News Briefs

Meetings

Board of Regents
The UW Board of Regents will hold a regular public meeting at 1:30 p.m. Friday, Dec. 11, 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

Toastmasters Harborview
Harborview Toastmasters Club meets from noon­1 p.m. the second and fourth Tuesday of the month in Dining Room B, Harborview. Visitors and guests are welcome. Call Pam Love, 285-1409.
Harborview Toastmasters Club

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

Classes

Library Computer Classes
The UW Libraries provide computer training in subjects ranging from introductory classes such as “Finding Articles” and “Catalog Overview” to specialized classes in Engineering and Life Sciences “Database” search techniques. The classes are free and attendance is limited to UW students, faculty and staff unless noted.

To request a copy of the UW Library Computer Classes brochure, contact the OUGL Secretary at 685-3752 or email bial@u.washington.edu. The information is also available via UWIN and UW Libraries Home Page at http://www.lib.washington.edu/training.htm.

Training and Development
For further information, call 543-1957.

  • Getting the Zoo out of Project Management, 8:30 a.m.­5 p.m., Friday, Dec. 11.
  • Motivating People in Times of Change—Things Money Can’t Buy,
    1 p.m.­4 p.m., Tuesday, Dec. 15.

    Safety Training
    Environmental Health and Safety will offer the following free safety classes to University personnel. Pre-registra-tion is required; call 543-7201.

  • Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR), 1­4 p.m., Tuesday, Dec. 15, HUB 310.
  • Shipping and Transporting Hazardous Materials, 8:30 a.m.­12:30 p.m., Wednesday, Dec. 16, Personnel Conference Room 16, Harborview.

    A training schedule is also available on the EH&S website: http://www.ehs.washington.edu

    Other News

    Blood Drives
    Student Blood Drive, 10 a.m.­4 p.m., Friday, Dec. 11, HUB.

    Surplus Equipment

    Custom built analog electronic pantograph.
    Allows manual plotting on paper of the positions of features visible in a microscope, $3,000. For more information contact Ric Robinson, Dept of Biological Structure, 5-0614.

    Keyboard Instrument Sale
    The Surplus Property program is conducting a catalog sale of used keyboard instruments surplused by the School of Music. Included in the sale are upright and grand pianos, harpsichords, and a melodian. The instruments will be available for viewing at Meany Hall, Room 59 on Friday, Dec. 11 and Friday, Dec. 18 from 10am to noon.

    For additional information or to request a sale catalog, please contact Surplus Property at 685-1573.

    Degree Exams
    Members of the Graduate Faculty are invited to attend the General and Final Examinations.

    Supervisory committee chairpersons are denoted in parentheses.

