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Meetings

Board of Regents
Board of Regents meets 1:30 p.m., March 19, Walker-Ames Room, 225 Kane.
Board of Regents

Work/Family Services
Work/Family Services presents Essentials for Organizing the Homefront, by organizer-records manager Michelle Walsh, Office Options, 1 p.m., March 18, 142 Gerberding.

Association for Women in Science
The Seattle area chapter of the Association for Women in Science (AWIS) will present Jennifer Kalishman, veterinarian, speaking on “From Research Assistant to Veterinarian: Embryonic Stem Cells Are Forever!” at 7:30 p.m., Tuesday, March 16, at the NOAA Northwest Fisheries Science Center Auditorium, 2725 Montlake Blvd. East, Seattle (entrance is on East Hamlin Street; parking is free and is located behind the building). There will be a reception from 6:30-7:30 p.m. at the same location.

The meeting is free and open to the public. For more information contact Sally Fitts at (206) 522-5969; Helen Powell at (206) 569-7634. Additional information about AWIS activities can be found at Web site: http://www.scn.org/tech/awis.


Al Anon

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

Other

Diabetes Research Study
The UW 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.

Surplus UW property for sale
Find a wide variety of furniture and equipment at the Surplus Property warehouse. These items are available for purchase by University departments. Many of the items will only be available until March 12. After this date, they will be sold at a Public Auction on March 20. The warehouse is open from 1-3:30 p.m, Monday-Friday until March 5. To view items after this date, an appointment must be made with the warehouse staff. The warehouse is located at 1117 N.E. Boat St., behind the University Police department. For more information, call the Surplus Property office at 685-1573, or e-mail at surplus2@u.washington.edu.

Blood Drive
UW Medical School Blood Drive, 10 a.m.-1 p.m. and 1:45-4 p.m., Friday, March 5, Health Sciences Lobby.

Degree Exams

General Examinations

  • Rolf Erhart Aalto, Geological Sciences, Ph.D. 10:30 a.m. Friday, March 5. 311 Johnson. (Prof. Thomas Dunne).
  • Michael Scott Bittner, Education, Ph.D. 9 a.m. Tuesday, March 9. 112A Miller. (Prof. Theodore Kaltsounis).
  • David S. Gerson, Business Administration, Ph.D. 10 a.m. Wednesday, March 10. McCabe Room, Mackenzie. (Prof. Marilyn Gist).
  • Kim Marie Korinek, Sociology, Ph.D. 9:30 a.m. Wednesday, March 10. 110C Savery. (Prof. Charles Hirschman).
  • Vatchara Lertpiriyasuwat, Mechanical Engineering, Ph.D. 3:30 p.m. Tuesday, March 9. 219A Mechanical Engineering. (Prof. Martin Berg).
  • Gregory Kirk Ridgeway, Statistics, Ph.D. 3:30 p.m. Thursday, March 11. 325 Thomson. (Profs. David Madigan and Thomas Richardson).
  • Anne Grethe Sabo, Comparative Literature, Ph.D. 9 a.m. Friday, March 5. B526 Padelford. (Prof. Gary Handwerk).
  • Vesna Savic, Mechanical Engineering, Ph.D. 10:30 a.m. Thursday, March 11. 259 Mechanical Engineering. (Prof. Mark Tuttle).
  • Jennifer Seltz, History, Ph.D. 9:30 a.m. Friday, March 5. 306 Smith. (Profs. Suzanne Lebsock and Richard White).
  • Wendy Jane Shaw, Chemistry, Ph.D. 2:30 p.m. Monday, March 8. 439 Chemistry. (Prof. Gary Drobny).
  • Michael J. Witgen, History, Ph.D. 3:30 p.m. Friday, March 5. 306 Smith. (Prof. Richard Johnson and Richard White).
  • Billy Ray Woodall, Education, Ph.D. 11:45 a.m. Friday, March 5. 222 Miller. (Prof. Nancy Hansen-Krening).

