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2008 Stories and Features
May 13 - Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology Names Margolis President
May 12 - UC Proposes New Staff and Academic Reduction in Time (START) Program
May 09 - Robert Wood Johnson Foundation President to Deliver Chancellor’s Health Policy Lecture
May 09 - Celebrating Cinco de Mayo
May 08 - Giudice Joins NIH Advisory Committee on Research on Women’s Health
May 07 - UCSF to Host Earth Fest, Bike to Work Day on May 15
May 07 - New Stem Cell Research Building Nears
May 06 - inSites: What’s on the Web? UCSF.edu Index for April 2008
May 06 - UCSF to Offer Free Skin Cancer Screening Exams in Castro-Mission District on May 10
May 06 - CVRI Celebrates 50th Birthday
May 06 - Gauging Heart Disease Risk and Its Treatment
May 05 - Author to Talk About Lessons Learned in Care Across Cultures
May 05 - UCSF to Celebrate Asian Pacific American Heritage Month
May 02 - UCSF to Host Science Symposium Highlighting Cardiovascular Research
May 01 - Meet New UCSF Faculty
May 01 - UCSF Commemorates 50th Anniversary of Millberry Union
May 01 - UCSF's Ken Dill Elected to National Academy of Sciences
May 01 - ‘Unleash the Energy'
Apr 30 - Four Elected to American Academy of Arts & Sciences
Apr 30 - Safeway Foundation Gives $2 Million to UCSF for Breast Cancer Support
Apr 29 - Sweetow Wins Distinguished Achievement Award in Audiology
Apr 28 - Nurse Who Carried Olympic Torch Reflects on Experience
Apr 25 - UCSF to Participate in San Francisco AIDS Walk
Apr 25 - New Film Profiles UCSF HIV/AIDS Leaders
Apr 24 - UCSF to Offer Free Screening for Oral, Head and Neck Cancer on April 25
Apr 24 - Benefit Fund Established for Guzman-Solari Family
Apr 23 - School of Nursing’s Estes to Be Honored at Symposium
Apr 22 - UCSF Forms Chancellor’s Advisory Committee on Sustainability
Apr 21 - State Senator Yee to Talk About Health Care Reform at UCSF Today
Apr 18 - Being Overweight or Obese Linked to Faster Brain Aging, Study Suggests
Apr 18 - Stem Cell Research Pioneer to Deliver Faculty Research Lecture
Apr 18 - Animal Researcher Protection Legislation Moves Forward
Apr 17 - Focus on Your Future at Finance Day
Apr 17 - UCSF Prepares for the Worst in Aftermath of VA Tech Tragedy
Apr 16 - UCSF to Share Strategic Plan Progress at Upcoming Town Hall Meetings
Apr 16 - Comedian Alec Mapa to Perform Live at UCSF
Apr 16 - HIV Might Hitch a Ride Into the Brain on Immune Cells, Researchers Find
Apr 15 - UCSF to Host Public Hearing on the Draft EIR for Mission Bay Medical Center
Apr 15 - UCSF Hosts Forum to Further Triangular Partnership in Global Health
Apr 14 - Division of Neonatology hosts Kickoff and Symposium on Advances in Care
Apr 11 - Academic Senate to Honor Two for Distinction in Teaching
Apr 11 - Likely Reason Shown for Link Between HIV Drugs and Heart Attacks
Apr 10 - Visiting Professor to Talk About Spirituality and End-of-Life Care
Apr 10 - Surprise: Rise in ER Admissions Caused by the Affluent, Not Uninsured
Apr 09 - UCSF Revamps Ergonomics Program to Better Serve Faculty, Staff
Apr 08 - Clements Receives International Pollin Prize for Lifesaving Discovery
