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).