    General Examinations

  • Craig Aaron Behnke, Biochemistry, Ph.D. 2 p.m. Monday, Dec 14, J412 Health Sciences. (Prof. David Teller).
  • Chong M Cha, Mechanical Engineering, Ph.D. 3 p.m. Friday, Dec 11, 259 Mechanical Engineering. (Profs. George Kosaly and John Kramlich).
  • Steven Dyal Edland, Public Health and Community Medicine­Epidemiology, Ph.D. 1 p.m. Tuesday, Dec 15, F348 Health Sciences. (Prof. Walter Kukull).
  • Deron Andrew Ferguson, Geography, Ph.D. 1 p.m. Monday, Dec 14, 409 Smith. (Prof. William Beyers).
  • Paul Joseph Goodman, Atmospheric Sciences, Ph.D. 10 a.m. Wednesday, Dec 16, 406 Atmospheric Science/Geophysics. (Prof. Edward Sarachik).
  • Ann Wilson Grant, Chemistry, Ph.D. 10 a.m. Monday, Dec 14, 319 Bagley. (Prof. Charles Campbell).
  • Jason Marc Harris, English, Ph.D. 2 p.m. Tuesday, Dec 15, A101C Padelford. (Prof. Marshall Brown).
  • Ellen M Hickey, Speech and Hearing Sciences, Ph.D. 1:30 p.m. Friday, Dec 11, 52 Social Work. (Prof. Lesley Olswang).
  • Ali F Igmen, History, Ph.D. 10 a.m. Monday, Dec 14, 320 Smith. (Prof. Daniel Waugh).
  • Hiroaki Ishii, Forest Resources, Ph.D. 10:30 a.m. Wednesday, Dec 16, 30 Anderson. (Prof. E. David Ford).
  • Julie Christine Kiefer, Biochemistry, Ph.D. 10 a.m. Friday, Dec 11, J412 Health Sciences. (Prof. Stephen Hauschka).
  • Sohyun Park Lee, Urban Design and Planning Group, Ph.D. 10 a.m. Monday, Dec 14, 410 Gould. (Prof. Gail Dubrow).
  • Benjamin Hong Nien Leung, Molecular and Cellular Biology, Ph.D. 9 a.m., Monday, Dec 14, A2-195 FHCRC, SLU. (Prof. James Priess).
  • Ravi A Managuli, Electrical Engineering, Ph.D.
    1 p.m., Monday, Dec 14, 403 EE/CSE. (Prof. Yongmin Kim).
  • Connie Pickett Matthews, Pathology, Ph.D. 2 p.m., Monday, Dec 14, C1M-015 FHCRC. (Prof. James McDougall).
  • Edward Axel Miao, Microbiology, Ph.D. 12 p.m., Tuesday, Dec 15, H562 Health Sciences. (Prof. Samuel Miller).
  • David Molea, Physiology and Biophysics, Ph.D.
    1 p.m., Thursday, Dec 17, G417 Health Sciences. (Prof. Edwin Rubel).
  • Vivian Cleoda Murray, Education, Ed.D. 2 p.m., Friday, Dec 11, 201 Miller. (Prof. Michael Knapp).
  • Pamela Jean Neal, Electrical Engineering, Ph.D.
    1 p.m., Tuesday, Dec 15, 303 EE/CSE. (Prof. Linda Shapiro).
  • Deborah A Phillips, Nursing, Ph.D. 10 a.m., Friday, Dec 11, T404 Health Sciences. (Prof. Dorothy Henderson).
  • David Edward Starr, Chemistry, Ph.D. 3 p.m., Monday, Dec 14, 319 Bagley. (Prof. Charles Campbell).
  • Kari Ann Stiles, Botany, Ph.D. 10:30 a.m., Monday, Dec 14, 312 Hitchcock. (Prof. Elizabeth Van Volkenburgh).
  • Moira Elsie Szabo, Music, Ph.D. 9 a.m., Wednesday, Dec 16, 101 Music. (Prof. Patricia Campbell).
  • Thomas Pearson Wadsworth, Sociology, Ph.D.
    3:30 p.m., Friday, Dec 11, 110C Savery. (Prof. Robert Crutchfield).
  • Brandon Stephen Willis, Molecular and Cellular Biology, Ph.D. 1:30 p.m., Friday, Dec 11, T466K Health Sciences. (Prof. G. Stanley McKnight).
  • David Jun Sing Wong, Molecular and Cellular Biology, Ph.D. 1:30 p.m., Tuesday, Dec 15, C2M-015 FHCRC. (Professor Brian Reid).
  • Velma Jean Yamashita, Art History, Ph.D. 10 a.m., Wednesday, Dec 16, 312 Art. (Prof. Rene Bravmann).