Apr 08 - Art In the Presence of Frontotemporal Dementia
Apr 07 - UCSF Shares Results of Helicopter Noise Analysis with Community
Apr 04 - Four Leaders to Receive UCSF Medal on April 23
Apr 04 - Professor to Provide Tips on Home Earthquake Preparedness
Apr 03 - UCSF School of Pharmacy Unveils Its Strategic Course
Apr 03 - “Good” Cholesterol, Heart Attack Risk and Prevention
Apr 03 - UCSF Health Workforce Center Pinpoints Shortage of Minority Doctors
Apr 03 - inSites: What’s on the Web? UCSF.edu Index for March 2008
Apr 02 - UCSF Police Department to Undergo Accreditation Review
Apr 01 - Meet New UCSF Faculty
Apr 01 - LGBT Elders Pose Major Challenge for Geriatrics and Senior Services
Mar 31 - GLBT Leadership Award Nominations Deadline Extended to 5 p.m., March 31
Mar 31 - Mayor Proclaims Gladstone Institutes Day in San Francisco
Mar 28 - University of California Appoints New President Mark G. Yudof
Mar 27 - Snapshot of APhA-ASP Serving our Community
Mar 26 - UCSF Gains Positive Presence on YouTube, Social Networking Sites
Mar 25 - Turning the Tide of Liver Cancer Among Asians
Mar 25 - Education Seminars, When Delivered the Right Way, Improve the Community’s Understanding of Health Information
Mar 24 - UCSF Volunteers Help Build Playground in One Day
Mar 21 - Pharmacy Dean, Faculty and Students Receive National Honors
Mar 21 - Three to Receive Chancellor’s Award for Advancement of Women
Mar 20 - Horton Wins 2008 Bressler Prize in Vision Science
Mar 20 - UCSF Among 11 Hospitals Assessed Administrative Penalties
Mar 19 - UCSF Collaborative Resource Allocation Program Offers Second Round of Grants
Mar 19 - UCSF Medical Center CEO Updates Regents on Mission Bay Hospital Project
Mar 17 - UC Reaches Agreement with CNA on Three-Year Contract for University Nurses
Mar 17 - UCSF Launches New Strategic Plan Website
Mar 14 - UCSF Children’s Hospital, de Young Museum Partner to Provide Teens Platform for Artistic Expression
Mar 14 - Tinkering with Cellular Circuits Sparks Synthetic Biology at UCSF
Mar 13 - UC Regents to Discuss Student Mental Health and Campus Security at Upcoming Meeting
Mar 12 - Mount Zion Invites Community to Health Fair on March 13
Mar 12 - Motherhood and Memory Lapse
Mar 11 - Giudice Receives 2008 Woman in Science Award
Mar 10 - UCSF Asian Heart and Vascular Center Welcomes New Advisors
Mar 07 - School of Medicine Names New Vice Dean for Administration, Finance and Clinical Programs
Mar 07 - Does It Matter How You Lower Your Cholesterol?
Mar 06 - UCSF Stroke Expert Wins Award for Excellence
Mar 06 - Gladstone Scientists Identify Role of Tiny RNAs in Controlling Stem Cell Fate
Mar 05 - inSites: What’s on the Web? UCSF.edu Index for February 2008
Mar 05 - Two Women Prepare for Empire State AIDS Ride in Memory of their Brothers
Mar 04 - Co-Author of Three Trillion Dollar War to Speak at UCSF
Mar 04 - Foundation Touts UCSF Report on Health Differences
Mar 03 - Wells to Chair UCSF Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry
Mar 03 - Meet New UCSF Faculty
Mar 03 - Gladstone Ranked #1 in the Scientist's Survey of Best Places for Postdoctoral Fellows to Work
Feb 29 - HPV Vaccine for Men?
