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Meeting
The UW Board of Regents has canceled its meeting for Friday, Aug. 20. The next regular public meeting of the Board is at 1:30 p.m. on Friday, Sept. 17, in the Walker-Ames Room, 225 Kane. 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.
Study Subjects Needed
Seeking subjects 65 years and older to participate in a University of Washington Department of Environmental Health air pollution study. Subjects may be either healthy or have physician-diagnosed chronic obstructive pulmonary diseases (COPD) or cardiovascular disease. The subjects must live in the Seattle metropolitan area and be nonsmokers and live with no smokers. The study lasts 10 days, and if you qualify, we will ask you to:
Allow air pollution monitoring in your home
Wear small personal monitors
Measure your lung functions and pulse rate daily
Provide daily urine samples
Keep a simple diary of your activities.
Technicians will visit you daily during the study. You will be reimbursed $100 for your participation.
If interested, call Liz Tuttle at 616-2679 or e-mail ltuttle@u.washington.edu.
Classes
Environmental Health and Safety
Environmental Health and Safety will offer the following free safety classes to university personnel. Preregistration is required; call 543-7201 to register, to schedule departmental training or to be added to the mailing list. Or register online at http://www.ehs.washington.edu.
Bloodborne Pathogen Exposure Control: 1:30-2:30 p.m., Aug. 12, T-473 HSC.
Laboratory Safety System (LSS) Training: 1-2:30 p.m., Aug. 17, OUGL Computer Resources Center, Collab II .
Back Protection Training: 9:30-11 a.m., Aug. 19, EE1-025.
Laboratory Fire Safety Training: 9:30-11 a.m., Aug. 24, T-531 HSC.
Forklift Operator Safety Training: 8:30-11:30 a.m., Aug. 31, 8:30-11:30 am, T-360A HSC.
Bloodborne Pathogen Exposure Control: 10:30-11:30 a.m., Sept 2, T-531 HSC.
Respiratory Protection and Mask-Fitting: (Health Questionnaire and Respirator Evaluation forms must be filled out and evaluated before training.) 8:30-10:30 a.m., Sept 3, Hall Health 301B.
A training schedule and other safety information are available on the EH&S Web site: http://www.ehs.washington.edu.
Degree Exams
Members of the graduate faculty are invited to attend the exams of the following students. Chairpersons are denoted in parentheses.
General Examinations
Dawn Rachele Bringelson, Anthropology, Ph.D. 1 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 26. 401 Denny. (Prof. Robert Dunnell).
Christopher Michael Bundy, Aeronautics and Astronautics, Ph.D. 10 a.m. Friday, Aug. 20. 120 Aerospace and Engineering. (Prof. Adam Bruckner).
Michael Dale Cannon, Anthropology, Ph.D. 10:30 a.m. Friday, Sep 10. 401 Denny. (Prof. Donald Grayson).
Thomas Matthew Jaques, Comparative Literature, Ph.D. 4 p.m. Friday, Aug. 20. B526 Padelford. (Prof. Anthony Geist).
Michael D Levitz, Public Health and Community Medicine—Biostatistics, Ph.D. 3:25 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 25. F643 Health Sciences. (Prof. Michael Perlman).
Jennifer Kathryn Lowe, Molecular and Cellular Biology, Ph.D. 10:30 a.m. Tuesday, Aug. 31. C2M-015 FHCRC. (Prof. Michael Emerman).
Final Examinations
Catherine Anne Blish, Immunology, Ph.D. 10 a.m. Friday, Aug. 27. T739 Health Sciences. “Modulation of T cell function and T cell receptor repertoire during peripheral tolerance induction.” (Prof. Pamela Fink).
Renae June Brodie, Zoology, Ph.D. 2:30 p.m. Friday, Aug. 20. 110 Physics/Astronomy. “Terrestrial adaptations of the land hermit crab postlarva.” (Prof. Alan Kohn).
Kimberly Ann Trabbic Carlson, Bioengineering, Ph.D. 1 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 26. K069 Health Sciences. “Control of fibroin conformation: Toward the development of a biomimetic spinning process for silk fibers.” (Prof. Paul Yager).
Melyssa Kay Higgins, Education, Ph.D. 2 p.m. Thursday, Sep 9. 402 Miller. “The impact of friendship characteristics on social support and depressive symptomatology in adolescents.” (Prof. James Mazza).
Jonathan Wesley Neidigh, Chemistry, Ph.D. 2 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 26. 102 Chemistry. “Chemical shift tools in peptide folding and miniature protein design.” (Prof. Niels Andersen).
Bogdan Udrea, Aeronautics and Astronautics, Ph.D. 9 a.m. Friday, Aug. 20. 206D Guggenheim. “An advanced implicit solver for MHD.” (Prof. Uri Shumlak). ¶
University Week
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August 19, 1999
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