Respected biochemist Bruce Alberts is serving as project director for a new $2.1 million grant from the Howard Hughes Medical Institute to further improve science education in San Francisco's public schools.

Twenty-five years ago, the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) published the first official document on the disease that later became known as AIDS.

In late 1990, Michele Huddleston was a recent nursing graduate from Ohio State University. She was enjoying her first job, but saw commissioning as a naval officer as a means of getting specialized training as a nurse anesthetist.

While many college students use their senior year as a time to wrap up coursework and study for finals, Tori Sutherland chose this time to experience women's health hands on.

A mother of three is now a career employee at UCSF thanks in part to a community outreach program.

UCSF pediatric oncology specialists have developed a new tool in an effort to address the needs of survivors of childhood cancer: a pocket-sized "health passport" the size of a credit card.

UCSF Medical Center has begun the process of accepting some 1,500 Kaiser Permanente patients into its Kidney Transplant Service.

Top commuter benefits earned UCSF a place on the inaugural 2006 National List of Best Workplaces for Commuters from Colleges and Universities, awarded by the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

Miss America 2006 took time out on Tuesday to cheer up a few ailing youngsters at UCSF Children's Hospital.

In one of the first programs of its kind, UCSF has helped a total of 80 students get a second chance at dental school.