After just one month of training with a new, high-tech mobility assistance device, a group of UCSF patients showed significant improvements in walking speed, balance, stride length and endurance.

UCSF is partnering with Silicon Valley companies and the United Nations Foundation to host the first in a series of forums to explore how mobile technology applications can be used to solve global health problems.

The campus community is invited to the premiere screening of a Public Affairs-produced film titled, “UCSF in India: Cigarettes Clouding the Economic Rise,” at the World No Tobacco Day event at UCSF on May 29.

The outcome of the May 19 state ballot propositions means that the University of California will be facing significant budget reductions in the 2009-10 fiscal year. Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger's revised state budget proposal alone calls for a cut of $322 million, and when combined with the state's underfunding of student enrollments and inflationary cost increases, UC's total budget gap would amount to $531 million.

A performance piece of works by teenage patients at UCSF Children’s Hospital offered an honest, no-holds-barred look at the experience of chronic illness and prolonged hospitalization.

To prepare for the total impact of revenue reductions and expense increases, the UCSF School of Medicine is developing a plan to absorb $170 million over the next three years if the economic scenario unfolds as projected, according to Interim Dean Sam Hawgood.

An effort led by UCSF’s Richard L. Abbott has prompted the Chinese government to adopt national standards for eye care—the first time China has mandated practice guidelines for any medical specialty.

Eric Liu, an author who was named by the World Economic Forum as one of the 100 Global Leaders of Tomorrow, will deliver the keynote address on Wednesday, when Nancy Adler, UCSF professor of psychiatry, is recognized for mentoring.