For the first time in UCSF history, first-year students from all four schools learned the importance of teamwork in patient safety.

Sworn testimony by former Enron chief financial officer Andy Fastow, which was made public for the first time today (Sep. 26), coupled with internal documents detailing the scheme, makes it clear that Enron's banks were not innocent bystanders in one of the greatest corporate scandals in our nation's history — but that these financial institutions served as the actual masterminds behind the scheme to defraud investors.

For this California Connected news story about long waiting times for liver transplants, producer Jon Dann filmed interviews with UCSF physicians John Roberts, MD and Nathan Bass, MD, PhD; interviews with UCSF patients Eric De Leon and Anthony Montoya; and coverage of the living-donor liver transplant performed on August 31, where baby Brooke received part of a new liver from her mother, Betty.

Volker Doetsch, director of the Institute of Biophysical Chemistry at Frankfurt's Goethe University, explains how science is flourishing in Germany, thanks to strong government support, particularly for infrastructure and staff. America, take note.

The West Coast's first "Swim Across America" event on Saturday raised $100,000 for the Survivors of Childhood Cancer Program at UCSF Children's Hospital.

Elizabeth H. Blackburn, PhD, 57, Morris Herzstein Professor of Biology and Physiology in the Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics at University of California, San Francisco (UCSF), has been named to receive the 2006 Lasker Award for Basic Medical Research.

Although menthol and non-menthol cigarettes appear to be equally harmful to the lungs and cardiovascular system, menthol cigarettes may be harder to quit, according to a UCSF-led study that tracked more than 1,200 smokers over 15 years.

UCSF was the fourth largest recipient of National Institutes of Health research support in 2005, receiving a total of $452.2 million from all awards in the nationally competitive process, according to rankings released by NIH.

The campus community is invited to comment on design guidelines for enhancing the Parnassus Heights campus on Friday, Sept. 29.

UCSF got the green light to pursue plans to build a new hospital complex for children's, women's and cancer services at Mission Bay.