UW News
July 5, 2007
Official notices
Board of Regents
The Board of Regents will hold a regular public meeting at 3 p.m. Thursday, July 19, in the Petersen Room, Allen Library.
Blood Drives
Wednesday, July 11, 10 a.m.-4 p.m., By George (bus parked by statue).
Friday, July 13, 10 a.m.-6:30 p.m., Health Sciences Lobby.
Monday, July 16, 10 a.m.-4 p.m., 106B HUB.
Degree Exams
Members of the graduate faculty are invited to attend the following examinations. Chairpersons are denoted in parentheses.
General Examinations
- Kristi L. Budzinski, Chemistry, Ph.D. 10 a.m. Friday, July 6. Chemistry Bldg., 239. (Prof. Daniel Chiu).
- Christopher James Endres, Pharmacy – Pharmaceutics, Ph.D. 1 p.m. Tuesday, July 17. Health Sciences, H-272G. (Prof. Jashvant Unadkat).
- Zhiwei Guan, Technical Communication, Ph.D. 10:30 a.m. Friday, July 6. Loew Hall, 111. (Prof. Judith Ramey).
- Nabiha P. Huq, Molecular and Cellular Biology, Ph.D. 2 p.m. Friday, July 6. Health Sciences, T-480. (Prof. Ning Zheng).
- Peter B. Laxton, Chemical Engineering, Ph.D. 2:30 p.m. Wednesday, July 11. Benson Hall, 109. (Prof. John Berg).
- Anna Lovasz, Economics, Ph.D. 10 a.m. Tuesday, July 17. Savery Hall, 302-C. (Prof. Shelly Lundberg).
- Theresa M. Ronquillo, Social Work, Ph.D. 1 p.m. Monday, July 16. Soc. Wk/Spch & H.S., 210-F. (Prof. Anthony Ishisaka).
- Pradeep Shenoy, Computer Science and Engineering, Ph.D. 1 p.m. Tuesday, July 10. Paul Allen CTR for CSE, 303. (Prof. Rajesh Rao).
- Rodney D. Swartz, Chemistry, Ph.D. 10 a.m. Monday, July 16. Chemistry Bldg., 339. (Prof. Julia Kovacs).
Final Examinations
- Steven P. Camicia, Education, Ph.D. 10 a.m. Wednesday, July 18. Miller Hall, 112-A. “Teaching the internment of Japanese Americans: A case of social studies curriculum contention” (Prof. Walter Parker).
- Devin E. Christensen, Biochemistry, Ph.D. 1:30 p.m. Wednesday, July 18. Foege, Auditorium. “Identifying substrate and E2 interactions of the BRCA1/BARD1 ubiquitin ligase” (Prof. Rachel Klevit).
- Yona Keich Cloonan, Public Health and Community Medicine – Epidemiology, Ph.D. 10:30 a.m. Wednesday, July 18. Met Park West, 589. “Sleep outcomes in children with craniofacial microsomia” (Prof. Jacqueline Starr).
- Nilesh N. Dalvi, Computer Science and Engineering, Ph.D. 10 a.m. Thursday, July 12. Paul Allen CTR for CSE, 303. “Managing uncertainty using probabilistic databases” (Prof. Dan Suciu).
- Katherine D. Fischer-Fortier, Education, Ph.D. 12:30 p.m. Thursday, July 12. Miller Hall, 112-A. “Scaffolding ethical argumentation in an undergraduate philosophy course through collaborative technologies” (Prof. Philip Bell).
- Melanie Rae Frazier, Biology, Ph.D. 11 a.m. Tuesday, July 10. Health Sciences, T-747. “Alpine insects: Physiology and evolution in cold, thin air” (Prof. Raymond Huey).
- Ilona Noelani Holcomb, Genome Sciences, Ph.D. noon Wednesday, July 18. FHCRC, Pelton Auditorium. “Genomic alterations in prostate cancer – from beginning to end” (Prof. Barbara Trask).
- Madhumita Mahalanabis, Microbiology, Ph.D. 9 a.m. Wednesday, July 18. Health Sciences, T-639. “Characterization of neutralizing antibody responses and envelope evolution in lentivirus infection” (Prof. Nancy Haigwood).
- Daisuke Nagakura, Economics, Ph.D. 3 p.m. Monday, July 16. Savery Hall, 302-C. “Essays on econometrics and time series analysis in macroeconomics” (Prof. Eric Zivot).
- David W. Pantalone, Psychology, Ph.D. noon Tuesday, July 17. Johnson Hall, 026. “Partner violence among HIV-positive outpatients” (Prof. Jane Simoni).
- Jennifer Patterson, Bioengineering, Ph.D. 10 a.m. Monday, July 9. Foege, N-130A. “Regenerative matrices for oriented bone growth in craniofacial and dental repair” (Prof. Patrick Stayton).
- Sarah Elizabeth Petersen, Computer Science and Engineering, Ph.D. 1 p.m. Friday, July 6. Paul Allen CTR for CSE, 303. “Natural language processing tools for reading level assessment and text simplification for bilingual education” (Prof. Mari Ostendorf).
- Liyun Sang, Molecular and Cellular Biology, Ph.D. 2 p.m. Monday, July 9. FHCRC, Pelton Auditorium. “Investigate the mechanisms underlying the reversibility of cellular quiescence” (Prof. James Roberts).
- Gregory L. Simon, Geography, Ph.D. 3 p.m. Thursday, July 19. Smith Hall, 409. “Brokering development: geographies of mediation and energy sector reforms in Maharashtra, India” (Profs. Craig Jeffrey, Craig ZumBrunnen).
- Gregory S. Stinson, Astronomy, Ph.D. 3 p.m. Tuesday, July 10. Physics/Astronomy Bldg., C-520. “Supernova feedback in smoothed particle hydrodynamics simulations of galaxy formation” (Prof. Thomas Quinn).
- Michael H. Strausz, Political Science, Ph.D. 4 p.m. Monday, July 16. Gowen Hall, 1-B. “Cetaceans and citizens: International norms and debates about national identity in Japan” (Prof. Elizabeth Kier).
- Donatello Telesca, Statistics, Ph.D. 2 p.m. Thursday, July 19. Padelford Hall, C-301. “Bayesian hierarchical curve registration” (Prof. Lurdes Inoue).
- Qiangwei Xia, Molecular and Cellular Biology, Ph.D. 2 p.m. Monday, July 16. Health Sciences, T-747. “Mass spectrometry based proteomics: label and non-label quantitation for microbial proteomes” (Prof. John Leigh).
- Peter M. Yoachim, Astronomy, Ph.D. 10 a.m. Wednesday, July 18. Physics/Astronomy Bldg., C-520. “Thick disks and external galaxies” (Prof. Julianne Dalcanton).