.m. Thursday, May 14. 212 Music. (Prof. Jonathan Bernard).

Final Exams

Derek Napier Eder, Psychology, Ph.D. noon Wednesday, May 13. 331 Guthrie. “A naturalistic study of sleep regulation in seasonal affective disorder: SAD, asleep, and unresponsive.” (Prof. Jaime Diaz).

Laurel L Jr Lenz, Immunology, Ph.D. 11 a.m. Monday, May 11. K069 Health Sciences. “Presentation of formylated bacterial peptides to cytotoxic T cells by an MHC class Ib molecule.” (Prof. Michael Bevan).

Brian Sukdo Lim, Education, Ph.D. 1:30 p.m. Wednesday, May 13. 122H Miller. “Factors influencing Korean-American students' mathematics achievement.” (Prof. James Vasquez).

Varavut Limpasuvan, Atmospheric Sciences, Ph.D. 3:30 p.m. Friday, May 8. 64 Johnson. “A study of the two-day wave near the stratopause.” (Prof. Conway Leovy).

Vebjorn Nilsen, Mechanical Engineering, Ph.D. 2:30 p.m. Tuesday, May 12. 259 Mechanical Engineering. “Investigation of differentially diffusing scalars in isotropic decaying turbulence.” (Prof. George Kosaly).

Jeremy Stuart Wilson, Forest Resources, Ph.D. 9:30 a.m. Monday, May 11. 22 Anderson. “Wind stability of Pacific Northwest Douglas-fir plantations.” (Prof. Chadwick Oliver).

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May 7, 1998