UWeek Vol.17, No.31 June 22, 2000

Notices

Academic Opportunities

Applicants Sought

The UW Pacific Northwest Agricultural Safety and Health Center, funded by the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, is pleased to announce funding opportunities for pilot projects related to agricultural safety and health. The primary goal of the Center is to enhance occupational safety and health research, education, and prevention in the Region X (Washington, Oregon, Idaho and Alaska) agricultural industries. For the purposes of the Center, agriculture includes the industries of farming, fishing, and forestry. Up to three pilot projects will be funded for the duration of one year, starting on Sept. 29. The total direct cost of the award is from $15,000 to $25,000. A letter of intent is due on July 3, and the application deadline is July 24. Please contact Matthew Keifer with questions regarding potential ideas at 616-1452 or mkeifer@u.washingotn.edu.

Applications may be obtained by calling Marcy Harrington at 616-1958 or marcyw@u.washington.edu. To learn more about PNASH and the Pilot Project program, please visit out Web site at http://depts.washington.edu/pnash

Deadlines

Tuition Bills

Tuition bills were mailed June 16. If you have not received your tuition statement please visit our Web site at http://myuw.washington.edu, call Star at 548-7827 or contact the Student Accounts Office, telephone 543-4695. July 7 is Tuition due date for Summer Quarter. Payments made after July 7 require a Late Payment Fee. Failure to pay by Aug. 9 will result in registration cancellation.

Reminder to Annual Permit/Upass Holders:

Current (’99-’00) parking permits and U-PASS stickers expire June 30. New (’00-’01) permits/stickers, distributed with the June 9 paychecks, are valid now. Please note that 2000-2001 parking permits must be properly displayed by Saturday, July 1, at the latest. A vehicle displaying an expired permit will be subject to citation.

Other News

Study Participants Sought

If you have high cholesterol and are age 21 to 70, you may be eligible to participate in a cholesterol-lowering research study of an experimental drug compared to an approved drug and placebo (an inactive substance). This 4 to 16 month study is conducted at the Northwest Lipid Research Clinic, part of the University of Washington. All physical exams, blood tests and diet counseling are free. If interested call Barbara at 206-731-2860

Language Exchange Partners Needed

Summer Quarter 2000

Mondays - Sections: 5:30 p.m. - 6:30 p.m.

Tuesdays - Sections: 10:50 - 11:50 a.m., 5:30 - 6:30 p.m., 9:30 - 10:30 a.m., 10:30 - 11:30 a.m. (Downtown only)

Wednesdays - Sections: 10:50 - 11:50 a.m., 5:30 - 6:30 p.m.

Thursdays - Sections: 10:50 - 11:50 a.m., 1:10 p.m. - 2:10 p.m.

We would like your help if you are a fluent speaker of English, free for an hour at any of the times state above, and interested in meeting and helping international students studying English. Fluent English speakers are matched with students based on language exchange interest or by general English practice. Meeting arrangements are made by the participating individuals. To volunteer, email langex@u.washington.edu.

Hosts Needed for Weekend Homestay Program

Would you like to . . .

Give your family a brief but enjoyable intercultural experience?

Learn about Japanese customs and beliefs?

Pick up some Japanese words or phrases?

Share various aspects of U.S. culture with your guests?

Meet and relate to people from another country?

Make international friends and keep in touch for years to come?

You can when you participate in the Weekend Homestay Program at the University of Washington. As a Weekend Homestay Program host, you share your home and family activities with two students from Japan for one weekend during the summer. Currently we have the following weekends available: Aug. 11-13, Aug. 25-27 and Sept. 1-3.

Students in the Weekend Homestay Program come to Seattle from Japan for two to four weeks during the summer. Their main goals are to improve their English skills and to experience daily life in the U. S. Since they stay in the dorms for most of their time in Seattle, the Weekend Homestay is really the only chance they have to make personal contact with a family in the Seattle area. The groups include male and female students, usually between 18 and 23 years old.

Visit our Web site at http://faculty.washington.edu/lepetit to find out more about the program or to fill out an online application. You can also call Andrew Brusletten at (206) 543-8933 or send an email to lepetit@u.washington.edu.

Blood Drive

Friday, June 23 from 10 a.m.-1 p.m. and 1:45-4 p.m. in the Health Sciences Lobby.

Surplus Equipment

The following are available for interdepartmental transfer:

Kodak M35 X-Ray Film Processor, 5 years old, like new, works well, $5,000 OBO, 616-4105, bloedel@u.washington.edu.

