Funding Opportunity

Woodrow Wilson Foundation Announces the Innovation Awards Grant program that supports faculty and department outreach in humanities doctoral work.

The Woodrow Wilson National Fellowship Foundation invites graduate departments and graduate career centers to apply for its Innovation Awards. The Woodrow Wilson Innovation Awards recognize and celebrate nontraditional collaborations between university departments in the humanities, graduate career centers, and community partners. Projects selected for Innovation Awards assist Ph.D. students in gaining valuable experience outside the academy.

The Woodrow Wilson Foundation will select up to seven projects for Innovation Awards. Winners will receive awards between $5,000 and $10,000. Proposals are evaluated by a national committee of leaders from many fields. Projects previously selected for awards have demonstrated the following characteristics:

• Replicable, sustainable innovation

• Identifiable institutional or community needs

• Institutional commitment or potential to affect university culture

The request for proposals (RFP), recently mailed to universities around the United States, can also be found on the Woodrow Wilson web site at http://www.woodrow.org/phd/Innovation/rfp.html The deadline for applications is May 31.

Last year’s winning proposals emphasized the importance of interdisciplinary perspectives for doctoral students. Projects provided outstanding opportunities for students to apply innovative scholarship to issues of great importance to communities and society. The 18 projects previously funded include these:

• A collaboration between Columbia and New York Universities that organized a career exploration day for humanities doctoral students and recent Ph.D.s in the New York metropolitan area,

• A partnership at Tulane University that created walking tours led by graduate students, bridging the realm of scholarship and cultural tourism, and

• A professional development effort at the University of California, Irvine, that linked graduate students with an established program of seminars and workshops for local K-12 history teachers.

Woodrow Wilson fosters a range of connections between scholarship and citizenship. Innovation Awards are part of a larger Foundation effort called the Humanities at Work, which seeks to broaden career opportunities for humanities Ph.D.s. The Woodrow Wilson National Fellowship Foundation promotes educational excellence, innovation, and inclusiveness. The Foundation operates a range of national programs, from fellowships to professional development for teachers, to collaborative programs that engage the academy with business, government, and civic/cultural groups. “We’re higher education’s change agent — a clearinghouse for fresh solutions to major educational challenges,” said Robert Weisbuch, Foundation president.

Other News

Husky season tickets available

Husky football and basketball season tickets for UW faculty/staff are now being accepted for the 2002–2003 season. In previous years, the Husky Ticket Office distributed this information through a campus mailing. These mailings have been discontinued. In the future, please visit our Web site at www.gohuskies.com for more detailed ticketing information.

Study participants wanted

If you have gingivitis (inflamed or bleeding gums) and do not use tobacco products you may be eligible to participate in a study evaluating the effectiveness of electric toothbrushes. We are conducting a clinical study to determine how well a new prototype of electric toothbrush cleans teeth when used twice daily. The prototype is experimental. Subjects will be randomly assigned to use either the prototype electric brush or a standard manual brush for 3 months. Volunteers will be paid $10 for the screening exam. Eligible participants will be paid $25 for each of the three follow-up visits and also receive an electric toothbrush at the completion of the study. Please call Greg at 206-685-8132 or e-mail gregm@u.wash ington.edu for more information.

Summer 2002 Weekend Homestay

UW English Language Programs is once again looking for individuals and families to host Japanese university students for the Summer 2002 Weekend Homestay program. Volunteers host one or two Japanese students for one weekend.

It’s an excellent opportunity to…

• give your family an enjoyable cross-cultural experience

• learn about Japanese customs and beliefs

• learn some Japanese words and phrases

• make international friends

Hosts are needed for the following weekends: Aug. 9–11, Aug. 23–25, Aug. 30–Sept. 2 (Labor Day Weekend)
Apply online today at http://depts.washington.edu/uwsp/homestay, or, contact Jimi Evans, Homestay Coordinator (email: homestay@u.washington.edu, phone: 206-543-8933).

2002 Summer Learning Guide

Looking for summer activities for your kids? Receive a copy of the new 2002 Summer Learning guide by Seattle’s Child Magazine. You will find information on all types of summer camps, classes and fun activities for your kids. For a copy: Call the Work/Life office at 206-543-6963 or e-mail: worklife@u.washington.edu.

Surplus Property

Research study closing down has various items for immediate sale via budget transfer, such as 5 drawer lateral file cabinets in excellent shape, 2 drawer and 5 drawer vertical file cabinets in varying condition, desk chairs, computer tables, bookcases in varying sizes, old computers and laser printers, desk lamps, various tables. Call Joyce at 206-326-2428.

Degree Exams

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

General Examinations

• Chin-Kuo Chang, Public Health and Community Medicine - Epidemiology, Ph.D. 2 p.m. Wednesday, April 24. T641 Health Sciences. (Prof. Haravey Checkoway).

• Karen Lee Geisler, Nutritional Sciences, Ph.D. noon Tuesday, April 23. T641 Health Sciences. (Prof. Carrie Cheney).

• Kyong-Sook Katherine Jun, Music, D.M.A. 8 a.m. Monday, April 22. Fishbowl, Music. (Prof. Thomas Harper).

• Kang Mi Kim, Music, D.M.A. 8:30 a.m. Tuesday, April 23. Fishbowl, Music. (Prof. Julian Patrick).

• Erica Alethea Kovacs, Psychology, Ph.D. 10:30 a.m. Wednesday, April 24. 202C Chemistry Library. (Prof. Liliana Lengua).

• Lien Thuy Ngo, Chemistry, Ph.D. 8:30 a.m. Thursday, April 25. 239 Chemistry. (Prof. Charles Campbell).

• Shireen Leila Rizvi, Psychology, Ph.D. 3:30 p.m. Tuesday, April 23. Guthrie Annex 4. (Prof. Marsha Linehan).

• Bethany Ann Staggemeier, Chemistry, Ph.D. 2 p.m. Wednesday, April 24. 239 Chemistry. (Prof. Robert Synovec).

• John David Whitaker, Chemical Engineering, Ph.D. 3:30 p.m. Friday, April 19. 464 Bagley. (Prof. Daniel Schwartz).

• Timothy Martin Ziemba, Aeronautics and Astronautics, Ph.D. 11:30 a.m. Monday, April 22. 031 EE1. (Prof. John Slough).
  

Final Examinations

• David Ardell Baska, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Ph.D. 9 a.m. Thursday, April 25. 264 Wilcox. “An analytical/empirical model for prediction of lateral spread displacements.” (Prof. Steven Kramer).

• Nancy Sung-Won Jang, Music, D.M.A. 3:30 p.m. Tuesday, April 23. Fishbowl, Music. (Prof. Craig Sheppard).

• Christie Portia Robertson, Neurobiology and Behavior, Ph.D. 10 a.m. Friday, April 19. D209 Health Sciences. “Modulation of the sonic hedgehog response in dorsoventral neural tubepattering.” (Prof. Henk Roelink).

• Alexandru Cristian Tamasan, Mathematics, Ph.D. 11:30 p.m. Wednesday, April 24. 237 Mechanical Engineering. “A two dimensional boundary valve problem in radiation transport.” (Prof. Gunther Uhlmann).

• Jong-Kyun Woo, Law, Ph.D. 3:30 p.m. Thursday, April 25. 311 Condon. “The Trademark use Requirement in the United States & Korea: Insights from Domain Name Disputes & Prospects for Harmonization.” (Prof. Toshiko Takenaka).