Pulse Today Archive

March 22, 2023
#2023UCSFMatch2023 | Relaxation, Pain Relief Techniques | Rural Preventative Care in Fresno
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March 8, 2023
International Women’s Day | Estimating Breast Cancer Risk | Black Caucus Scholarships
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February 22, 2023
Moffitt-Long Staff Entrance Change | MPOX Treatment in Fresno | UC-wide Town Hall
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February 8, 2023
Black History Month | Women in Science | Sleep Meds and Dementia
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January 25, 2023
Psychedelic Therapy | Chancellor Award Nominations | Tax Scams
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January 11, 2023
Kids’ Screen Time | Bubble Baby Disease | 20,000 Organ Transplants
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December 14, 2022
Chancellor Holiday Message | 2022 In Review | COVID-19 Health Equity Report
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November 23, 2022
Staff Appreciation Events | New EVCP | Magnet Designation
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November 9, 2022
Q&A on RSV | Grant for Alzheimer’s | Legion of Honor Awardee
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October 26, 2022
Faculty Elected to NAM | Diversity Awards | Long COVID and Exercise Tolerance
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October 12, 2022
First Lady Visits UCSF | Sickle Cell Podcast Series | COVID Booster Q&A
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September 28, 2022
UCSF Medal Winners | Wellbeing Grant Proposals | Gut Bacteria and MS
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September 14, 2022
Dutch Queen Visit | New Bicycle Plan | Murals Removal Award
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September 1, 2022
New Vice Chancellor of Research | Eye Movement During Dreams | Climate Survey Results
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August 17, 2022
Long COVID Project | CRISPR and Alzheimer’s | Smartphone Blood Pressure Monitors
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August 3, 2022
US News Best Hospitals | Screens and Tween Behavior | New Brand Photo Library
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July 20, 2022
EVCP Lowenstein Stepping Down | Parnassus Heights Greening | Climate Change and Health Equity
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July 7, 2022
Post-Roe Abortion Access | New Vice Chancellor | COVID Vaccines for Kids
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June 23, 2022
US News Best Children’s Hospitals | $25M Research Award | Diana Greene Foster on Abortion
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June 8, 2022
Monkeypox Q&A | $3M Gift to Children’s Hospitals | Improving LGBTQ+ Health Care
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May 25, 2022
New Hospital Approved | Founders Day Awards | Climate Center to Launch
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May 11, 2022
New Pharmacy Dean | 2022 Last Lecture | 1,000th Lung Transplant
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April 27, 2022
VP Harris Visits UCSF | Grad Slam Winner | Time-Restricted Eating Benefits?
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April 13, 2022
Psilocybin for Depression | Prestigious MS Award | LGBTQ+ Health Recognition
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March 30, 2022
U.S. News Grad School Rankings | Support Parnassus’ Transformation | Napping and Dementia
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March 16, 2022
Sleep Quality vs. Duration | COVID and Homeless Deaths | Tips and Tricks for UCSFers
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March 2, 2022
Anti-Racism in Health | Sexual Health Tips | Concussion Damage Lasts
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February 16, 2022
NIH Rankings | Long COVID | Shuttle Changes
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February 3, 2022
Fixing the Nursing Shortage | 3 New AAAS Fellows | Research Funding Opportunities
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January 19, 2022
New UCSF Health CEO | Warriors Tickets | COVID Brain Fog Clues
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January 5, 2022
See New Hospital Designs | Mandatory COVID Actions | $2M for Sickle Cell Program
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December 15, 2021
Wishing You a Happy Holiday Season
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December 1, 2021
Staff Appreciation Events | CRISPR Sickle Cell Trial | 9 New Wellbeing Projects
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November 17, 2021
New First Gen Scholarships | Screentime Climbing in Kids | Hospital Safety Gets an A
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October 28, 2021
Open Enrollment | Weill Neuro Building Opens | New NAM Members
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October 13, 2021
UCSFer Wins a Nobel | Brain Pacemaker for Depression | New Grad Division Dean
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September 28, 2021
Upgrades at BCH Oakland | Happiness vs. Dementia | Flu Shot Reminder
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September 15, 2021
CA Nursing Shortage | Flu Shot Schedule | Support Afghan Scholars
