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April 22, 2004

Notices

Reference Update

The following UW rules, orders, and policies were recently revised:
• Unnumbered Executive Order, “Organization of the Faculty,” revised effective January 30, 2004 (University Handbook, Volume 2, Part I, Chapter 13, Section 13–22).
• Unnumbered Executive Order, “Legislative Authority of the Faculty,” revised effective January 30, 2004 (University Handbook, Volume 2, Part I, Chapter 13, Section 13–23).
• Unnumbered Executive Order, “Faculty Authority Concerning Appointment, Promotion, and Tenure,” revised effective January 30, 2004 (University Handbook, Volume 2, Part I, Chapter 13,
Section 13–24).
• Unnumbered Executive Order, “Campuses, Colleges, and Schools,” revised effective January 30, 2004 (University Handbook, Volume 2, Part II, Chapter 23, Section 23–11).
• “Establishment of Departmental Organization,” revised effective January 30, 2004 (University Handbook, Volume 2, Part II,
Chapter 23, Section 23–22).
• Unnumbered Executive Order, “Campuses, Colleges, Schools, and Departments:  Definitions,” revised effective January 30, 2004 (University Handbook, Volume 2, Part II, Chapter 23, Section 23–23).
• Executive Order No. 19, “Attorney General’s Division,” revised effective February 19, 2004 (University Handbook, Volume 2, Part I, Chapter 12, Section 12–27).
• Administrative Policy Statement 2.1, “UW Information Systems Security,” revised effective March 1, 2004.
• Administrative Policy Statement 1.4, “Rules Coordination,” revised effective March 8, 2004.
• WAC 478–132–030, “University Calendar,” amended effective April 1, 2004.
• Administrative Policy Statement 1.2, “University-Wide Organization List,” revised effective April 5, 2004.

For further information on any of these rules, orders, or policies contact the Rules Coordination Office:  rules@u.washington.edu.


Degree Exams

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


General Examinations



  • Joshua C. Bolinger, Chemistry, Ph.D. 12:30 p.m. Friday, April 30. 102 Chemistry. (Prof. Phil Reid).
  • Lan Cao, Chemical Engineering, Ph.D. 9 a.m. Thursday, April 29. 109 Benson. (Prof. Thomas Horbett).
  • Xiaohong Chen, Chemistry, Ph.D. 11:30 a.m. Thursday, April 29. 439 Chemistry. (Prof. Frantisek Turecek).
  • Chi On Chin, Asian Languages and Literature, Ph.D. 2 p.m. Tuesday, April 27. M230 Gowen. (Prof. Anne Yue-Hashimoto).
  • Scott W. Cole, Drama, Ph.D. 1:30 p.m. Thursday, April 29. 150 Hutchiinson. (Prof. D. Odai Johnson).
  • Bradley Camp Davis, History, Ph.D. 2 p.m. Friday, April 30. 320 Smith. (Prof. Christoph Giebel).
  • Antonio G. Dipasquale, Chemistry, Ph.D. 1:30 p.m. Monday, April 26. 339 Chemistry. (Prof. James Mayer).
  • Eileen A. C. Faucher, Chemistry, Ph.D. 3 p.m. Tuesday, April 27. 405 Baglely. (Prof. Viola Vogel).
  • Raphael Gottardo, Statistics, Ph.D. 9 a.m. Thursday, April 29. C301 Padelford. (Prof. Adrian Raftery).
  • Katrina M. Hagen, History, Ph.D. 3 p.m. Monday, May 3. 320 Smith. (Prof. Uta Poiger).
  • Maria Isabel Harrell, Public Health and Community Medicine – Pathobiology, Ph.D. 1:30 p.m. Friday, April 30. RR-134 Health Sciences. (Prof. David Sherman).
  • Katherine Maree Hirt, Germanics, Ph.D. noon Wednesday, May 5. 308 Denny. (Prof. Diana Behler).
  • Kari Ragan Hoffmann, Music, D.M.A. 1 p.m. Friday, April 23. 27 Music. (Prof. Julian Patrick).
  • Kayo Inoue, Psychology, Ph.D. 2 p.m. Wednesday, April 28. 211 Guthrie. (Prof. Lee Osterhout).
  • Nani Jackins Park, Education, Ph.D. noon Tuesday, April 27. 112A Miller. (Prof. Edward Taylor).
  • Gang Ji, Electrical Engineering, Ph.D. 2:30 p.m. Monday, April 26. 403 EE1. (Prof. Jeff Bilmes).
  • Thomas M. Keenan, Bioengineering, Ph.D. 3 p.m. Wednesday, May 5. 303 Electrical Engineering. (Prof. Albert Folch).
  • Toshitaka Kudo, Law, Ph.D. 4 p.m. Thursday, April 29. 433 William Gates. (Prof. Veronica Taylor).
  • Kristen Paige Lindgren, Psychology, Ph.D. 9:30 a.m. Friday, April 30. 120 Guthrie Annex 3. (Prof. William George).
  • Turkiya L. Lowe, History, Ph.D. 11 a.m. Thursday, May 6. 203E Smith. (Prof. Quintard Taylor).
  • Jessica Schendel, Chemistry, Ph.D. 2 p.m. Wednesday, May 5. 102 Chemistry. (Prof. Larry Dalton).
  • Karla B. Schweitzer, Psychology, Ph.D. 9 a.m. Tuesday, May 4. 202C Chemistry Library. (Prof. Earl Hunt).
  • Young Ja Seo, Education, Ph.D. 11 a.m. Tuesday, April 27. 411 Miller. (Prof. Robert Abbott).

