February 2, 2006
Official Notices
ACADEMIC OPPORTUNITIES ADAI grant deadlines The Alcohol & Drug Abuse Institute invites applications from UW faculty for its Small Grants Research Awards. Proposed research must be in alcohol or drug abuse-related fields. The maximum amount considered for funding is $20,000. The next application deadline is 5 p.m., March 15. Questions concerning the application process or suitability of a potential project should be directed to the Institute. Application guidelines are available on the ADAI Web site at http://depts.washington.edu/adai or by calling ADAI at OTHER NEWS Board of Regents meeting The UW Board of Regents will hold a regular meeting at 3 p.m. Thursday, February 16, in Petersen Room on the 4th floor of the Allen Library. The Regents will meet in formal session to take official action on personnel appointments and changes, gifts and grants, contracts and agreements with outside agencies and other University business. Visiting Faculty Housing Service The UW Faculty Auxiliary operates the Visiting Faculty Housing Service at 213 Cunningham Hall. This is a free service for new and visiting faculty and staff, to assist them in finding temporary housing. We have a listing of houses, condos, apartments, and rooms that are available for periods of two weeks to two years or more. University employees who sometimes assist newcomers should be aware of this service. We’re happy to work with the newcomer directly or with a representative on campus. We are always looking for new properties to list. Please give us a call if you have a rental unit that you would like to rent to university-connected tenants. UWFA is a nonprofit (501c-3) organization, and the housing office is supported by contributions from property owners who list with us. All staff at the office are volunteers. To discuss Housing Wanted or Housing Available, please contact VFHS Monday through Friday from 9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., 206-543-6252, or e-mail vfhs@u.washington.edu.
206-543-0937.
Canker sore study subjects needed
Men and women who regularly get canker sores needed to participate in a two-week UW research study to determine the natural course of canker sore healing. Participants will be compensated up to $85 for completing the study. The study involves a total of six 30-minute visits within a two-week time period. Subjects must be at least 18 years old. For more information, contact Kellie at 206-685-8132 or e-mail kellieo@u.washington.edu.
English Language Courses
The UW English Language Programs (UWELP) offers quarterly online and on-site courses designed primarily for non-native speakers of English.
Convenient online courses are available for UW employees who want to improve their sentence-level grammar and vocabulary in academic, business, or technical writing. All of the courses have online interactive exercises and short assignments to be completed each week. Instructors respond to assignments within two business days, giving detailed one-on-one feedback.
Evening and Saturday on-site courses focus on improving conversational skills, grammar, pronunciation, presentations, and preparation for the TOEFL, TPEIC, and verbal parts of the GRE and GMAT. There are also daytime courses in reading, writing, grammar, speaking, listening, and vocabulary and idioms.
UWELP customizes courses in English for the Workplace. Depending on the needs of your group, courses can be designed for such areas as pronunciation and fluency, assisting clients by telephone, presentation skills and the language of meetings, e-mail communication, and job-specific vocabulary and idioms.
For more information, call 206-543-6242 or e-mail uwelp@u.washington.edu.
Blood drives
Friday, February 3, from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. and 1:45 to 4 p.m. in the Health Sciences Lobby, 3rd Floor C-Wing.
Friday, February 3, from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. and 3 to 5 p.m. in the bus parked in the loading zone by More Hall.
Monday, February 6, from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. and 1:45 to 4 p.m. at the HUB, Room 200 ABC.
Tuesday, February 7, from 10 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. and 1:15 to 4 p.m. in the bus parked in front of William H. Gates Hall.
DEGREE EXAMS
Members of the graduate faculty are invited to attend the following examinations. Chairpersons are denoted in parentheses.
General Examinations
Frederick Leonard Brown, History, Ph.D. 1 p.m. Tuesday, Feb 14, Smith Hall, 320. (Prof. Linda Nash).
Daniel H. Chen, Psychology, Ph.D. 10:30 a.m. Friday, Feb 3, Guthrie Hall, 211. (Prof. Anthony Greenwald).
Jeremy James Clark, Psychology, Ph.D. 9 a.m. Thursday, Feb 9. Guthrie, 211. (Prof. Ilene Bernstein).
Tansy Woodruff Clay, Oceanography, Ph.D. 12:30 p.m. Monday, Feb 13, Marine Sciences Bldg., 123. (Prof. Danny Grunbaum).
Kevin James Coe, Pharmacy – Medicinal Chemistry, Ph.D. 1:30 p.m. Wednesday, Feb 8, Health Sciences Ctr., H-074. (Prof. Sidney Nelson).
