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UCSF Chancellor Susan Desmond-Hellmann, MD, MPH, will award honorary degrees to 68 former students who were interned in the United States during World War II due to their Japanese heritage. UCSF is the first public university in California to provide such degrees to former students, many of whom will be honored posthumously. Three other UC ceremonies will follow during annual commencement ceremonies on the Davis, Berkeley, and Los Angeles campuses.