  • Steven Lester Shaw, Education, Ph.D. 2:30 p.m. Monday, May 3. 122 Miller. (Prof. Nathalie Gehrke).
  • Lisa Claire Sieck, Civil And Environmental Engineering, Ph.D. 1:30 p.m. Monday, April 26. 264 Wilcox. (Prof. Stephen Burges).
  • Kristine C. Washburn, Astronomy, Ph.D. 3:30 p.m. Friday, April 30. A110 Physics/Astronomy. (Prof. Richard Wilkes).
  • Bo Wen, Pharmacy – Medicinal Chemistry, Ph.D. 1:30 p.m. Thursday, April 29. H371 Health Sciences. (Prof. Sidney Nelson).
  • Karen Joanne Wernli, Public Health and Community Medicine – Epidemiology, Ph.D. 1 p.m. Wednesday, May 5. M4-B102 FHCRC. (Prof. Harvey Checkoway).
  • John Charles Withey, Forest Resources, Ph.D. 10:45 a.m. Thursday, April 29. 22 Anderson. (Prof. John Marzluff).
  • Final Examinations
  • Kathryn Patricia Connaghan, Speech and Hearing Sciences, Ph.D. 11:30 a.m. Monday, April 26. B10 Social Work/Speech. “Jaw stiffness during speech by children with suspected hypo- or hypertonia.” (Prof. Christopher Moore).
  • Simon Paul De Szoeke, Atmospheric Sciences, Ph.D. 3:30 p.m. Friday, April 30. A118 Physics/Astronomy. “Evolution of thecross-equatorial atmospheric boundary layer in the east Pacific: Observations and models.” (Prof. Christopher Bretherton).
  • Mathias Drton, Statistics, Ph.D. 10:30 a.m. Monday, April 26. 245 Savery. “Maximum likelihood estimation in Gaussian AMP chain graph models and Gaussian ancestral graph models.” (Profs. Michael Perlman and Thomas Richardson).
  • Lindy Carol Gewin, Molecular and Cellular Biology, Ph.D. 2:30 p.m. Thursday, May 6. Pelton Auditorium, FHCRC. “Investigation of the mechanism by which the human papillomavirus type-16 E6 oncoprotein induces telomerase in epithelial cells.” (Prof. Denise Galloway).
  • Yingying Guo, Public Health and Community Medicine – Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences, Ph.D. 9:30 a.m. Tuesday, May 4. 2232 Roosevelt Room, 4225 Roosevelt Way NE, Seattle.. “Characterization of global transcriptional responses and DNA repair following aflatoxin B1 treatment in Saccharomyces cerevisiae.” (Profs. Helmut Zarbl and David Eaton).
  • Anson Verlin Hatch, Bioengineering, Ph.D. 10 a.m. Tuesday, May 4. 104 Fluke. “Diffusion based analysis of molecular binding interactions in microfluidic devices.” (Prof. Paul Yager).
  • Jennifer Ann Joyce, Education, Ph.D. 8:30 a.m. Thursday, April 29. 122 Miller. “A study of teacher community.” (Prof. Timothy Standal).
  • Panki Kim, Mathematics, Ph.D. 2:30 p.m. Thursday, April 29. 115 Loew. “Potential theory for stable processes.” (Prof. Zhen-Qing Chen).
  • Marie O. Le Guilly, Mechanical Engineering, Ph.D. 10 a.m. Thursday, April 29. 134 Mechanical Engineering. “Development of ionic polymer actuator arrays.” (Prof. Minoru Taya).
  • Lingyan Li, Chemical Engineering, Ph.D. 10 a.m. Tuesday, April 27. 025 Chemistry Library. “Nanoscale chemical, structural, tribological, and biological properties of self-assembled monolayers of alkanethiols.” (Prof. Shaoyi Jiang).
  • David Randolph Locke, Education, Ph.D. 10 a.m. Wednesday, May 5. 112A Miller. “Syswrite: Theory-based writing analysis.” (Prof. Deborah McCutchen).
  • Craig Robert Magie, Zoology, Ph.D. 3 p.m. Thursday, April 29. Pelton Auditorium, FHCRC. “Roles of the Rhol small GTPase during development in Drosophila melanogaster.” (Prof. Susan Parkhurst).
  • Jennifer Julia Masoodi, Education, Ph.D. noon Friday, April 23. 216 Miller. “School reform in residential schools for the blind: A historical investigation.” (Prof. Eugene Edgar).
  • Anita A. Mathias, Pharmacy – Pharmaceutics, Ph.D. 11:30 a.m. Monday, April 26. K069 Health Sciences. “Disposition of anti-HIV protease inhibitors in pregnancy.” (Prof. Jashvant Unadkat).

