Eleven members of the campus community were recognized Thursday for going above and beyond the call of duty at UCSF.

The San Francisco VA Medical center will celebrate the grand opening of its new state-of-the-art Center for the Imaging of Neurodegenerative Diseases with a ribbon-cutting on Friday, May 12

Members of the public are invited to attend a live reading of letters composed by critically ill patients and their healthy teenage pen pals at the annual Firefly Project Adaptation on Wednesday, May 31.

Award-winning researcher will talk about "Building Molecules to Spy on Cells and Tumors," on Monday, May 8 at the Gladstone building at Mission Bay.

Members of the public are invited to undergo free skin cancer screenings at a UCSF community event that is part of a national effort to set a new Guinness world record.

Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) may become an important tool for diagnosing knee injuries and monitoring recovery after surgery, according to UCSF researcher Benjamin Ma.

"BRINGING SCIENCE TO LIFE: THE PROMISE OF MODERN MEDICINE" – The state of modern medical research relating to such topics as cancer, addiction and stem cells. (Wednesdays 7-8:45 PM, except where indicated)

UCSF will kick off staff appreciation events next week, when the campus hosts events on May 9 and 10 on the Parnassus campus.

UCSF will conduct a series of town hall meetings and an online survey to obtain input into UCSF's Strategic Planning Initiative.