    Final Examinations

  • Elizabeth Faye Barnett, Education, Ph.D. 2 p.m. Friday, March 5. 112A Miller. “Student learning in a community college multicultural course.” (Prof. James Banks).
  • Michelle Catherine Catlin, Public Health and Community Medicine—Environmental Health, Ph.D. 3 p.m. Monday, March 8. T435 HSC. “Effects of ethanol on muscarinic—induced responses in astroglia.” (Prof. Lucio Costa).
  • Darren Charles Cronquist, Computer Science and Engineering, Ph.D. 3:30 p.m. Wednesday, March 10. 403 EE1. “Reconfigurable pipelined datapaths.” (Prof. Carl Ebeling).
  • John Patrick Dunne, Oceanography, Ph.D. 12:30 p.m. Friday, March 5. 123 Marine Sciences. “Measured and modeled particle export in equatorial and coastal upwelling regions.” (Prof. James Murray).
  • Clea Therese Finkle, Political Science, Ph.D. 2 p.m. Tuesday, March 9. 40 Smith. “State, power, and policing in colonial North India.” (Prof. Paul Brass).
  • April Ann Gerlock, Nursing, Ph.D. 10 a.m. Friday, March 5. T513 HSC. “Comparison and prediction of completers and non-completers of a domestic violence program.” (Prof. Patricia Betrus).
  • Charles R. Griffin, Education, Ed.D. 12 p.m. Wednesday, March 10. 112A Miller. “The changing role and responsibilities of the independent school headmaster.” (Prof. Kenneth Ostrander).
  • Ibrahim M. Hallaj, Electrical Engineering, Ph.D. 10 a.m. Thursday, March 11. 303 EE/CSE. “Nonlinear acoustics in underwater and biomedical applications: Array performance degradation and time reversal invariance.” (Prof. Robert Porter).
  • Laura Dawn Hathaway, Education, Ph.D. 9 a.m. Wednesday, March 10. 222 Miller. “Differential learning of physics according to gender.” (Prof. Francis Hunkins).
  • Giorgi Khazaradze, Geophysics, Ph.D. 3 p.m. Monday, March 8. 154 ATG/QRC. “Tectonic deformation rates in western Washington from global positioning system measurements.” (Prof. Anthony Qamar).
  • Gregory Mitchell Lee, Chemistry, Ph.D. 1 p.m. Thursday, March 11. 102 Chemistry. “Solution-state conformational studies of endothelin analogs.” (Prof. Niels Andersen).
  • Wan-Fen Li, Public Health and Community Medicine—Environmental Health, Ph.D. 2 p.m. Friday, March 5. RR134 HSC. “Development of a mouse model to study the role of paraoxonase (PON1) in organophosphate detoxication.” (Prof. Lucio Costa).
  • Kirsten Ruth Lorentzen, Geophysics, Ph.D. 3 p.m. Thursday, March 11. 154 ATG/QRC. “Precipitation of relativistic electrons on the duskside.” (Prof. Michael McCarthy).
  • Scott Lybarger, Speech Communication, Ph.D. 3:30 p.m. Monday, March 8. 205 Raitt. “Metaphors and media law: Conceptualizations of computer-mediated communication in ACLU v. Reno, Shea v. Reno, and Reno v. ACLU.” (Prof. Haig Bosmajian).
  • Peter Tsakani Manyike, Pharmacy—Pharmaceutics, Ph.D. 11 a.m. Monday, March 8. K069 HSC. “CYP2E1: Mechanism of induction by isoniazid and role in acetaminophen oxidation.” (Prof. John Slattery).
  • Jennifer A. McLerran, Art History, Ph.D. 2:30 p.m. Thursday, March 11. 311 Art. “Inventing ‘Indian Art:’ New Deal Indian policy and the native artist as ‘natural’ resource.” (Prof. Patricia Failing).
  • Rie Nakamura, Anthropology, Ph.D. 12:30 p.m. Wednesday, March 10. M32A Denny. “Cham in Vietnam: A study of ethnicity.” (Prof. Stevan Harrell).
  • Sharon E. Parkman, Nursing, Ph.D. 3 p.m. Friday, March 5. T305 HSC. “The infant undergoing cardiac surgery: Can we predict length of stay and presence of complications from age, weight, diagnoses and type of surgery.” (Prof. Susan Woods).
  • Lhakpa Norbu Sherpa, Forest Resources, Ph.D. 10:30 a.m. Monday, March 8. 22 Anderson. “Human impact on high altitude forest structures in the Nangpa and Hinku Valleys, Sagarmatha and Makalu-Barun National parks, Solukhumbu, Nepal.” (Prof. Chadwick Oliver).
  • Rolf Erik Sonnerup, Oceanography, Ph.D. 9 a.m. Friday, March 5. 123 Marine Sciences. “Reconstructing the oceanic 13c Suess effect.” (Prof. Paul Quay).
  • Changhong Wang, Public Health and Community Medicine—Environmental Health, Ph.D. 3 p.m. Tuesday, March 9. 229 Roosevelt. “Identification of hepatic glutathione S-transferase(s) involved in aflatoxin B1-8, 9-epoxide conjugating activity in the non-human primate Macaca fiscicularis.” (Prof. David Eaton).


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    March 4, 1999