UCSF granted honorary degrees to 67 former students – three of whom happily accepted their diplomas in person on Friday – after their studies ended abruptly when they were sent to Japanese internment camps during World War II.

Molecular biologist Elizabeth Blackburn joined Nobel laureates in Stockholm to discuss their discoveries and what their ongoing research tells us about health, cancer and aging.

When UCSF’s Elizabeth Blackburn, PhD, was named one of three recipients of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine on Oct. 5, the seemingly endless stream of well-wishers included not only friends, relatives and colleagues, but also several prominent political figures.

UCSF and UC Berkeley are mulling the idea of offering a first-of-its-kind joint degree program in translational medicine — an idea proposed by former Intel CEO Andy Grove.

UC restored some justice on Friday when former students of Japanese ancestry received honorary degrees after being forced to leave college to enter internment camps during World War II.

The UCSF community will have several opportunities to share in the excitement of the Nobel Prize festivities, which begin on Monday with a lecture by UCSF’s newest Nobel laureate Elizabeth Blackburn. Read more on the UCSF Nobel website.

Leaders from both inside and outside the University discussed strategies for weathering the budget crisis and preserving academic and research excellence recently.