As if you need a reason to celebrate, UCSF is hosting the Red Hot Gala on Saturday featuring live entertainment at the Great American Music Hall in San Francisco.

UCSF is offering employees a three-part series that will offer expert advice on résumé writing, interviewing and financial planning.

The UCSF Founders Day Banquet on April 15 will honor four recipients of the 2009 UCSF Medal and six UCSF faculty members, who will be recognized for their outstanding accomplishments in teaching, research and mentoring.

Tens of thousands of women are having surgery – sometimes even having both breasts removed – to treat a condition that is unlikely to ever become life-threatening.

The majority of adolescents in the United States do not obtain the appropriate level of preventive health care services, despite broad professional consensus recommending annual doctor visits for this age group, according to a new study led by researchers at the University of California, San Francisco.

A UCSF research team has developed a technique to distinguish benign moles from malignant melanomas by measuring differences in levels of genetic markers. Standard microscopic examinations of biopsied tissue can be ambiguous and somewhat subjective, the researchers say, and supplementing standard practice with the new technique is expected to help clarify difficult-to-diagnose cases.

The campus community is invited to celebrate the accomplishments of three members who have championed the advancement of women at UCSF at a ceremony on Monday.

The UCSF School of Medicine could face a combined loss of nearly $50 million on a $1.3 billion operating budget in fiscal year 2010, according to Interim Dean Sam Hawgood.

The Advisory Committee for the Selection of the Chancellor of UCSF reports on its search activities and provides information about the projected timeline for the weeks ahead.