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September 1, 2021
Campus Housing for Staff | Alcohol’s Heart Risk | Remote Work Update
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August 18, 2021
Alzheimer’s Drug Controversy | New UCSF Event Rules | COVID-19 and Preterm Birth
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August 5, 2021
US News Best Hospitals | Delta at UCSF | Brain Boosters or Busters?
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July 21, 2021
Your Heart on Coffee | Brain Tech Restores Speech | Indoor Masking Returns
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July 7, 2021
New Masking Policy | More Humane Prisons | Microbes as Medicine
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June 22, 2021
Children’s Hospital Rankings | Why You Can’t Sleep | Pharmacy Dean to Retire
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June 10, 2021
Living Therapeutics Launch | 40 Years of AIDS in SF | AI Detects Fetal Defects
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May 26, 2021
New Parnassus Building | Founders Day Awardees | COVID-19 Re-Entry Anxiety
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May 12, 2021
$75M for Basic Science | New Psychiatry Building | Telework Update
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April 29, 2021
3 New NAS Members | Staff Engagement Survey | How Much to Exercise
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April 14, 2021
2021 Last Lecture | Meditation and Long-Haulers | New COVID-19 Sick Leave
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March 31, 2021
US News Ranks Top Grad Schools | CRISPR Cure for Sickle Cell | New Test-to-Fly Strategy
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March 17, 2021
J&J Vaccine Facts | Campus Housing Lowers Rent | UCSF’s 100,000th Shot
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March 3, 2021
NIH Funding Rankings | Probiotic Myths | Employee Vaccines
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February 18, 2021
New Aging Institute | First Woman Scientist in Space | Protein Switch for Obesity
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February 3, 2021
Parnassus Plan Approved | COVID-19 Vaccine Fact Vs. Fiction | Mark Laret Retiring
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January 19, 2021
New Coronavirus Variants | Implant Zaps Away Depression | Will Schools Be COVID-Safe?
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January 6, 2021
🏡 🚌 Community Perks for Parnassus | Vaccine Updates | Seizure Forecasting Tech
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December 16, 2020
During An Historic Year, You Shined at UCSF
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December 9, 2020
Vaccines Coming to UCSF | COVID-19 Testing for UCSFers | Air Pollution and Alzheimer's
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November 25, 2020
Holiday Dos and Don'ts | What COVID Does to the Heart | Security at UCSF
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November 10, 2020
3 UCSFers Join Biden COVID-19 Board | SOTU Highlights | Vision Center at MB Opens
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October 28, 2020
US News 🌎 Rankings | Prisons and COVID-19 | New Student Housing
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October 14, 2020
CRISPR Wins Nobel Prize | NIH New Innovators | Sea Lion Brain Surgery
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October 6, 2020
How Anti-Racism and COVID-19 are Reshaping UCSF Education
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September 30, 2020
Is It Flu or COVID? | Anti-Racism Town Hall | London Breed on COVID-19 Response
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September 16, 2020
#FightFluUCSF | Join a COVID-19 Study | Free Yoga Day
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September 2, 2020
Pelosi Addresses UCSF | Schools and COVID-19 | LGBTQ Health Care Rankings
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August 19, 2020
Inhalable COVID-19 Defense | UC Flu Shot Mandate | Upcoming Town Halls
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August 5, 2020
Masks Protect Wearers, Too | US News Best Hospitals | Not Just a Respiratory Virus
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July 22, 2020
Masks and Face-Touching | Impaired Smell Linked to Dementia | 2020 UCSF Medals
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July 8, 2020
Hospital Architects Chosen | Masks? Travel? What Experts Say | Next UC President
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June 25, 2020
Best Children’s Hospitals | Support DACA | First FDA-Approved Video Game
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June 11, 2020
Black Lives Matter | UCSF Child Summer Camps | Pride 2020
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May 27, 2020
Founders Day Honorees | Register for Alumni Week | Prestigious Neuroscience Prize
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May 21, 2020
Special Edition: #UCSFgrads
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May 13, 2020
Celebrate #UCSFgrads | UCSF Trains Contact Tracers CA-Wide | Mission COVID-19 Study Results
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April 30, 2020
The Truth About Antibody Tests | New Inductees to Science Academies | How Contact Tracing Ends Pandemics