Yue Huang, Materials Science and Engineering, Ph.D. 10:30 a.m. Thursday, Feb 16, Wilcox Hall, 243. (Prof. Gretchen Kalonji).
Rebecca Chambers Hughes, History, Ph.D. 1:30 p.m. Wednesday, Feb 15, Smith Hall, 320. (Prof. George Behlmer).
Brant C. Jones, Mathematics, Ph.D. 1:15 p.m. Thursday, Feb 16. Balmer Hall, 414, (Prof. Sara Billey).
Masaharu Kobashi, Computer Science and Engineering, Ph.D. 1:30 p.m. Tuesday, Feb 7, Paul Allen Ctr for CSE, 303. (Prof. Linda Shapiro).
Brian Michael Kristall, Oceanography, Ph.D. 9:30 a.m. Friday, Feb 3, Marine Sciences Bldg, 123. (Prof. Deborah Kelley).
Christine L. Lind, Applied Mathematics, Ph.D. 10:30 a.m. Thursday, Feb 9, Guggenheim Hall, 408-D. (Prof. Hong Qian).
John Christopher Newman, Biochemistry, Ph.D. 1:15 p.m. Thursday, Feb 9, South Campus Center, 322. (Prof. Alan Weiner).
Kum Hwa Oh, Economics, Ph.D. 11 a.m. Friday, Feb 10, Savery Hall, 302-C. (Prof. Eric Zivot).
Molly S. Orton, Molecular and Cellular Biology, Ph.D. 10:30 a.m. Tuesday, Feb 14, FHCRC, D5-368. (Prof. Michael Emerman).
Nicla Riverso-Levander, Comparative Literature, Ph.D. 3:40 p.m. Friday, Feb 3, Padelford, B526. (Prof. Albert Sbragia).
Charles Clifford Tatum, III, Communication – Department of, Ph.D. 9:30 a.m. Thursday, Feb 16, Communications Bldg., 102-E. (Prof. Philip Howard).
Christopher N. Templeton, Biology, Ph.D. 1 p.m. Tuesday, Feb 14, Kincaid Hall, A-042-C. (Prof. Michael Beecher).
William L. Trimble, Physics, Ph.D. 3:30 p.m. Friday, Feb 10, Physics/Astronomy Bldg., C-520. (Prof. Warren Nagourney).
Tammara Combs Turner, Information School, Ph.D. 10:30 a.m. Tuesday, Feb 7, Mary Gates Hall, 370H. (Prof. Karen Fisher).
Aaron J. Tyznik, Immunology, Ph.D. noon, Thursday, Feb 9, Health Sciences Ctr., H-562. (Prof. Michael Bevan).
Final Examinations
Nicholas D. Buker, Chemistry, Ph.D. 9 a.m. Wednesday, Feb 15, Chemistry Bldg., 102, “Guanidine Donors in Nonlinear Optical Chromophores” (Prof. Larry Dalton).
Ki-Young Choi, Physics, Ph.D. p.m. Friday, Feb 10, North Physics Lab, 178. “An Equivalence Principle Test Using a Rotating Torsion Balance” (Prof. Jens Gundlach).
David Paul Finlayson, Oceanography, Ph.D. 9:30 a.m. Wednesday, Feb 15, Marine Sciences Bldg., 125. “Beach Forms and Processes in Puget Sound” (Prof. Jeffrey Parsons).
Carole Lynne Isakson, Education, Ph.D. 1 p.m. Thursday, Feb 16, Miller Hall, 102-T. “The Process and Progress of Reading Development in Young Children with Physical and Speech Disabilities: A Multi-Case Study” (Prof. Joseph Jenkins).
Samarth Kulkarni, Bioengineering, Ph.D. 9:30 a.m. Thursday, Feb 16, Electrical Engineering Bldg., 303. “Smart Polymer Nanoscale Particles for Rapid Molecular Diagnostics” (Profs. Patrick Stayton and Allan Hoffman).
Mark D. Larabee, English, Ph.D. 3 p.m. Friday, Feb 3, Padelford Hall, A-101-C. “Front Lines of Modernism: Literary Topographies of the First World War” (Prof. Jessica Burstein).
Jessica Schendel Sinness, Chemistry, Ph.D. 1 p.m. Thursday, Feb 16, Chemistry Bldg, 102. “Design and Synthesis of Functionalizable ProDOT Based Chromophores for Use in Electro-Optics” (Prof. Larry Dalton).