Feb 29 - Dean Ushers in 101st Year of School of Nursing
Feb 28 - Harvard Professor of Pediatrics to Lecture at UCSF Today, Tomorrow
Feb 26 - HepB Free Project Joins with UCSF Staff to Offer Prevention Strategies to Community
Feb 26 - UCSF Opens Multidisciplinary Marfan Clinic
Feb 25 - UCSF to Raise Awareness of Eating Disorders This Week
Feb 22 - UC Files Unfair Labor Practice Charge Against AFSCME
Feb 22 - Flu Season Approaches Peak, with Drug-Resistant Cases on the Rise
Feb 22 - Gladstone & UCSF Scientists Reactivate Immune Cell Production in HIV-Infected Adults
Feb 21 - Leading Contributor to Human Genome Project to Speak at UCSF
Feb 20 - UCSF University Community Partnerships Council Offers New Grants Program
Feb 20 - New Mini Medical School for the Public to begin at UCSF
Feb 19 - UCSF to Offer Workshop on Effective Communication in a Diverse Environment
Feb 15 - Mayor Newsom Appoints Nursing Professor to San Francisco Health Commission
Feb 14 - UCSF Works Toward a Healthy Environment
Feb 13 - University of California to Establish School of Global Health
Feb 12 - Global Health Sciences, CTSI to Host Town Hall Meetings on International Projects
Feb 12 - NIAID Director Anthony Fauci Gives Merle Sande Memorial Lecture
Feb 11 - UCSF School of Pharmacy Names First Associate Dean for Diversity
Feb 08 - Creating Change for UC Women
Feb 08 - UCSF Study on Fetal Pain Revisited
Feb 07 - UCSF to Host Valentine’s Activities at Several Locations
Feb 07 - Breast Density and a Better Cancer Risk Model
Feb 06 - Developing UCSF’s Next Generation of Faculty Mentors
Feb 06 - Focus the Nation Featured on TV20
Feb 05 - UCSF Message Goes Global and Gets Local
Feb 05 - Thyroid Cancer Cases Climb as Treatment Advances
Feb 05 - It’s Time to Get Out and Vote
Feb 04 - inSites: What’s on the Web? UCSF.edu Index for January 2008
Feb 04 - Chief of Pediatric Surgery on Oprah
Feb 04 - National Search for School of Medicine Dean Underway
Feb 01 - UCSF to Offer Cultural Competency Training for Health Care Providers
Feb 01 - Meet New UCSF Faculty
Jan 31 - Longtime Dentist Loses Battle with Leukemia
Jan 30 - UCSF to Host Free Heart, Hepatitis B Screenings on Saturday
Jan 29 - National Leader in Family Medicine Dies
Jan 28 - Severe Weather Prompts Reminder of How to Handle an Elevator Failure
Jan 25 - UCSF Student Receives Scholarship from National Hispanic Health Foundation
Jan 24 - Peasant Pies Brings Portable, Affordable Meals to UCSF
Jan 23 - UCSF Panel to Discuss HIV Prevention in Sub-Saharan Africa, Screen Film
Jan 22 - UC Continues Progress in Sustainability Practices
Jan 22 - Key Bone Building Pathway Identified in Mice
Jan 18 - UCSF’s Jeff Wall Uses New Computational Methods to Search for a Neanderthal Legacy and for Disease Genes
Jan 18 - Arenson Elected to Board of Radiological Society of North America
Jan 17 - UCSF Meningioma Research Laboratory Receives Donation
Jan 16 - UCSF Postdoc Receives Genetics Society of America’s DeLill Nasser Award
Jan 16 - New UCSF PowerPoint templates available
Jan 15 - Ad Campaign Raises Awareness of UCSF Medical Center’s Innovation
Jan 14 - Governor’s Budget Proposes Education Cuts to Address Deficit
Jan 11 - UCSF Experts to Talk About Finding a Cure for Asthma
Jan 11 - UCSF Police Report Attempted Robbery and Battery at Mount Zion, Malicious Graffiti at Mission Bay
Jan 10 - Campus Life Services to Pilot Going Greener Campaign
Jan 10 - Gilead Sciences and Gladstone to Collaborate on HIV Targets
Jan 08 - UCSF Names MLK Awardees, Hosts Series of Events
Jan 07 - Medical Anthropologist Awarded Top Honor
Jan 07 - UCSF to Host Focus the Nation Teach-in
Jan 07 - UCSF Tropical Disease Researcher in Scientific American’s Top 50
Jan 04 - UCSF to Celebrate National Mentoring Month
Jan 04 - VA Leader, UCSF Researcher Will Use VA’s Computerized Medical Records for Physician Education
Jan 03 - UCSF Series on the Pharmaceutical Industry's Marketing of Medicines
Jan 02 - inSites: What’s on the Web? UCSF.edu Index for December 2007
Jan 02 - Meet New UCSF Faculty