Author and educator Rosalind Wiseman will provide concrete, common sense strategies for parents at UCSF on February 7.

Constructing an environment that fosters success in translational research was the subject of the School of Medicine's annual retreat held in Napa on Jan. 19 and 20. More than 150 members of UCSF's leadership grappled to understand the barriers that keep researchers from conducting the kind of research that translates basic and clinical scientific findings into discoveries that can be applied to advance human health.

Artist Linda Stewart, a department manager at the Francis I. Proctor Foundation, is exhibiting her watercolor works at the Faculty/Alumni House through March 30.

UCSF is seeking nominations for the annual Chancellor's Award for Public Service by Monday, Feb. 12.

Yuet Wai Kan, a pioneer of human genetics, received a Gold Medal from the University of Hong Kong recently.

UCSF welcomed seniors and school-aged children who signed up for a pilot program granting them access to the Bakar Fitness & Recreation Center.

Mack Roach, who is considered an authority in disparities in outcomes from cancer treatment in underserved populations, has been named chair of the Department of Radiation Oncology.

Cardiologist Gordon Fung has been appointed to the California Council on Multicultural Health.

UC Regents on Wednesday heard a report on systemwide academic planning activities, which will help shape the University's long-range plan.