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July 21, 2005

Notices

Reference update 
The following UW policies, orders, and rules were recently revised:


  • “Acceptance of Transfer Credit,” revised effective January 24, 2005 (University Handbook, Vol. 4, Part III, Chapter 1, Section 6).
  • “Use and Maintenance of Equipment,” revised effective February 25, 2005 (Administrative Policy Statement 61.6).
  • “University-Wide Organization List,” revised effective April 8, 2005 (Administrative Policy Statement 1.2).
  • “Parking and Traffic Rules of the University of Washington, Tacoma,” revised effective April 28, 2005 (Chapter 478-118 WAC).
  • “Organization,” revised effective May 1, 2005 (Chapter 478-04 WAC).
  • “Parking and Traffic Rules of the University of Washington, Seattle,” revised effective May 1, 2005 (Chapter 478-116 WAC).
  • “Governing Indexing of Public Records,” revised effective May 1, 2005 (Chapter 478-250 WAC).
  • “Classified, Proprietary, and Restricted Research,” revised effective June 8, 2005 (University Handbook, Vol. 4, Part II, Chapter 1).
  • “Use of Human Subjects,” revised effective June 8, 2005 (University Handbook, Vol. 4, Part II, Chapter 2).
  • “Faculty Councils (The Standing Committees of the University Faculty) and Their Duties,” revised effective June 9, 2005 (University Handbook, Vol. 2, Part IV, Chapter 42).

To view any current policy statement from the University Handbook, go to the University Handbook Web site; to view a UW Administrative Policy Statement, go to the Administrative Policy Statements Web site; and to view a Washington Administrative Code (WAC) chapter, go to the Washington Administrative Code Title 478 Web site. Or contact the Rules Coordination Office: rules@u.washington.edu.


OTHER NEWS

Study participants needed
Could taking an aspirin a day reduce mammogram density and thus make it easier for doctors to interpret mammograms? Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center in Seattle seeks to recruit 144 local women for a study to find out. Those eligible are postmenopausal women between 55 and 75 years old with moderate to higher-than-average mammogram density who have not taken hormone-replacement therapy within the past six months.

Participants will be randomized (assigned by chance, like the flip of a coin) to receive either aspirin or an identical-looking placebo capsule. All participants will require two clinic visits; a brief physical exam, including a breast exam; a fasting blood draw and two mammograms. Participants also will be asked to fill out some questionnaires at the beginning and end of the study. Participation lasts six months.

The clinic visits and mammograms will be at Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center Prevention Center, 1100 Fairview Ave. N., Seattle. Parking is free. Women interested in more information can call The TEAM Study line at 206-667-1391 or e-mail team@fhcrc.org.

RAID 2005 – Eighth International Symposium on Recent Advances in Intrusion Detection
September 7–9, Bell Harbor International Conference Center, Seattle

This symposium brings together leading researchers and practitioners from academia, government and industry to discuss intrusion detection technologies and issues from the research and commercial perspectives.

The symposium is intended to further advances in intrusion defense by promoting the exchange of ideas in a broad range of topics, such as risk assessment and risk management, intrusion tolerance, deception systems and honeypots, vulnerability analysis and management, IDS assessment, IDS survivability, privacy aspects, data mining techniques, visualization techniques, cognitive approaches, biological approaches, self-learning, case studies, legal issues and critical infrastructure protection (CIP).

For more information, including registration and abstract submission, visit http://www.conjungi.com/RAID/cfp.htm.

Blood drives
Friday, July 22 from 10 a.m. to 6:30 p.m. in the Health Sciences Lobby, 3rd Floor C-Wing.
Monday, July 25 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. in the HUB, Room 108.
Tuesday, July 26 from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Stevens Way.
Friday, July 29 from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. and 1:45 to 5:30 p.m. at Schmitz Hall.


