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Meetings
Board of Regents
The UW Board of Regents will hold a regular public meeting Friday, April 16 at 1:30 p.m. 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.
Classes
Your Path to a Healthy Body Weight, a series of eight weight management classes sponsored by the UWMC-Roosevelt and the Nutrition Clinic, will begin this month. The course is $50. Classes for employees and non-employees will be held from 6 to 7 p.m. on Tuesdays, starting April 20, and 2:30 to 3:30 p.m. Wednesdays, starting April 21. To register, contact the Family Medicine Clinic at 206-598-4055. Classes for UW employees only will be held at the Plaza Café conference rooms at the UWMC from noon until 1 p.m. on Thursdays, starting April 22. For more information or to register, call Nutrition Services at 206-598-4163.
Environmental Health and Safety
Environmental Health and Safety will offer the following free safety classes to University personnel. Pre-registration is required. Call 543-7201 to register, for departmental training, or to be added to the mailing list.
Hazard Communication Train-the-Trainer: 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., April 22, 301B Hall Health.
Earthquake/Disaster Preparedness: 1:30 p.m., April 22, 301A Hall Health.
Compressed Gas Safety: 1:30 p.m., April 27, 301A Hall Health.
A training schedule is also available on the EH&S Web site: http://www.ehs.washington.edu
Urban Horticulture
FLORAbundance: 50th Annual Spring Plant Sale, 10 a.m.-5 p.m., April 24 and 10 a.m.-3 p.m., April 25.
Other
Summer Learning Directories
The 1999 Summer Learning Directories, published by Seattle’s child are now available through the Work/Family Services office. To request a copy email workfam@u.washington.edu or call 543-6963.
Men needed for testing
Recruiting healthy men ages 18 to 45 for investigational drug studies involving injectable hormones. These studies are important in the development of male contraceptives. Participation will require visits to the VA Medical Center. Volunteers will be paid. Interested men should call Rebecca at (206) 762-1010 ext. 6778. Department of Medicine, Endocrinology.
General Examinations
Eric Christopher Anderson, Quantitative Ecology and Resource Management, Ph.D. 11:30 a.m., Wednesday, April 21, I-132 HSC. (Prof. Elizabeth Thompson).
Anke Silke Biendarra, Germanics, Ph.D. 9:30 a.m., Tuesday, April 20, 308 Denny. (Prof. Sabine Wilke).
Brian John Carroll, Chemistry, Ph.D. 9:30 a.m., Tuesday, April 20, 102 Chemistry. (Prof. Heinz Floss).
Nicolle Annette Mode, Quantitative Ecology and Resource Management, Ph.D. noon, Thursday, April 22, 425 Bagley. (Prof. Loveday Conquest).
Robert Ernest Mouat, Mathematics, Ph.D. 2 p.m., Monday, April 19, 308 Balmer. (Prof. Selim Tuncel).
Mark L. Potocki, Mechanical Engineering, Ph.D. 9:30 a.m., Wednesday, April 21, 245 Mechanical Engineering. (Prof. Mark Tuttle).
Feng Zheng, Materials Science and Engineering, Ph.D. 12:30 p.m., Friday, April 16, 243 Wilcox. (Prof. Rajendra Bordia).
Final Examinations
Andrew Gettelman, Atmospheric Sciences, Ph.D. 3:30 p.m., Friday, April 16, 64 Johnson.“Stratosphere-troposphere exchange and the impact of commercial aviation on the atmosphere.” (Prof. James Holton).
Stephen Christopher Porter, Chemical Engineering, Ph.D. 1 p.m., Monday, April 19, 422 Bagley. “Surface characterization and biointeraction studies of low surface energy side-chain polyetherurethanes.” (Prof. Buddy Ratner). ¶
University Week
The faculty and staff publication of the University of Washington
uweek@u.washington.edu
April 15, 1999
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