FYI…UCSF in the News is a daily summary of news stories published worldwide that highlight UCSF, its affiliated programs, and issues that affect the University.  To read the full news story, click the individual headlines listed below.

On the second Wednesday of each month, FYI…UCSF in the News includes an additional "Research Roundup" section that lists research papers authored by UCSF faculty and published in the journals Cell, Health Services Research, JAMA, Lancet, Nature, NEJM, Nursing Research, and Science.

UCSF PRINT AND ONLINE COVERAGE

  • UC service workers deserve livable wages (San Francisco Chronicle)
    Dana Frank, professor of history at the University of California, Santa Cruz, comments on the 5-day strike by the American Federation of State, County, and Municipal Employees (AFSCME) union that represents service workers at all UC campuses, including UCSF Medical Center.
  • Seymour Zoger - pediatric oncologist at UCSF (San Francisco Chronicle)
    The Chronicle reports: "Seymour Zoger, a pediatric oncologist at UCSF Medical Center and retired sole practitioner in San Francisco, had such a magical way with children that they usually didn't want to let him go. ... Dr. Zoger, who had been visiting Israel with his family, died in a Tel Aviv hospital July 10 of complications from pneumonia. He was 80."

UCSF HEADLINES

  • Promoting Effective Communication in a Diverse Work Culture (UCSF Today)
    UCSF takes pride in having a richly diverse campus community, and in response, the Office of Affirmative Action, Equal Opportunity and Diversity (AAEOD) has created “Effective Communication in a Diverse Work Culture,” an interactive workshop that offers skills for communicating across culture, experience and other differences.