    Final Examinations

  • Curtis Wayne Adams, Microbiology, Ph.D.
    2:30 p.m., Monday, Dec 14, K069 Health Sciences. “Analyses of regulatory systems in two different gram negative bacteria.” (Prof. Stephen Lory).
  • Thomas W Arroll, Public Health and Community Medicine­Pathobiology, Ph.D. 12:30 p.m., Monday, Dec 14, T733 Health Sciences. “T cell responses to treponema pallidum subsp. pallidum antigens during the course of experimental syphilis infection.” (Prof. Wesley Van Voorhis).
  • Christian Thomas Asplund, Music, D.M.A. 10 a.m., Wednesday, Dec 16, 27 Music. “A girl’s body at crepuscule, and the open curtain: Two chamber operas.” (Prof. John Rahn).
  • Nancy B Beck, Public Health and Community Medicine­Environmental Health, Ph.D. 3:30 p.m., Tuesday, Dec 15, T439 Health Sciences. “Phenobarbital mediated induction of the cytochrome p450 2B genes: Mechanistic investigations.” (Prof. Curtis Omiecinski).
  • Raymond Bogaert, Oral Biology, Ph.D. 2 p.m., Thursday, Dec 17, T360 Health Sciences. “Identification and characterization of Type II collagen mutations.” (Prof. David Eyre).
  • Blake Charles Chenevert, Mechanical Engineering, Ph.D. 9 a.m., Friday, Dec 11, 219A Mechanical Engineering. “Fine ash morphology and aerosol formation­A comparison of coal and biomass fuels.” (Prof. John Kramlich).
  • Kerri W Cooper, Chemical Engineering, Ph.D.
    10 a.m., Thursday, Dec 17, 117 Benson. “Expression, degradation, and applications of Escherichia coli To1A-beta-lactamase fusion proteins.” (Prof. Francois Baneyx).
  • Susan Ruth Crandall, Business Administration, Ph.D. 10 a.m., Monday, Dec 14, 367 Mackenzie. “Turnover in the high-tech industry: Shocks and sensemaking in the unfolding model of turnover.” (Prof. Marilyn Gist).
  • Eric William Deutsch, Astronomy, Ph.D. 3:30 p.m. Tuesday, Dec 15, C520 Physics/Astronomy. “The optical counterparts of the luminous x-ray binary stars in globular clusters.” (Prof. Bruce Margon).
  • Maria Duryea, Anthropology, Ph.D. 1 p.m., Monday, Dec 14, M32A Denny. “Changing lives and life changes on Taibei’s urban border, 1959-1994.” (Prof. Stevan Harrell).
  • Susan Hrach Georgecink, English, Ph.D. 10:30 a.m. Tuesday, Dec 15, A101C Padelford. “Practices of writing: Early modern metaphors of literacy and the function of composition, past and present.” (Prof. Sara van den Berg).
  • Paul Keith Hershberger, Fisheries, Ph.D. 9 a.m., Monday, Dec 14, 201 Fisheries Center. “Epizootiology of viral hemorrhagic septicemia virus among confined Pacific herring.” (Prof. Richard Kocan).
  • Susan Irene Hurst, Pharmacy—Pharmaceutics, Ph.D. 11 a.m., Wednesday, Dec 16, K069 Health Sciences. “Roles of cytochrome P450 and microsomal expoide hydrolase in drug-drug interactions involving valproic acid and its analogues.” (Prof. Rene Levy).
  • Shawn Patrick Iadonato, Genetics, Ph.D. 1 p.m., Wednesday, Dec 16, J280 Health Sciences. “Genetic analysis of the boondock family of subtelomeric repeats in the human genome.” (Prof. Maynard Olson).
  • Glenn Albert Johnson, Speech and Hearing Sciences, Ph.D. 10:30 a.m. Tuesday, Dec 15, 32 Social Work. “Not another white elephant! Children’s understanding of unfamiliar phrasal idioms. Or, paralysis by analysis?” (Prof. Lesley Olswang).
  • Jonathan Joseph Karakowski, Physics, Ph.D.
    10:30 a.m., Thursday, Dec 17, C520 Physics/Astronomy. “Can the neutron polarizabilities be determined in a compton scattering experiment?” (Prof. Gerald Miller).
  • Patricia Costa Kim, Music, Ph.D. 12:30 p.m., Tuesday, Dec 15, 27 Music. “Making music their own: A social history of music in Seattle’s schools, 1960-75.” (Patricia Campbell).
  • Jeremy Hager Klug, Chemical Engineering, Ph.D.
    1 p.m., Monday, Dec 14,117 Benson. “High-performance adhesive systems for polymer composite bonding applications.” (Prof. James Seferis).
  • Madeleine Joy Meagher, Genetics, Ph.D. 3:30 p.m., Monday, Dec 14, J280 Health Sciences. “Identification and characterization of ZFR, a zinc finger protein required for murine embryonic cell survival and growth.” (Prof. Robert Braun).
  • Paul Joseph Muchowski, Biological Structure, Ph.D. 10:30 a.m., Friday, Dec 11, K069 Health Sciences. “Structural and functional characterization of human Alpha B-crystallin, a small heat-shock protein and molecular chaperone.” (Prof. John Clark).
  • Lisa Beth Prichard, Pharmacology, Ph.D. 11 a.m., Friday, Dec 11, T639 Health Sciences. “The role of the IQ motif, a protein kinase C and calmodulin regulatory domain, in neuroplasticity, RNA processing and metabolism.” (Prof. Daniel Storm).
  • Sungkwon Soh, Fisheries, Ph.D. 12:30 p.m., Friday, Dec 11, 201 Fisheries Center. “The use of harvest refugia in the management of Shortraker and Rougheye Rockfish (Sebastes borealis/Sebastes aleutianus) in the Gulf of Alaska.” (Prof. Donald Gunderson).
  • Diana Lynn Woods, Nursing, Ph.D. 10 a.m., Wednesday, Dec 16, T612 Health Sciences. “The effect of therapeutic touch on glucocorticoids and agitated behavior in individuals with dementia of the Alzheimer type.” (Prof. Margaret Dimond).
  • Carol Ann Woody, Fisheries, Ph.D. 1 p.m., Tuesday, Dec 15, 201 Fisheries Center. “Ecologic, morphometric, genetic, and life history comparison of two sockeye salmon populations, Tustumena Lake, Alaska.” (Prof. Christian Grue). ¶


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    December 10, 1998