  • Susanne U. Menden-Deuer, Oceanography, Ph.D. 3 p.m. Thursday, April 29. 123 Marine Sciences. “Linking individual foraging strategies with ecological dynamics: Quantifying zooplankton movements in heterogeneous prey distributions.” (Prof. Daniel Grunbaum).
  • Randall Stewart Perry, Earth and Space Sciences, Ph.D. 1 p.m. Tuesday, April 27. 311 Condon. “The preservation of bio chemical in rock coatings.” (Profs. Alan Gillespie and James Staley).
  • Cynthia Jean Price, Nursing – School of, Ph.D. 9 a.m. Wednesday, May 5. T612 Health Sciences. “Body-oriented therapy in sexual abuse recovery: A study of efficacy, dissociation reduction, and process.” (Prof. Elaine Thompson).
  • Helen E. Smith, Public Health and Community Medicine – Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences, Ph.D. 10 a.m. Tuesday, April 27. 346 SSC. “Functional significance of polymorphic variants of CYP1B1 and COMT in estrogen metabolism and their relevance to endometrial cancer.” (Prof. David Eaton).

Research participants wanted


The Department of Environmental Health is seeking people with asthma, ages 18–50, to participate in a study of the effects of inhalation of sulfur dioxide on lung function. The study will involve one screening visit and two lab visits. Participants will receive $50 per lab visit. For more information, please contact Jane Koenig or Karen Jansen at 206-543- 2026.


Blood drive


Monday, May 3 from 1 to 3 pm and 3:45 to 7 pm in the Terry Hall Lounge.