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April 6, 2006

Official notices

Academic Opportunities

Ethnic Studies

The Institute for Ethnic Studies in the United States (IESUS) invites applications from University of Washington faculty members who are engaged in or are beginning projects on ethnic issues in the United States. The deadline for applications is April 15. For more information on application guidelines, please see the IESUS website at http://depts.washington.edu/iesus/ or direct questions to Kari Stephens via email (preferred method of contact) at iesus@u.washington.edu or call 206-685-9333 (please leave a voicemail).

Seattle Commencement Ceremony Invitation

All chairs, directors and faculty on the UW’s Seattle campus are invited to participate in the academic procession at the UW’s 131st Commencement Ceremony, Saturday, June10, in Husky Stadium. Lining up begins at noon, procession begins at 1:30 p.m., ceremony concludes at 4:30 p.m.

This is an extremely important day in the eyes of our students, and you play a primary role in witnessing the conferring of their degrees. Help celebrate their achievements by attending Commencement on June 10. To confirm your participation, procure your academic apparel, and obtain guest tickets to the ceremony please contact our office at commence@u.washington.edu.

OTHER NEWS

Board of Regents meeting cancelled

The UW Board of Regents meeting to be held on Thursday, April 20 has been cancelled. They are scheduled to reconvene on Thursday, May 18.

Therapy group forming

The Hall Health Mental Health Clinic will be starting a new group specifically for gay, lesbian, bisexual and questioning men and women who are students. This group will emphasize self-awareness through supportive and growth oriented collaboration, and will help undergraduate and graduate students develop core strengths which exist within every person. This group is appropriate for gay, bisexual, lesbian or questioning men or women. No previous individual or group therapy experience is required.

The group will run for eight weeks on Wednesdays from 1:30 to 3 p.m. beginning April 12 at Hall Health Mental Health Clinic. The cost is $25 per session. Insurance may cover this. Anyone interested should contact The Mental Health Clinic at 206-543-5030 or Micheal Kane at 206-221-2449 or e-mail mkanew@u.wash-ington.edu for further information.

Participants wanted for gambling study

The Addictions Treatment Center at the VA Puget Sound Health Care System — Seattle Division is currently part of a multi-site study examining the effects of an investigational medication that it is hoped will help reduce problem gambling. The study will compare two different doses of the medication to placebo.

We are seeking veteran and non-veteran male and female volunteers between 18 and 70 who gamble frequently and would like to stop. The study lasts for 15 weeks and includes a psychiatric interview, physical examination, and frequent symptom monitoring. You will be compensated for your time and travel.

For more information, please call the study staff at 206-277-3170. Please leave your name and number if no one is available. We will return your phone call as soon as possible.

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, April 7, from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. and from 1:45 p.m. to 4 p.m. in the C-wing of the Health Sciences Lobby.
  • Thursday, April 13, from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. and from 1:45 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. on the north side of Schmitz Hall.
  • Monday, April 17, from 1 p.m. to 3:15 p.m. and from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. in the Pompeii Room of McMahon Hall.
  • Monday, April 17, from 1 p.m. to 3:15 p.m. and from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. in the Gray Lounge of Haggett Hall.
  • n Monday, April 17, from 1 p.m. to 3:15 p.m. and from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. in the Main Lounge of McCarty Hall.
  • Tuesday, April 18, from 1 p.m. to 3:15 p.m. and from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. in the Pompeii Room of McMahon Hall.
  • Tuesday, April 18, from 9:30 a.m. to noon and from 1 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. at the bus parked east of Balmer Hall.

