Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger signed a budget yesterday that includes a 3 percent funding increase for salary raises, including money for merit-based increases and funds to address market-based and equity issues.

AIDS Walk San Francisco is this Sunday, July 17, so if you haven't signed up to join a UCSF team or sponsored a walker, now is the time to do so.

Bruce Conklin, an associate professor of medicine and molecular pharmacology at UCSF, has provided mouse heart cells and embryonic stem cells to the new exhibit at the Exploratorium in San Francisco.

UCSF Medical Center and UCSF Children's Hospital have been named to the honor roll in the new U.S. News & World Report's special issue on "America's Best Hospitals," with the Medical Center at 10 and the Children's Hospital at number 17.

The campus community is invited to hear a sobering perspective about the war in Iraq when a reporter talks about his new book at UCSF on July 20.

UCSF Medical Center and UCSF Children's Hospital have been named to the honor roll in the new U.S. News & World Report's special issue on"America's Best Hospitals," with the Medical Center at 10 and the Children's Hospital at number 17.

With the recent attacks to the public transportation system in London, the US Homeland Security Advisory system threat level has been elevated to "Orange" (High), for public transportation systems only.

Doctors from UCSF Medical Center will be volunteering their time and medical expertise to assist runners at the 2005 San Francisco Marathon on Sunday, July 31.

UCSF's Patricia Benner is taking the lead on a study to determine the best way to improve nursing education to reflect changes in health care delivery.

Images from UCSF campuses at Laurel Heights and Parnassus Heights come together in a unique DVD release now playing in the first-floor lobby at 3333 California Street.