DEGREE EXAMS

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

General Examinations


  • Inigo Aguirre De Carcer Garc, Chemistry, Ph.D. 1 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 2. Chemistry Bldg., 239. (Prof. Daniel Gamelin).
  • Eric C. Bahuaud, Mathematics, Ph.D. 1 p.m. Monday, Aug. 1. Thomson Hall, 202. (Prof. John Lee).
  • Tristram C. Bogart, Mathematics, Ph.D. 1 p.m. Friday, July 29. Communications Bldg., 228. (Prof. Rekha Thomas).
  • Takahiro Chino, Oral Biology, Ph.D. 1 p.m. Monday, July 25. Health Sciences Ctr., I-317. (Prof. Edward Clark).
  • Timothy John Crone, Oceanography, Ph.D. 10 a.m. Monday, Aug. 1. Marine Sciences Bldg., 123. (Prof. William Wilcock).
  • Lydia E. Harris, Information School, Ph.D. 10 a.m. Friday, July 22. Mary Gates Hall, 310-D. (Prof. Raya Fidel).
  • Stuart L. Jackson, Aeronautics and Astronautics, Ph.D. 1:30 p.m. Tuesday, July 26. Guggenheim Hall, 206. (Prof. Uri Shumlak).
  • Lauren Wray Juranek, Oceanography, Ph.D. 2 p.m. Friday, July 29. Ocean Sciences Bldg., 510. (Prof. Paul Quay).
  • Elaine E. Oneil, Forest Resources, Ph.D. 1 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 3. Anderson Hall, 22. (Prof. Robert Gara).
  • Ian G. Taylor, Quantitative Ecology and Resource Management, Ph.D. 10 a.m. Thursday, July 28. Fishery Science Bldg., 252-B. (Prof. Vincent Gallucci).
  • Roland Bruno Walter, Pathology, Ph.D. 2 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 2. Health Sciences Ctr., I-142. (Prof. Steve Collins).