Degree Exams

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

General Examinations


  • Benjamin S. Almassi, Philosophy, Ph.D. 4 p.m. Tuesday, April 11. Savery Hall, 331-K. (Prof. Arthur Fine).
  • Lynne M. Baab, Communication – Department of, Ph.D. 9 a.m. Tuesday, April 11. Communications Bldg., 102-E. (Prof. David Domke).
  • Joshua J. Bayes, Molecular and Cellular Biology, Ph.D. 1 p.m. Monday, April 17. FHCRC, A1M-025. (Prof. Harmit Malik).
  • Tina Marie Drexler, Oceanography, Ph.D. 2 p.m. Wednesday, April 19. Marine Sciences Bldg., 123. (Profs. Andrea Ogston and Charles Nittrouer).
  • Caroline V. Faria, Geography, Ph.D. 11:30 a.m. Wednesday, April 12. Smith Hall, 409. (Prof. Lucy Jarosz).
  • Jennifer A. Flexman, Bioengineering, Ph.D. 9:30 a.m. Thursday, April 20. Foege Bldg., N-503. (Profs. Yongmin Kim & Satoshi Minoshima).
  • Sijian Grace Ge, Public Health and Community Medicine – Biostatistics, Ph.D. 3 p.m. Thursday, April 20. Health Sciences Ctr., F-643. (Prof. Elizabeth Thompson).
  • Daniel R. Goldman, Computer Science and Engineering, Ph.D. 11 a.m. Monday, April 17. Paul Allen Center, 303. (Profs. Brian Curless & David Salesin).
  • Daniel W. Lysne, Education, Ph.D. 9 a.m. Thursday, April 20. Miller Hall, 112-A. (Prof. Bradley Portin).
  • Lisa P. Nathan, Information School, Ph.D. 1 p.m. Friday, April 7. Roosevelt Commons Bldg., 402. (Prof. Batya Friedman).
  • Tapan Suryakant Parikh, Computer Science and Engineering, Ph.D. noon Monday, April 17. Paul Allen Center, 203. (Profs. Ed Lazowska & David Notkin).
  • Rebecca R. Portnoy, Business School, Ph.D. 1:30 p.m. Wednesday, April 19. Mackenzie Hall, McCabe Room. (Prof. Xiao-Ping Chen).
  • Kyle Vinette Russell, Education, Ph.D. 1 p.m. Thursday, April 20. Miller Hall, 112-A. (Prof. Stephen Kerr).
  • Anne L. Sallaska, Physics, Ph.D. 3 p.m. Friday, April 14. North Physics Lab, CENPA Conference Room. (Prof. Alejandro Garcia).
  • Ganesh Sankaranarayanan, Electrical Engineering, Ph.D. 1:30 p.m. Thursday, April 13. Paul Allen Center, AE-108. (Prof. Blake Hannaford).
  • Kok-Yong Seng, Bioengineering, Ph.D. 9 a.m. Friday, April 14. Foege Bldg., N-130-A. (Prof. Paolo Vicini).
  • Nathaniel Parker Weston, History, Ph.D. 11 a.m. Wednesday, April 19. Smith Hall, 203E. (Prof. Uta Poiger).
  • Mingyan Zhou, Pharmacy – Pharmaceutics, Ph.D. 1 p.m. Friday, April 7. Health Sciences Ctr., H-272-G. (Prof. Joanne Wang).
  • Melvin Thaw Zin, Materials Science and Engineering, Ph.D. 11 a.m. Friday, April 7. Roberts Hall, 321. (Prof. Alex Jen).

Final Examinations




  • Minesh Kantilal Bacrania, Physics, Ph.D. 9:30 a.m. Friday, April 14. North Physics Lab, CENPA Conference Room. “Second-forbidden Beta Decay of Boron-8” (Prof. Derek Storm).


  • Jennifer Dee Hastings, Nursing – School of, Ph.D. 8 a.m. Monday, April 17. Health Sciences Ctr., T-513. “Effectiveness of Postural Intervention via Manual Wheelchair Change: Feasibility of Teleconsultation Delivery” (Prof. Karen Schepp).


  • Brian G. Sabbey, Physics, Ph.D. 3:30 p.m. Tuesday, April 18. Physics/Astronomy Bldg., C-520. “Global Properties of Nuclei with Self-Consistent Mean-Field Theory: Binding Energies and 2+ Excitations” (Prof. George Bertsch).


  • Bahman Sayyar Roudsari, Public Health and Community Medicine – Epidemiology, Ph.D. 8:30 a.m. Thursday, April 20. HIPRC Conference Room. “International Comparison of Prehospital Trauma Care Systems” (Prof. Fredrick Rivara).


  • Till Schreiber, Economics, Ph.D. 11 a.m. Tuesday, April 18. Savery Hall, 302. “Institutions and Growth: An Empirical Analysis” (Profs. Theo Eicher & Charles Nelson).


  • Nathaniel Starbuck Trumbull, Geography, Ph.D. 3 p.m. Friday, April 14. Smith Hall, 412-A. “The Environmental Impacts of Economic Transition: Water Resources Planning in the Urban Environment” (Prof. Craig ZumBrunnen).


  • Llyd Ewan Wells, Oceanography, Ph.D. 10 a.m. Friday, April 7. Marine Sciences Bldg., 123. “Viral Adaptations to Life in the Cold” (Prof. Jody Deming).


  • Sherry Ann Yeary, Education, Ph.D. 9 a.m. Tuesday, April 18. Miller Hall, 320. “Assessing Students’ Epistemological Reasoning in Science and History in an Elementary School Classroom” (Prof. Leslie Herrenkohl).