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Fund$eeking Workshop

Fund$eeking Workshop for UW faculty & staff: a seminar highlighting Web-based fund-seeking tools. The workshop will be held Monday, Feb. 8 from 4:30-6 p.m. in OUGL’s Collaboratory 2 (ground floor). Registration required via e-mail (gfis@u.washington.edu). Internet experience is recommended. Consult our Web site (http://www.lib.washington.edu/gfis) for more information.”

Grants and Funding Information Service

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Diabetes Research Study

The University of Washington is seeking volunteers aged 30 to 75 with diabetes for a study testing the potential of a new diabetes medication. Volunteers must not be taking any medication for diabetes. The study will involve seven clinic visits during a three-month period. Subjects will receive free physical examinations and lab tests and be compensated for their time. For more information, call Monica at (206) 768-5272.

Degree Exams

General Examinations

  • James Garnet Droppo, Electrical Engineering, Ph.D. 9:30 a.m. Tuesday, Feb 2. 403 EE/CSE. (Prof. Les Atlas).
  • Heather Colburn Edberg, Chemistry, Ph.D. 2 p.m. Wednesday, Feb 3. 134 Chemistry Library. (Prof. Richard Gammon).
  • Kirati Laisathit, Business Administration, Ph.D. 2 p.m. Tuesday, Feb 2. McCabe Room, Mackenzie. (Prof. Alan Hess).
  • Robert Edward Mitchell, Comparative Literature, Ph.D. 11:30 a.m. Friday, Jan 29. B526 Padelford. (Prof. Mikkel Borch-Jacobsen).
  • Gabriel A Vecchi, Oceanography, Ph.D. 3:30 p.m. Wednesday, Feb 3. 123 Marine Sciences. (Prof. Don Harrison).

    Final Examinations

  • Andrew Philip Berman, Computer Science and Engineering, Ph.D. 10 a.m. Thursday, Feb 4. 422 Sieg. “Efficient content-based retrieval of images using triangle-inequality-based algorithms.” (Prof. Linda Shapiro).
  • Michael Dace Caufield, English, Ph.D. 10 a.m. Friday, Jan 29. A106 Padelford. “Let there be life: Notes toward a philosophy of art in the works of D.H. Lawrence and Wallace Stevens.” (Prof. Hazard Adams).
  • Kurt Marshall Cuffey, Geological Sciences, Ph.D. 2:30 p.m. Monday, Feb 1. 154 Quaternary Research Center. “Glaciological investigations beneath an active polar glacier.” (Prof. Bernard Hallet).
  • Kristin Lynn Fitzpatrick, Comparative Literature, Ph.D. 12 p.m. Monday, Feb 1. B526 Padelford. “What she carries with her: Gender and American national identity in nineteenth-century women’s travel narratives.” (Prof. Gary Handwerk).
  • Jason Se-Yung Kuo, Chemical Engineering, Ph.D. 9:30 a.m. Thursday, Feb 4. 102 Architecture. “Surface investigations of the atomic layer growth mechanism in aluminum nitride thin film deposition using dimethylethylamine alane and ammonia.” (Prof. James Rogers). ¶



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    February 4, 1999