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May 5, 2005

Official notices

General Notices

Board of Regents Meeting

The UW Board of Regents will hold a regular meeting at 3 p.m. Thursday, May 19 in the 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.

English for Law, Health Care, and Technology

The UW Community English Language Program will be offering three new evening courses Summer and Autumn Quarters to meet the needs of intermediate to advanced non-native speakers who work or are interested in law, medical fields, or technology. The courses (American Legal English, English for Health Care, and Tech Talk) will focus on developing English language skills within the context of legal, medical, and technology topics. For more information, call 685-6464, e-mail anitasok@u.washington.edu, or visit www.uwelp.net/programs and then choose Community English Language Program.

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 conversational skills, listening, vocabulary, grammar, pronunciation, English in business and in academic writing, and preparation for the TOEIC. There are also daytime courses in reading, writing, grammar, speaking, listening, and vocabulary and idioms.

UWELP also 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 543-6242 or e-mail uwelp@u.washington.edu.

Blood drives

Tuesday, May 10 from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. and 2:15 to 5:30 pm, in the bus parked on 17th NE, between 45th and 46th.

Legal Notice

Mitigated Determination of Nonsignificance

Project Name: Educational Outreach

Proponent: University of Washington

Description of Proposal: The Educational Outreach Building will be an approximately 55,000 gross square feet, five-story structure with basement parking; considering underground parking, total gross square footage of the building would be 64,000 square feet. The building would contain approximately 38,000 square feet of net assignable space. The building will have a low slope roof with parapets. Mechanical systems will be roof mounted. The entry/lobby space will include a waiting area, access to elevators and access to program functions for visitor information, registration and computer labs. There will be a covered exterior area with canopy above. The typical floor core area will include lavatories, elevators, electrical room, mechanical distribution chase, and exit stairs. The basement area below the building is programmed to accommodate approximately 24 parking stalls, with vehicle access from the alley on the east side of the site.

Location of Proposal: The Educational Outreach building will be constructed on a University owned site in the southwest portion of the campus, currently utilized as a visitor’s information center, storage facilities and surface parking (Lot W5). The site, which is addressed as 4014 University Way NE, is bordered on the north by NE Campus Parkway, on the west by University Way NE, on the south by Lot 13 (College Inn), and on the east by a 14 foot wide alley running generally north and south. The site is located west of the Commodore Duchess Apartments and north of the College Inn.

Lead Agency: University of Washington.

The University has determined this proposal does not have a probable significant adverse impact on the environment. An Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) is not required under RCW 43.21C.030(2)(c). This decision was made after review of a completed environmental checklist and other information on file with the lead agency. This information is available to the public on request.

This MDNS is issued under 197-11-340(2); the lead agency will not act on this proposal for 14 days from the date below. Comments must be submitted by May 16 to:

Jan Arntz, Environmental & Land Use Compliance, University of Washington, Box 352205, Seattle, WA 98195

Comment Deadline: May 16
Responsible Official: Richard K. Chapman
Position/Title: Assoc. VP, Capital Projects
Telephone: 206-543-5200
Address: University Facilities Building, Box 352205, Seattle, WA 98195

