Prize-winning scientist Elizabeth H. Blackburn, a founder of the field of telomere biology and telomerase research, recently packed a 150-seat auditorium at Mission Bay during the Gladstone Distinguished Lecture.

Part two of the Reg Kelly interview.

UCSF Chancellor J. Michael Bishop, MD, today (March 14) received the 2003 National Medal of Science at a White House ceremony. The medal is the nation' s highest honor for science and technology.

President George W. Bush will present UCSF Chancellor J. Michael Bishop with the 2003 National Medal of Science -- the nation's highest honor for science and technology -- at a White House ceremony on Monday.

UCSF Chancellor J. Michael Bishop is one of three Bay Area scientists who will receive the 2003 National Medal of Science in a ceremony at the White House on Monday, March 14, beginning at 10:20 AM (ET).

The campus community is invited to hear Shaun Coughlin deliver the 48th Faculty Research Lecture during Founder's Week on Monday, April 25, in Cole Hall.

Broadway stars Bernadette Peters and Tommy Tune will headline the gala "Raising Hope," which benefits the UCSF Comprehensive Cancer Center, next Monday, March 14.

A new study of once-secret Philip Morris documents finds that the tobacco company engaged in a disinformation campaign to question published studies showing links between secondhand cigarette smoke and Sudden Infant Death Syndrome.

Faculty, staff and students began moving last week to the California Institute for Quantitative Biomedical Research, or QB3, the third life sciences research building to open at UCSF Mission Bay.

An expert on surmounting myriad challenges to address issues of diversity and equality in academia, Joan Reede, dean for Diversity and Community Partnerships at Harvard Medical School, says it is absolutely vital to have leaders to champion the cause.