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April 16, 2020
UCSF Team Flies to NYC | Wearing Masks in Public | UCSF Zoom Backgrounds
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April 2, 2020
UCSF Tops NIH Funding Again | Our Experts in COVID-19 News | How You Can Help
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March 19, 2020
COVID-19 Response | US News Best Grad Schools | Byers Award Lecture
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March 3, 2020
Parking Costs Increasing | Coronavirus Updates | Alzheimer’s Blood Test
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February 19, 2020
Coronavirus Update | CA Surgeon General Visit | Fewer UCSFers Driving
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February 5, 2020
Coronavirus Q&A | Dentistry's Largest Gift Ever | Brain Zapping for Pain
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January 22, 2020
Climate Change and Health | Warding Off Dementia | Electric Scooter Injuries Increasing
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January 8, 2020
Predicting Alzheimer’s Spread | Is Aging Optional? | Mercury Poisoning from Skin Cream
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December 11, 2019
#WhiteCoats4BlackLives Anniversary | Forbes 30 Under 30 | Saving Kids from Stress
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November 25, 2019
How Guts Say You’re Full | Street Nursing | Down Syndrome Reversal
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November 14, 2019
Weill Neurohub Unites 3 Universities | Big Step for Artificial Kidney | Diversity Awardees’ Stories
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October 30, 2019
US News Global Rankings | 4 New NAM Members | UCSF’s Sugary Drink Ban Results
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October 16, 2019
4 New Chancellor Goals | Plan to Transform Parnassus | Sleep to Forget
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October 2, 2019
NIH New Innovator Awards | ‘One-Eyed Sheep’ Talk Wins Postdoc Slam | Cracking Mystery of Valley Fever
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September 18, 2019
Genetic Test Saves Infant’s Life | New Dyslexia Center | HHMI Early-Career Fellowship
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September 5, 2019
David Julius Wins Breakthrough Prize | #SaveIsabel | Commuting Tips for Chase Center
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August 21, 2019
Gift Launches Microbiome Center | CRISPRed Lab-Grown Neurons | Alzheimer’s Kills Wakeful Brain Region
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August 7, 2019
Best Hospitals | Mission Bay Traffic Alerts | Are Sunscreens Safe?
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July 24, 2019
Presidential Award Winner | Final Beam for New Building | ‘Chernobyl’ Fact vs. Fiction
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July 10, 2019
12 Tips for Healthier Eating | Staff Engagement Town Hall | Is Hammock Sleeping Harmful?
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June 26, 2019
Children’s Hospital Rankings | Graduation Highlights | Napping and Dementia
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June 12, 2019
Congrats, New Grads! | Remembering Herb Sandler | Diabetes Drug Breakthrough
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May 29, 2019
UCSF-Dignity Affiliation Update | Founders Day Awards | SF Giants Tickets
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May 15, 2019
$30M for Homelessness Initiative | New NAS Member | Labor Strike Updates
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April 30, 2019
Synthesized Speech Breakthrough | 2019 Last Lecture
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April 17, 2019
Chancellors Portraits Unveiled | Sleep Apnea Hormone Fix | Parnassus Town Hall
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April 3, 2019
2019 Grad Slam Winners | Gene Therapy for Parkinson’s | Volunteer With Your Team
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March 19, 2019
US News Grad School Rankings | Labor Strike Updates | Lotion Fights Age-Related Disease
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March 6, 2019
NIH Funding Record | Higher Minimum Wages Save Lives | Spine Surgery While Awake
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February 21, 2019
Vale to Lead HHMI Campus | Cutting Hospital Food Waste | Common Triggers for Irregular Heartbeats
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February 6, 2019
SF Mayor Visits UCSF | Beware Brain Supplements | Byers Award Lecture
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January 23, 2019
Flu Q&A | Staff Engagement Town Hall | Neurons That Strengthen Bones
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January 9, 2019
AI Spotting Alzheimer’s Early | Sugar Industry’s Dirty Tactics | Science of Aging Gracefully
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December 18, 2018
A look back at UCSF in 2018 and what's ahead
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December 11, 2018
Zapping Away Depression | CRISPR Babies Controversy | Students Rally Against Immigration Rule
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November 28, 2018
Are Standing Desks Overrated? | Staff Appreciation Breakfasts | Reduced Pain from Breast Reconstruction

