The graduate dean invites all graduate faculty to attend the final oral examinations for the doctoral candidates.All exams will be held via video conferencing.Contact the department for online meeting information.

Final oral examinations for the doctoral candidates are scheduled as follows:

Camilla Kuo-Dahab, Ph.D., Civil Engineering, Wednesday, June, 2, 1 p.m. Dissertation: Extracellular Polymeric Substances in Oxygenic Photogranules: Investigation of Their Role in Photogranulation in a Hydrostatic Environment. Caitlyn S. Butler, chr.

Nicole Lee, Ph.D., Neuroscience and Behavior, Friday, June 4, 11 a.m. Dissertation: The Role of Reward in Prairie Vole (Microtus Ochrogaster) Peer Relationships. Annaliese Beery, chr.

Eyal Tamir, Ph.D., Comparative Literature, Friday, June 4, noon, Dissertation: Dirty Minds & Failed Endings: Uses of the Bawdy in Jewish Comedy, American and Israeli Perspectives. Don Levine, chr.

Margaux Audett, Ph.D., Molecular and Cellular Biology, Friday, June 4, 1 p.m. Dissertation: Mechanisms of Mitotic Checkpoint Silencing by the Disordered Kinetochore Protein Spc105. Tom Maresca, chr.

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