Degree Exams

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

General Examinations


  • Luke Edgar Adams, Chemistry, Ph.D. 10 a.m. Thursday, May 12. Chemistry Bldg., 439. (Prof. Frank Turecek).
  • Meherun Ahmed, Economics, Ph.D. 11 a.m. Wednesday, May 18. Savery Hall, 302. (Prof. Shelly Lundberg).
  • Irene Stacey Alexander, English, Ph.D. 2:30 p.m. Wednesday, May 18. Padelford Hall, A-101C. (Prof. Brian Reed).
  • Erin Anne Casey, Social Work, Ph.D. 1:30 p.m. Monday, May 16. Social Work/SPCHS Bldg., 116. (Prof. David Takeuchi).
  • John R. Chevillet, Molecular and Cellular Biology, Ph.D. 2 p.m. Thursday, May 19. FHCRC, D4-120. (Prof. Valeri Vasioukhin).
  • Robert I. Cruickshank, History, Ph.D. 12:30 p.m. Thursday, May 12. Smith Hall, 320. (Prof. James Gregory).
  • Cindy L. Desmarais, Genome Sciences, Ph.D. 10 a.m. Thursday, May 19. Health Sciences Center, RR-134. (Prof. Deborah Nickerson).
  • Matthew Jason Eliot, Technical Communication, Ph.D. 10:30 a.m. Tuesday, May 17. Mechanical Engineering Bldg., 259. (Prof. Jennifer Turns).
  • Kristofer A. Erickson, Geography, Ph.D. 9:30 a.m. Tuesday, May 10. Smith Hall, 4th floor, Starlight Room. (Prof. Steve Herbert).
  • Douglass Madison Furrh, English, Ph.D. 1:30 p.m. Monday, May 16. Padelford Hall, A-101C. (Prof. Mark Patterson).
  • Suzanne E. Graham, Biology, Ph.D. 10:30 a.m. Thursday, May 12. Kincaid Hall, A-023D. (Prof. Toby Bradshaw).
  • Adrienne I. Greve, Urban Design and Planning Group, Ph.D. 10 a.m. Monday, May 9. Gould Hall, 442. (Prof. Marina Alberti).
  • Rebecca A. Hanson, Speech and Hearing Sciences, Ph.D. 2:30 p.m. Monday, May 9. Soc Work/Speech and Hearing Sciences Bldg., 52. (Prof. Lesley Olswang).
  • Gordon William Holtgrieve, Biology, Ph.D. 2 p.m. Tuesday, May 10. Fishery Science Bldg., 329. (Prof. Daniel Schindler).
  • Jacob A. Hutchison, Drama, Ph.D. 11 a.m. Friday, May 13. Hutchinson Hall, 150. (Prof. Odai Johnson).
  • Yeo Jung Kim, Communication, Ph.D. 1 p.m. Wednesday, May 18. Communications Bldg., 126. (Prof. Nancy Rivenburgh).
  • Naveen Kumar, Industrial Engineering, Ph.D. 9:30 a.m. Friday, May 6. Electrical Engineering Bldg., 303. (Prof. Christina Mastrangelo).
  • Hao Li, Medical Education and Biomedical Informatics, Ph.D. 10 a.m. Thursday, May 12. Health Sciences Center, D-209. (Prof. James Brinkley).
  • Qing Liang, Atmospheric Sciences, Ph.D. 2:30 p.m. Tuesday, May 17. Atmospheric Sciences-Geophysics Bldg., 406. (Prof. Lyatt Jaegle).
  • Joseph S. Mcgonigle, Bioengineering, Ph.D. 1:30 p.m. Friday, May 6. Health Sciences Center, T-625. (Profs. Marta Scatena and Cecilia Giachelli).
  • Joane Theresa Moceri, Nursing – School of, Ph.D. 1:30 p.m. Wednesday, May 11. Health Sciences Center, T-305. (Prof. Carole Schroeder).
  • Amit A. Mushkin, Earth and Space Sciences, Ph.D. 10 a.m. Wednesday, May 18. Condon Hall, 311. (Prof. Alan Gillespie).
  • Marilyn B. Nourse, Bioengineering, Ph.D. 1 p.m. Monday, May 16. Electrical Engineering Bldg., 403. (Prof. Charles Murry).
  • Michael Brady Olson, Oceanography, Ph.D. 2 p.m. Wednesday, May 11. Marine Sciences Bldg., 123. (Prof. Evelyn Lessard).
  • Sarah B. Paulsen, Civil And Environmental Engineering, Ph.D. 9 a.m. Wednesday, May 18. More Hall, 218. (Prof. Steven Kramer).
  • Daniel W. Player, Economics, Ph.D. 11 a.m. Monday, May 9. Savery Hall, 302-C. (Prof. Shelly Lundberg).
  • Joshua E. Polster, Drama, Ph.D. 4 p.m. Friday, May 13. Hutchinson Hall, 150. (Prof. Barry Witham).
  • Xue Feng Ren, Public Health and Community Medicine – Environ & Occup Hlth Sciences, Ph.D. 10 a.m. Tuesday, May 17. 4225 Roosevelt Way, NE, 229. (Profs. Terrance Kavanagh and Helmut Zarbl).
  • Beth A. Rowan, Biology, Ph.D. 10 a.m. Friday, May 13. Hitchcock Hall, 312. (Prof. Arnold Bendich).
  • Jeanette M. Sanchez, Drama, Ph.D. 2 p.m. Friday, May 13. Hutchinson Hall, 150. (Prof. Sarah Bryant-Bertail).
  • Julianne R. Severson, Women Studies, Ph.D. 9 a.m. Friday, May 13. Padelford Hall, B-110G. (Prof. David Allen).
  • Marianne Lynn Shaw, Computer Science and Engineering, Ph.D. 1 p.m. Friday, May 6. Paul Allen Center, 503. (Prof. Steve Gribble).
  • Lakshmi Venkatesh, Speech and Hearing Sciences, Ph.D. 12:30 p.m. Thursday, May 12. Soc. Work/Speech and Hearing Sciences Bldg., 52. (Prof. Christopher Moore).
  • Hannah E. Volkman, Molecular and Cellular Biology, Ph.D. 11 a.m. Thursday, May 12. Health Sciences Ctr., G-324. (Prof. Lalita Ramakrishnan).
  • Bryan D. White, Neurobiology and Behavior, Ph.D. 8 a.m. Thursday, May 12. Health Sciences Center, K-423A. (Prof. Phil Horner).
  • Elizabeth J. Wilkinson, Neurobiology and Behavior, Ph.D. 1 p.m. Tuesday, May 17. Health Sciences Ctr., G-417. (Prof. Helen Sherk).
  • Kenneth Peter Yocom, Built Environment, Ph.D. 10:30 a.m. Tuesday, May 10. Gould Hall, 442. (Prof. Kristina Hill).