November 14, 2018
UCSF Bestows Highest Honor | Sadness Visualized in the Brain | Saving Limbs from Diabetes

October 31, 2018
Global Universities Rankings | 2018 State of the University | The First Genome Surgeons

October 17, 2018
4 New NAM Members | Preparing for Labor Strike | Longevity Vitamins and Healthy Aging

October 3, 2018
NIH Grants for High-Risk Research | UCSF’s Link to 2018 Nobel Prize | ‘Butt Cancer’ Talk Wins Postdoc Slam

September 27, 2018
Special Edition: Back to School 2018

September 18, 2018
Surfer Recovers from Broken Spine | ImmunoX Launches at Parnassus | Dolby Gift to Create Mood Disorder Center

September 5, 2018
Keto Diet: Fact vs. Hype | Reproductive Health Clinic Reopens | Engagement Survey Town Hall

August 22, 2018
US News Best Hospitals | Tracking Scooter Injuries | Ethics of Sequencing Newborns

August 7, 2018
Staff Engagement Survey Results | 30-Year Leukemia Mystery Solved | Post-Roe v. Wade World

July 24, 2018
Electric Shock CRISPR Method | Ending Toxic Stress | How Melanoma Evolves

July 10, 2018
Cannabis Drug Wins FDA Approval | CRISPR’s New Powers | REM Sleep Benefits Heart Health

June 27, 2018
Children’s Hospitals Rankings | Remembering Holly Smith | SF Pride Parade Photos

June 13, 2018
Silicon Valley Embraces Basic Science | Commencement Highlights | Addressing Homelessness in SF

May 30, 2018
First In Utero Stem Cell Transplant Clinical Trial | Graduating Class of 2018 | Transportation Changes at Mission Bay

May 16, 2018
Dave Grohl Plays Oakland Benefit | Why Lyme Disease is On the Rise | Founders Day Awards

May 2, 2018
Frances McDormand at UCSF | New Outpatient Center in Oakland | Chancellor’s Diversity Forum

April 18, 2018
David Graham’s ‘Last Lecture’ | First-Ever Chief Genomics Officer | Improved Shuttle Times

April 4, 2018
2018 Grad Slam Winners | AI Heart Scan Readers | Giants Tickets Giveaway

March 20, 2018
US News Grad School Rankings | Reimagining Parnassus Campus | Llamas at Mission Bay

March 7, 2018
7-Year Streak in NIH Funding | New Mental Health Center | Remembering a Neurosurgical Pioneer

February 21, 2018
$500M for New Parnassus Hospital | How Wearables Are Disrupting Clinical Studies

February 7, 2018
‘Anxiety Cells’ Found in Brain | Blocking Aging with Protein | Milestone for New Cancer Building

January 23, 2018
Why the Flu Is So Bad This Year | Sushi Lover's Tapeworm | Vote for Campus Improvements

January 9, 2018
Teen Vaping Dangers | First Baby Born in 2018 | UCSF Gym Discount

December 13, 2017
Special Edition: UCSF’s Year in Review 2017

December 5, 2017
Peter Walter Wins $3M Breakthrough Prize | Campus Store Holiday Sale | Sugar Industry Downplayed Harms

November 21, 2017
First-Ever Human Gene Editing Attempt | Reversing Cavities with Lasers | Staff Appreciation Celebrations

November 7, 2017
Sign Up for Commuter Benefits | Social Media for Health Interventions | $25M Gift to Nursing

October 31, 2017
Special Edition: UCSF Launches $5 Billion Campaign

October 24, 2017
UCSF Climbs in US News Global Rankings | Dreamforce Pass Giveaway | Magnet Recognition for Nursing

October 11, 2017
Meet Our NIH New Innovators | UCSF Response to CA Wildfires | Uncertainty in Research Funding

September 26, 2017
Dissecting VR Cadavers | Incoming Class Fun Facts | Become a UCSF Advocate

September 12, 2017
UC Sues to Protect DACA | Gut Microbes Associated with MS | New Cancer Consortium

August 29, 2017
New SON Dean | Drop-In Flu Shot Clinic | Humor to Cope with Dementia

August 15, 2017
US News Best Hospitals | Hormone Improves Brain Function | 30 Years of UCSF Scientists in Public Schools

August 1, 2017
UCSF Goes to Space | Plan to Save Sutro Reserve | Drug Expiration Date Myths

July 18, 2017
Drug Reverses Memory Deficits | Overeating Triggered by Brain Cells | UCSF ‘Most Wired’ Hospital

July 5, 2017
Brain-Invading Tapeworm | U.S. News Ranks Children’s Hospitals | Good Fat Can Still Be Bad

June 20, 2017
New Restaurant Opens | Cloudy Skies for Marijuana Research | Join UCSF at Pride

June 7, 2017
Balding Linked to Immune System | Growing Organs in the Lab | Looking Back on Summer of Love

May 24, 2017
Vale Wins Prestigious Shaw Prize | Surgeon General’s Rousing Speech to Grads | Designs for 3 New Buildings

May 10, 2017
UCSF Health Ranks Best Place to Work | Reflections from Class of 2017 | Chancellor’s Diversity Forum

April 25, 2017
Stand Up For Science | New Vice Chancellor for Innovation | Yoga Eases Depression