Final Examinations


  • Heiko Manfred Bailer, Statistics, Ph.D. 9 a.m. Thursday, July 28. Padelford Hall, C-301. “Robust Estimation of Factor Models in Finance” (Prof. Douglas Martin).
  • Hansang Cho, Electrical Engineering, Ph.D. 2 p.m. Wednesday, July 27. Electrical Engineering Bldg. 1, M-406. “Signal Classification of Human Brain Signals for Multimedia Database” (Prof. Linda Shapiro).
  • Hunter G. Close, Physics, Ph.D. 1:30 p.m. Friday, July 22. Physics-Astronomy Bldg., C-211. “Improving Instruction in Mechanics through Identification and Elicitation of Pivotal Cases in Student Reasoning” (Prof. Paula Heron).
  • Gregory Alan Cooksey, Bioengineering, Ph.D. 2 p.m. Friday, July 29. Chemistry Bldg., 102. “Engineering Cell Speed: Modulating Cell Shape and Adhesion to Direct Cell Migration” (Prof. Viola Vogel).
  • Gautam Dantas, Biochemistry, Ph.D. 2 p.m. Friday, July 29. Health Sciences Ctr., K-069. “In Silico Protein Evolution by Intelligent Design: Creating New and Improved Protein Structures” (Prof. David Baker).
  • Marianne Elliott, Forest Resources, Ph.D. 1 p.m. Wednesday, July 27. Winkenwerder Hall, 105. “A Canker Disease of Pacific Madrone (Arbutus Menziesii) Caused by the Fungal Pathogen Fusicoccum Arbuti (Botryosphaeriaceae)” (Prof. Robert Edmonds).
  • Alena M. Gallegos, Immunology, Ph.D. 2 p.m. Monday, Aug. 1. Health Sciences Ctr., T-747. “Central Tolerance to Tissue-Specific Antigens” (Prof. Michael Bevan).
  • Denise Marie Glover, Anthropology, Ph.D. 2:30 p.m. Friday, July 29. Denny Hall, 401. “Up From the Roots: Contextualizing Plant Classifications by Tibetan Doctors in Rgyalthang” (Prof. Stevan Harrell).
  • Tyler R. Henry, Business Administration, Ph.D. 1:30 p.m. Friday, July 22. MacKenzie Hall, McCabe Room. “Constrained Short Selling and the Probability of Informed Trade” (Prof. Jennifer Koski).
  • Janiece Louise Hope, Chemistry, Ph.D. 10 a.m. Friday, July 29. Chemistry Bldg., 102. “Comprehensive Gas Chromatography with Chemometric Data Analysis for Pattern Recognition and Signal Deconvolution of Complex Samples” (Prof. Robert Synovec).
  • Margo Lynn Johnson, Nursing – School of, Ph.D. 02:30 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 2. Health Sciences Ctr., T-305. “Neurofeedback Intervention for Sleep Disturbance Accompanying Chronic Pain” (Prof. Patricia Prinz).
  • Kevin C. Klein, Public Health and Community Medicine – Pathobiology, Ph.D. 02 a.m. Thursday, July 28. Health Sciences Ctr., T-435. “Determinants of Hepatitis C Virus Capsid Assembly Revealed by a de novo Cell-Free System” (Prof. Jaisri Lingappa).
  • Yu-I Li, Nutritional Sciences, Ph.D. 1 p.m. Thursday, July 28. Health Sciences Ctr., T-360. “Tanshinone IIA in Neurological Disease and Cardiovascular Disease” (Prof. Renee LeBoeuf).
  • Yih-Sheue Lin, Education, Ph.D. 1 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 4. Miller Hall, 112A. “Small Group Work in a Social Justice Classroom” (Prof. Walter Parker).
  • Claire Margaret Mccallum, Molecular and Cellular Biology, Ph.D. 11:30 a.m. Thursday, Aug. 4. FHCRC, Pelton Auditorium. “TILLING for Arabidopsis Chromomethylase Function” (Prof. Steven Henikoff).
  • Melissa Diane Meade, Communication, Ph.D. 10 a.m. Monday, July 25. Communications Bldg., 102-E. “Skirting the Airwaves: The “All-Girl” Radio of WHER-AM” (Prof. Gerald Baldasty).
  • Hyo Jung Park, Nursing – School of, Ph.D. 2:30 p.m. Monday, Aug. 1. Health Sciences Ctr., T-612. “Severity of Bloating in Women with Irritable Bowel Syndrome” (Prof. Margaret Heitkemper).
  • Yanto Masnur Prasetio, Industrial Engineering, Ph.D. 10 a.m. Wednesday, July 27. Electrical Engineering Bldg.1, M-406. “Simulation-based Optimization for Complex Stochastic Systems” (Profs. Zelda Zabinsky and Kailash Kapur).
  • Maureen Kathleen Purcell, Aquatic and Fishery Sciences, Ph.D. 10 a.m. Thursday, Aug. 4. Fishery Science Bldg., 102. “Characterization of the Innate Immune Response to Infectious Hematopoeitic Necrosis Virus in Rainbow Trout” (Prof. Russell Herwig).
  • Aaron Gang Ren, Pharmacy – Pharmaceutics, Ph.D. 10 a.m. Friday, July 29. Health Sciences Ctr., T-239. “Immunosuppressants Used in the Conditioning Regimens for Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation” (Prof. John Slattery).
  • David P. Schneider, Earth and Space Sciences, Ph.D. 11 a.m. Thursday, Aug. 4. Geophysics Bldg., 310C. “Antartic Climate of the Past 200 Years from an Integration of Instrumental, Satellite, and RC Core Proxy Data” (Prof. Eric Steig).
  • Vivek Shandas, Urban Design and Planning Group, Ph.D. 10 a.m. Friday, July 22. Winkenwerder Hall, 201. “Towards an Integrated Approach to Watershed Planning: The Role of Land Cover, Human Preference, and Biotic Condition in Managing Puget Sound Lowland Streams” (Prof. Marina Alberti).
  • Bryan E. Shepherd, Public Health and Community Medicine – Biostatistics, Ph.D. 11 a.m. Monday, July 25. Health Sciences Ctr., F-643. “Causal Inference in HIV Vaccine Trials: Comparing Outcomes in a Subset Chosen After Randomization” (Prof. Peter Gilbert).
  • Jason Robert Smith, Physics, Ph.D. 2 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 4. Physics Astronomy Bldg., C-421. “Quarks and Antiquarks in Nuclei” (Prof. Gerald Miller).
  • Alison J. Tracy, English, Ph.D. 2:30 p.m. Wednesday, July 27. Padelford Hall, A-101C. “Pedagogical Gothic: Education and National Identity in Early American Sensational Fiction, 1790-1830” (Profs. Priscilla Wald and Bruce Burgett).
  • Jackson M. S. Wu, Physics, Ph.D. 10:30 a.m. Monday, July 25. Physics Astronomy Bldg., 520. “Improvement of Wilson Fermions and Twisted Mass Lattice QCD” (Prof. Stephen Sharpe).
  • Eno M. Yliniemi, Mechanical Engineering, Ph.D. 10 a.m. Thursday, July 28. Electrical Engineering Bldg. 1, 303. “Dynamic Tensile Neck Injury: A Post Mortem Human Study” (Prof. Randal Ching).