Oak TV/monitor cabinet stand with wheels. H63" x D25" x W32": monitor shelf size H24" x W29.5". TV or monitor max. size 29" screen. Cabinet: two and one half shelves with doors. $600 or best offer. Contact Aurea at 616-8631 or by e-mail: aurea@u.washington.edu.

Degree Exams

Members of the graduate faculty are invited to attend the following examinations. Chairpersons are denoted in parentheses.

General Examinations

Jaechul Chang, Economics, Ph.D. 3 p.m. Thursday, June 29. 302 Savery. (Prof. Charles Engel).

Joseph Raymond Dettori, Public Health and Community Medicine - Epidemiology, Ph.D. 2 p.m. Wednesday, June 28. F348 Health Sciences. (Prof. Thomas Koepsell).

Akm Mahbub Morshed, Economics, Ph.D. 10:30 a.m. Friday, June 30. 302 Savery. (Prof. Stephen Turnovsky).

Robert Maxwell Robinson, Molecular Biotechnology, Ph.D. 11 a.m. Wednesday, June 28. K350 Health Sciences. (Prof. Philip Green).

Ryan Matthew Troyer, Public Health and Community Medicine - Pathobiology, Ph.D. 1 p.m. Friday, June 23. I- 142 Health Sciences. (Prof. Gael Kurath).

Final Examinations

Patrick Gregory Arbogast, Public Health and Community Medicine - Biostatistics, Ph.D. 10 a.m. Friday, June 30. F643 Health Sciences. “Statistical methods for case-control studies.” (Prof. Danyu Lin).

Jeffrey Paul Gardner, Astronomy, Ph.D. 2:30 p.m. Thursday, July 6. C520 Physics/Astronomy. “Numerical simulations of galaxy formation in a cosmological context.” (Prof. Thomas Quinn).

Brian Paul Hedlund, Microbiology, Ph.D. 11 a.m. Friday, June 23. K069 Health Sciences. “Diversity of marine polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon-degrading bacteria and their dioxygenases.” (Prof. James Staley).

Mary Beatrix Jones, Statistics, Ph.D. 2:30 p.m. Wednesday, June 28. 101 Loew. “Likelihood inference for parametric models of dispersal.” (Prof. Elizabeth Thompson).

Pinkaew Laungaramsri, Anthropology, Ph.D. 10 a.m. Friday, June 30. 401 Denny. “Redefining nature: The Karen ecological knowledge and the challenge to modern forestry.” (Prof. Charles Keyes).

Wonho Lee, Geography, Ph.D. 2:30 p.m. Tuesday, June 27. 409 Smith. “Industrial reform, ownership structure and labor market segmentation: Understanding a changing inequality in the post-reform China.” (Prof. Victoria Lawson).

Megan C Lyden, Music, D.M.A. 1:30 p.m. Monday, June 26. Music lounge. “The story of the Soni Ventorum wind quintet.” (Prof. Felix Skowronek).

Amir Michail, Computer Science and Engineering, Ph.D. 3 p.m. Monday, June 26. 422 Sieg. “An exploratory approach to software reuse.” (Prof. David Notkin).

Gabrielle E O’Malley, Anthropology, Ph.D. 10:30 a.m. Thursday, June 29. 401 Denny. “Marriage and morality: Negotiating gender and respect in Zanzibar town.” (Prof. Edgar Winans).

James Albert Rodriguez, Education, Ph.D. 9 a.m. Thursday, July 6. 402 Miller. “What does e pluribus unum mean anyway? The effects of instruction on ethnic identity and political attitudes among adolescents.” (Prof. Mary Lee Nelson).

Georgios Sakoulis, Economics, Ph.D. 1 p.m. Thursday, June 29. 302 Savery. “Essays in international macroeconomics and finance.” (Prof. Charles Engel).

Jan Wergin, Germanics, Ph.D. 1:30 p.m. Tuesday, June 27. 308 Denny. “Goethes wahlverwandtschaften: Verbildlichung, Erhohung und Kunstwerdung im spannungsfeld von Gesellschaft, Dilettantismus und Kunst.” (Prof. Hellmut Ammerlahn).

Burke Scott Williams, Chemistry, Ph.D. 10 a.m. Wednesday, July 5. 102 Chemistry. “A study of the synthesis, reactivity, and reaction mechanisms of platinum (IV) complexes containing platinum-oxygen bonds.” (Prof. Karen Goldberg).