Final Examinations


  • Vera Natalie Agostini, Aquatic and Fishery Sciences, Ph.D. 4 p.m. Tuesday, May 10. Fishery Science Bldg., 102. “Climate, Ecology and Productivity of Pacific Sardine and Hake” (Prof. Robert Francis).
  • Neil Solon Banas, Oceanography, Ph.D. 11:30 a.m. Monday, May 16. Ocean Sciences Bldg., 425. “Dynamics of Willapa Bay, Washington: Links to the Coastal Ocean, Tidal Dispersion, and Oyster Carrying Capacity” (Prof. Barbara Hickey).
  • Oneill Blacker-Hanson, History, Ph.D. 1 p.m. Friday, May 13. Smith Hall, 320. “La Lucha Sigue! (The Struggle Continues!): Teacher Activism in Guerrero and the Continuum of Democratic Struggle in Mexico” (Prof. Carlos Gil).
  • Matthew D. Blair, Mathematics, Ph.D. 1:30 p.m. Tuesday, May 10. Thomson Hall, 211. “Strichartz Estimates for Wave Equations with Coefficients of Sobolev Regularity” (Prof. Hart Smith, III).
  • Monte Lee Bridges, Education, Ed.D 4 p.m. Wednesday, May 11. Miller Hall, 313. “Superintendent Evaluation for Increased Organizational Performance: From Traits to Triangulation” (Prof. Kathy Kimball).
  • James Francis Carey, Molecular and Cellular Biology, Ph.D. 11 a.m. Thursday, May 19. Health Sciences Ctr., K-069. “An Investigation of the Mechanism of DNA Relaxation by Human Topoisomerase I” (Prof. Jim Champoux).
  • Harold Cassab, Business Administration, Ph.D. 2:15 p.m. Wednesday, May 18. Mackenzie Hall, 367. “Multichannel Service: Performance and Implications for Customer Retention” (Prof. Douglas MacLachlan).
  • Sunil Kumar Chebolu, Mathematics, Ph.D. 4 p.m. Wednesday, May 11. Thomson Hall, 334. “Refinements of Chromatic Towers and Krull-Schmidt Decompositions in Stable Homotopy Categories” (Prof. John Palmieri).
  • Catherine K. Chi, Music, D.M.A. 1:30 p.m. Monday, May 16. Music Bldg., 101. “Building an Ideal High School Instrumental Ensemble Program in Taiwan— Based on the Theory of Multiple Intelligences and the Experience of the Ithaca High School Band from 1955 to 1967, Directed by Frank Battisti” (Prof. Peter Eros).
  • David Arthur Coil, Molecular and Cellular Biology, Ph.D. 10 a.m. Tuesday, May 10. FHCRC, Pelton Auditorium. “Roles of Phosphatidyleserine in Enveloped Virus Infection” (Prof. Dusty Miller).
  • Marnie Elizabeth Gelbart, Molecular and Cellular Biology, Ph.D. 3 p.m. Tuesday, May 17. FHCRC, Pelton Auditorium. “Targeting the Chromatin Remodeling Activity of Isw2 Complex In Vivo” (Prof. Toshio Tsukiyama).
  • Andrew Allen Grzadzielewski, Education, Ph.D. 10 a.m. Thursday, May 12. Miller Hall, 112A‘. “The Validity of Student Self-Reports About the Effectiveness of Graphing Calculators in an Undergraduate Mathematics Classroom” (Prof. Francis Hunkins).
  • Christopher R. Hanusa, Mathematics, Ph.D. 10:30 a.m. Tuesday, May 10. Padelford Hall, C-401. “A Gessel-Viennot-Type Method for Cycle Systems with Applications to Aztec Pillows” (Prof. Henry Cohn).
