A sculpture by world renowned artist Richard Serra has been commissioned for the main gateway to the UCSF Mission Bay campus as part of its public arts program.

Pap smears and mammography screening should be targeted at healthy older women and avoided by older women in poor health, in whom risks of screening outweigh potential benefits, according to a study by UCSF researchers at the San Francisco Veterans Affairs Medical Center (SFVAMC).

Promising research into the causes of Alzheimer's disease, with an emphasis on the roles of such proteins as amyloid-beta and apolipoprotein E, will be the subject of a plenary session presentation on April 29 at the American Academy of Neurology (AAN) 56th Annual Meeting in San Francisco.

Signaling an important milestone in its pioneering stem cell efforts, UCSF School of Medicine has announced the first director of its Developmental and Stem Cell Biology Program.

Five UCSF faculty members have been named for top honors for distinguished research and teaching.

The UCSF Medal -- the University's highest honor -- will be awarded to four distinguished individuals at the annual Founders Day banquet on Tuesday, April 27.

Four faculty scientists at UCSF have been elected to the National Academy of Sciences, considered one of the highest honors for an American scientist. The new elections bring to 34 the number of UCSF faculty who are members of the Academy.

A dramatic reading of letters between critically ill adults and healthy teenagers will be performed on Wednesday, May 19, in San Rafael.

The UCSF School of Nursing has received a $2.1 million grant from the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation, to establish the Betty Irene Moore Accelerated Doctoral Program in Nursing.

Abus Abbas, MD, professor and chair of pathology at UCSF, speaks on "Allergy, Autoimmune Disease and Vaccines: Harnessing the Immune System" at the fifth lecture of the UCSF Mini Medical School, a six-week series for the public continuing through April 21.