April 11, 2017
App for Tracking Emotions | MS Drug Approved by FDA | Last Lecture

March 28, 2017
New Cancer Building at Mission Bay | Schools Top NIH Funding | Julius Wins Gairdner Award

March 14, 2017
US News Grad School Rankings | UCSF Talent Show | Epilepsy Drug Fast-Tracked from Fish Study

February 28, 2017
Best Coffee at UCSF | Dean Featherstone to Retire | Serving Aging HIV Patients

February 14, 2017
UCSF's Viral Cat Video | New Building at Mission Bay | Our Dark Genome

January 31, 2017
Win a Location Makeover | Easing Student Debt | Kahlo and Diego Paintings at ZSFG

January 17, 2017
Largest-Ever Gift Will Support Faculty, Students | Remembering Steve Barclay | 3-Parent Babies

January 4, 2017
MS Breakthrough | Philanthropist Bill Bowes Remembered | Hunting Drugs with AI

December 14, 2016
Special Edition: UCSF Year in Review 2016

December 6, 2016
Zika Breakthrough | Campus Store Discount | White Washed Science

November 22, 2016
Hate Has No Place at UCSF | Citywide Cancer Partnership | 4 UCSF Medals

November 8, 2016
Weill Institute Awards | New Color MRIs | Family Movie Night

October 25, 2016
US News Global Rankings | Ghost Pepper Hospitalization | Science Fest Begins

October 11, 2016
$5.4B Economic Impact | Smart Molecule Discovery | 7 New NIH Innovators

September 27, 2016
U2 Ticket Giveaway | Chan Zuckerberg Biohub | State of the University

September 22, 2016
Special Edition: Back to School 2016

September 13, 2016
Bay Area's Healthiest Employers | UCSF in Space | Lasker Lifetime Achievement

August 30, 2016
Discovering a Safer Opioid | AIDS Walk Fundraising Results | Restoring Sutro Forest

August 16, 2016
Ending Mental Health Stigma | Giants Tickets Sale | Wachter and 20 Years of Hospitalist

August 1, 2016
Med Center Ranking Improves | 33% Off UCSF Gym | New Cancer Building

July 19, 2016
Sex Harassment in Science | How You Can Reduce Work Stress | AIDS Walk 2016 Slideshow

July 5, 2016
New Discount Program | Slideshow of SF Pride | Watch a Virtual Reality Colonoscopy

June 21, 2016
White House Summit at UCSF | Regenerating Liver Cells | Free Meals and Drug Prescription

June 6, 2016
$1M Kavli Prize Winner | White House, Gates Summit at UCSF | New Carpool Program

May 23, 2016
Founders Day Awards | Last Lecture, Andre Campbell | Risk with Right-Sided Colon Cancer

May 9, 2016
New Bioethics Program | Congrats, Class of 2016 | Bold Ideas for Parnassus, Mt. Zion

April 26, 2016
$185M Weill Gift to Advance UCSF Neurosciences | Bluestone to Head New Parker Institute

April 11, 2016
Schools Top NIH Funding | New Café at Mission Hall | Faculty Named to Cancer Moonshot Panel

March 28, 2016
Top Grad Schools | New Building at Mission Bay | Giants Tickets On Sale Today

March 15, 2016
Grad Slam Winners | Zika Symposium | Pathways to Better Cancer Treatment

February 29, 2016
VP Joe Biden Visits UCSF | Traffic Changes at Mission Bay | Reflecting on Race

February 16, 2016
Lessons from Mission Hall | $25M 'Transformative' Gift | Campus Store Sale

February 1, 2016
Good News for Coffee Drinkers | UCSF Tops in Fundraising | Pelosi Visits UCSF

January 19, 2016
New Café Now Open | Forestry Experts, Goats in Sutro | 6 Diversity Champions

January 5, 2016
Campus Housing Announcement | New UCSF Magazine | When Disaster Strikes

December 14, 2015
UCSF's Year in Review 2015

December 1, 2015
$177M to Fight Dementia | Cheese-Making Cancer Doc | Holiday Deals

November 16, 2015
$20M Gift for Mood Disorders | New Eye Drops Clear Cataracts | Campus Store Grand Opening

November 2, 2015
UCSF Headlines: UCSF Health Expands in Bay Area | Top Science Images 2015 | Faculty Named to National Academy of Medicine

October 19, 2015
UCSF Headlines: UCSF Among World's Best in US Rankings

October 5, 2015
UCSF Headlines: Back to School | 3D Printing Tissue | 'Remote Control' Immune Cells