  • Kevin C. Kanning, Neurobiology and Behavior, Ph.D. 3:30 p.m. Monday, May 16. Health Sciences Center, K-069. “A Hitchhiker’s Guide to the p75NTR/NRH Galaxy” (Prof. Mark Bothwell).
  • Alissa Genet Karl, English, Ph.D. 11:30 a.m. Wednesday, May 18. Padelford Hall, A-101-C. “Modernism and the Marketplace: Literary Cultures and Consumer Capitalism 1915-1939″ (Prof. Carolyn Allen).
  • Jessica Lin Lewis, Molecular and Cellular Biology, Ph.D. 10 a.m. Tuesday, May 10. Health Sciences Ctr., T-439. “Reiterated Signal Transduction Pathways and Development of the Zebrafish Neural Crest” (Prof. David Raible).
  • Danqian Mao, Chemistry, Ph.D. 2 p.m. Wednesday, May 18. Chemistry Bldg., 239. “Study of Low Abundance Proteins in Single Cells of S. Cerevisiae using Capillary Electrophoresis and High-Sensitivity Laser Induced Fluorescence Detection” (Prof. Norman Dovichi).
  • Brendan John Mccullough, Neurobiology and Behavior, Ph.D. 2:30 p.m. Thursday, May 12. Center on Human Development and Disability, 150. “The Deafwaddler Mouse as a Model for Human Hearing Loss” (Prof. Bruce Tempel).
  • Isabelle Sarton Miller, Anthropology, Ph.D. 8 a.m. Friday, May 13. Denny Hall, 401. “Estimation of Energy Expenditure in Children: A Simple and Non-invasive Approach Using Heart Rate and Regression Modeling” (Prof. Patricia Kramer).
  • Peter D.S. Mork, Computer Science and Engineering, Ph.D. 10 a.m. Monday, May 16. Paul Allen Center, 203. “Peer Architectures for Knowledge Sharing” (Profs. Peter Tarczy-Hornoch and Alon Halevy).
  • Kurt E. Partridge, Computer Science and Engineering, Ph.D. 3:30 p.m. Wednesday, May 18. Paul Allen Center, 203. “Using Attention-Correlated Communication to Associate Users and Devices” (Prof. Gaetano Borriello).
  • Laura Kathryn Stahman, Germanics, Ph.D. 11 a.m. Friday, May 6. Denny Hall, 307-B. “”Degenerate” Hope: Philosophic and Literary Responses to Antisemitism and the Holocaust” (Profs. Dorothee Ostmeier and Diana Behler).
  • Barbara Tempalski, Geography, Ph.D. 10:30 a.m. Thursday, May 19. Smith Hall, 409. “The Uneven Geography of Syringe Exchange Programs in the United States: Need, Politics and Place” (Prof. Suzanne Withers).
  • Anu Wadhwa, Business Administration, Ph.D. 9:30 a.m. Tuesday, May 17. Mackenzie Hall, McCabe Room. “Impact of Corporate Venture Capital on Knowledge Creation in Corporate Investors” (Prof. Suresh Kotha).
  • Michael Andrew Xenos, Political Science, Ph.D. 10 a.m. Wednesday, May 18. Communications Bldg., 125. “Democracy’s Guardians: Political Moderates, Communication Environments and Voter Deliberation” (Prof. Lance Bennett).
  • Xin Yao, Business Administration, Ph.D. 11 a.m. Wednesday, May 18. Mackenzie Hall, McCabe Room. “Ego Depletion in Emotional Labor: The Role of Humor and Methods of Acting” (Prof. Thomas Lee).