Joey Convento: Bringing Play to Work
Joey is the emcee and event producer for many of our events on campus including the Block Party, Black & White Gala, and various cultural celebrations.
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Give to UCSFJoey is the emcee and event producer for many of our events on campus including the Block Party, Black & White Gala, and various cultural celebrations.
Osama and Karuna, along with fellow neuroscience student Bryan Seybold, produce and run a radio show called Carry the One Radio.
Shingo Kajimura, PhD, is a researcher who is studying the cells that cause obesity. He and his team are examining brown fat cell development and its role in controlling energy homeostasis.
Both UCSF’s School of Medicine and School of Nursing have earned top rankings in the U.S. News & World Report survey of the nation's best graduate schools.
Though the headlines have subsided, UCSF volunteers and experts are still hard at work fighting Ebola in West Africa and helping build better infrastructure that could stop another outbreak.
A team of UCSF and high school students won "Best Presentation" at the most recent international "Genetically Engineered Machine" competition, where engineering meets biology.
UC San Francisco’s Jennifer Lai, MD, MBA, was recently selected as a “Top 40 under 40” in the Class of 2015 by the San Francisco Business Times. She is the only UCSF faculty member honored by the publication.
Visionary philanthropist Chuck Feeney has given another gift of $100 million to UCSF, now making him the single largest contributor ever to the University of California system.
It is awards season at UCSF and time to celebrate our colleagues who have gone above and beyond in serving others. Nominations are now being accepted and they are due by 5 p.m. on Tuesday, Feb. 24.
UC San Francisco’s Office of Diversity and Outreach has hired Denise Caramagno as the University’s care advocate. Effective Feb. 19, she will provide crisis intervention and ongoing support at UCSF to survivors of sexual assault and sexual violence.
Dan Lowenstein's distinguished career encompasses teaching, research and patient care – from his arrival to UCSF in 1987 as a pediatrics intern to his latest appointment as executive vice chancellor and provost.
As UCSF's student newspaper Synapse approaches it 60th anniversary, its editors look back at its successes in fostering science and health communication and building a sense of community on campus.
Only a few weeks had passed since Theresa O’Brien, PhD, returned from maternity leave when she was tapped to become associate chancellor by then-UCSF School of Medicine Dean Sam Hawgood, MBBS.
The University of California will meet its January goals toward implementing a comprehensive approach to addressing sexual violence on campuses, including the creation of a full-time, confidential advocate and support office on each campus and the establishment of a standard model for responding to sexual violence across the university system.
Former UC San Francisco executive vice chancellor and provost Eugene Washington, MD, MsC, has been named chancellor for health affairs at Duke University and president and CEO of the Duke University Health System.
The long-term care industry expects substantial growth in employment opportunities to meet growing health care demand, but the rate of exit from long-term care jobs is outpacing the rate of entry.
UCSF medical students sparked a national movement when they launched #whitecoats4blacklives to bring attention to racial health care disparities. The dialogue didn't end there.
The first PhD graduate of the pharmaceutical chemistry department, Eddie Way, BS ’38, MS ’40, PhD ’42, had a long history with the UCSF School of Pharmacy.
Mark di Suvero's renowned "Dreamcatcher" steel sculpture, will find its new home at UCSF's Mission Bay campus, thanks to the generosity of Jeanne and Sandy Robertson.
UCSF Magazine explores how scientists are uncovering surprising new tools – young blood and video games – to rejuvenate the brain.
Eighteen interns graduate from the EXCEL (Excellence through Community Engagement and Learning) program, a partnership of UC San Francisco, the City and County of San Francisco and the Jewish Vocational Services (JVS). It is a work-based learning program that uses both classroom and on-the-job training to prepare participants for career path job in the health care sector.
UCSF’s Institute for Global Orthopaedics and Traumatology allows residents to do an international rotation to train doctors in the developing world, where traffic accidents are one of the most common causes of hospitalization.
The University of California has announced that UC San Francisco’s Regis Kelly, PhD, began his tenure on Dec. 1 as special advisor on innovation and entrepreneurship to UC President Janet Napolitano.
More than 150 UCSF professional students participated in a “white coat die-in” where they lay down in their white coats to bring attention to the impact of racial disparities in health care.
Browse through a collection of photos marking 30 of the biggest moments and milestones that UCSF saw this year in research, patient care and education.
UCSF's Brie Williams, MD, was one of five faculty members across the entire University of California system—and the only one from UCSF—to receive the President’s Research Catalyst Awards, chosen from a pool of almost 200 proposals. UC President Janet Napolitano made the announcement on Dec. 10.
UCSF leadership released a statement in response to recent events in Ferguson and New York City, which have brought national attention to long-felt issues surrounding systemic inequalities that disproportionally impact underrepresented minorities, particularly black men.
Mentors and mentees, promote faculty mentoring at UCSF with a series of sessions and workshops throughout January.
In honor of UCSF’s 150th anniversary, UCSF Magazine traces the battle with tuberculosis, a disease that’s woven into San Francisco’s and the University's history.