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Meet UCSF’s Black Student Change-Makers

“You are here because you are a genius in every right,” says Sydney Williams in this video about the graduate student organization BE-STEM (Black Excellence in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math) and the exceptional leadership of Williams, Jaysón Davidson, and Christina Stephens. Find it on UCSF’s YouTube channel.

North Woods

The Washington Post calls this novel “a time-spanning, genre-blurring work of storytelling magic.” Written by Daniel Mason, MD ’04, it’s the tale of a house in the New England woods, told through the lives of its inhabitants across the centuries.

The Light and Shadow of Life

The saying “Todo tiene solución, menos la muerte” (“Everything has a solution, except death”) was instilled in every fiber of my being by my courageous parents.

Watercolor painting of a windswept field and forest with the shadow of a house in the background.

Five Questions for Ryan Hernandez

Ryan Hernandez, PhD, is helping propel a new era for science at UCSF by championing diversity, equity, and inclusion.

Portrait of Ryan Hernandez

Dangerous Beauty

Cell biologist and engineer Matthew Kutys, PhD, and his team harness organoids – living tissues derived from patient tumors – to study how cancer spreads.

Microscopy image of human breast cancer tissue

The Wonderful World of 3D+

How a suite of advanced 3D technologies is ushering in surgery’s most sophisticated era yet.

3d printed model of a heart, split into two pieces, floating in front of a pink background.

A Prescription for Loneliness

What a tiny grassroots program in the Tenderloin is teaching doctors about healing through human connection.

Painted illustration of an older man sitting on a staircase, his head leaning down, with shadows of trees in the background.

The Road to Rejuvenation

Fortified stem cells. Enhanced memory. A longevity hormone. UCSF researchers are finding out whether we can cancel – or at least delay – old age.

Photo realistic collage illustration of an older man, fractured with cut out shapes and half a face of an older version of himself.