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Funding Sources
Fund$eeking Workshop for UW faculty & staff: a seminar highlighting Web-based fundseeking tools. The workshop will be held 2 p.m. Friday, in OUGL’s Collab-oratory 2 (ground floor). Registration required via email (gfis@u.washington.edu). Internet experience is recommended. Consult our Web site (http://www.lib.washington.edu/gfis) for more information.

UW Libraries

Surplus Property

Auction
Surplus property and equipment released by UW departments will be available for purchase May 15 at a silent auction. Bidding begins at 10 a.m. The warehouse will be open for previewing May 14 from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. Previewing also can be done from 8 a.m. to 10 a.m. on the day of the sale. All bidders must be registered before the bidding starts. Registration can be done during the preview hours. Payment must be in cash and will be accepted until 1:30 p.m. the day of the auction. Buyers are encouraged to remove their purchases before 4 p.m. All merchandise must be removed by 3 p.m. on Monday, May 17. Items available for sale include computers, printers, desks, chairs and tables. A complete catalog will be available at time of registration. The surplus warehouse is located below the University Police at 1117 N.E. Boat Street. Parking is available along Boat Street at no charge or, with a permit, in the West Campus garage to customers on the day of the sale. Please call 685-1573 for more information.

Other

Married Couples Sought

The Family Formation Project at the University of Washington is seeking an ethnically diverse sample of married couples to participate in our study of communication and health. We are recruiting couples where at least one person is Asian or Pacific Islander. Married couples have the potential to earn up to $200. All information will remain confidential and will be seen only by the research staff associated with the project. Call the Family Formation Project at (206) 543-8089. Leave your name and phone number and our staff will contact you.

Blood Drive

Medical School Blood Drive, 10 a.m.-1 p.m. and 1:45-4 p.m., Friday, May 7, Health Sciences Lobby.

Exams

General Examinations

  • Arthur Martin Baca, Bioengineering, Ph.D. 2 p.m. Friday, April 30, 322 Harris Hydraulics. (Prof. Wilhelmus Hol).
  • Scott Anthony Gerber, Chemistry, Ph.D. 2 p.m. Friday, April 30, 339 Chemistry. (Prof. Frantisek Turecek).
  • Sophia Charalambous Hayes, Chemistry, Ph.D. 2 p.m. Friday, April 30, 439 Chemistry. (Prof. Philip Reid).
  • Gisli Holmar Johannesson, Chemistry, Ph.D. 3 p.m. Tuesday, May 4, 319 Bagley. (Prof. Hannes Jonsson).
  • Franklin Randolph Jr Knight, Forest Resources, Ph.D. 8 a.m. Monday, May 3, 114 Anderson. (Prof. Jerry Franklin).
  • Patricia Ann Malain, Education, Ph.D. 9 a.m. Wednesday, May 5, 402P Miller. (Prof. Jerald Forster).
  • Reina Maruyama, Physics, Ph.D. 2 p.m. Thursday, May 6, C520 Physics/Astronomy. (Prof. E. Norval Fortson).
  • David Paul Winterstein, Communications, Ph.D. 11 a.m. Tuesday, May 4, 126 Communications. (Prof. Nancy Rivenburgh).
  • Sandra Anne Youngquist, Education, Ph.D. 1:30 p.m. Tuesday, May 4, 222 Miller. (Prof. Allen Glenn).
  • Cong Zhang, History, Ph.D. 8:30 a.m. Wednesday, May 5, 306 Smith. (Prof. Patricia Ebrey).

    Final Examinations

  • James Adams Anderson, History, Ph.D. 1:30 p.m. Wednesday, May 5, 320 Smith. “Frontier management and tribute relations along the empire’s southern border: China and Vietnam in the 10th and 11th centuries.” (Prof. Patricia Ebrey).
  • Anupam Kumar Dattamajumdar, Bioengineering, Ph.D. 1 p.m. Wednesday, May 5. T635 HSC. “From concept to clinical trials: A low-cost fiber-optic instrument to clorimetrically detect Barrett’s esophagus—the precursor to esophageal adenocarcinoma.” (Prof. Roy Martin).
  • Song Ren, Pharmacy—Pharmaceutics, Ph.D. 10:30 a.m. Friday, April 30. K069 HSC. “Metabolism of cyclophosphamide: Implications for hematopoietic stem cell transplantation.” (Prof. John Slattery).
  • Jennifer Sue Vanderheyden, Romance Languages and Literature, Ph.D. 10:30 a.m. Friday, April 30, B202 Padelford. “Halfway to empathy: The painted body as a disjunctive syllogism in works of Diderot.” (Prof. Mikkel Borch-Jacobsen). ¶


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    April 29, 1999