Two special UCSF events this week emphasize sun safety. Media are invited to cover.

UCSF's Carey Drumright will again join the AIDS/LifeCycle in June for his sixth year in a row.

Those who work at the UCSF Parnassus campus may pay a monthly fee to park at the corner of Stanyan and Haight streets.

Charles Bertolami, DDS, DMedSc, and professor and dean of the UCSF School of Dentistry, has accepted an appointment as dean of the New York University College of Dentistry, effective September 1, 2007.

A study by Marks & Clerk, an intellectual property firm based in the United Kingdom, has found that during the period between 2002 and 2006, universities like UCSF and public research institutes, rather than private companies, drove advances in biotechnology.

Craig Hashi, a fourth-year PhD candidate in the UCSF/UC Berkeley Joint Graduate Group in Bioengineering, recently led his team to a first-place victory in a life science innovation competition at UCSF.

UCSF Public Affairs staff hosted two groups of girls who learned about reporting and writing about science as part of Kids at UCSF Day.

This month, UCSF will open one of only a small number of centers in the world dedicated to the diagnosis, treatment and cure of children suffering from primary immune disorders such as the famed "bubble boy" disease.

Faculty from all four schools and the Proctor Foundation for Research in Ophthalmology are among recipients of the first round of grant funding for research and career development activities in clinical and translational sciences.