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October 15, 1999
Volume 37, No. 5

features

Skeletons in the closet
HRIS team is working out the kinks
Commitment to good writing permeates UI
Adjusting workstations for healthier workers
Dancing in the millennium
"Quote...Endquote"
Bridges to the next horizon (President Mary Sue Coleman's convocation speech)

news and briefs

News Briefs
Task force urges: Keep IWP going
UI press publishes award-winning fiction
Provost invites community for discussion of interdisciplinary issues
Forget your troubles, come on, get healthy!

announcements

Bulletin Board
Calendar
Deaths

Offices and Awards

Pubs. and Creations
Nominate a reference librarian for excellence
Finkbine nominations due
Tuition assistance for employee development
Ph.D. thesis defenses
Correction

other links

TIAA Cref Unit Values

Staff Development Courses

The University of Iowa Homepage


Ph.D. Thesis Defenses

Oct. 15

Qi Hang (Molecular Biology), "Bacteriophage [lambda] Terminase Interactions with DNA and ATP—How Does a Protein Motor Package Virus DNA?," M. Feiss, Chair; 9:30am, 4-821 BSB

Cynthia L. Smith (Classics), "Gift-giving Patterns in the Argonautica," M. Depew, Chair; 3:30pm, 203 SH



Oct. 18

Elango Minnoor (Chemistry), "Applications of Modified Fused Silica Capillaries in Capillary Zone Electrophoresis," D. Pietrzyk, Chair; 12:30pm, 323A CB



Oct. 20

Patrick L. Sinn (Physiology and Biophysics), "Transgenic Models and Molecular Mechanisms of Human Renin Gene Regulation," C. Sigmund, Chair; 9:30am, 5-669 BSB

Bennett D. Elzey (Microbiology), "Immunotherapy of Prostate Cancer in a Murine Model," D. Lubaroff, Chair; 2pm, 3-560 BSB



Oct. 21

Janelle L. Torres y Torres (Pharmacy), "Microbial and Chemical Transformations of p-Coumaric Acid," J. Rosazza, Chair; 1:30pm, S218 PHAR



Oct. 22

David L. Evans (Psychology), "The Influence of Attributional Schema on Personality Stereotyping in the Context of Affirmative-action Hiring Policies," R. Baron, Chair; 1:30pm, E17 SSH



Oct. 26

Geoffrey D. Girnun (Free Radical and Radiation Biology), "Induction of Catalase by Peroxisome Proliferator-activated Receptor (PPAR) Gamma Agonists: Identification of a Novel PPAR Response Element in the Rat Catalase Promoter," M. Robbins, Chair; 9am, B180 ML



Oct. 28

Gail L. Rose (Psychology), "What Do Doctoral Students Want in a Mentor? Development of the Ideal Mentor Scale," L. Clark and M. O’Hara, Co-Chair; 10am, E17 SSH

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