Signifying a milestone in the evolution of its pioneering stem cell program, the University of California, San Francisco today received a $34.9 million grant from the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine to help support the construction of a regenerative medicine building on its campus.

The UCSF Osher Center for Integrative Medicine is hosting a free public lecture by integrative medicine pioneer Tieraona Low Dog, MD, on the role of complimentary and alternative therapies in adolescent and pediatric medicine.

UCSF dermatologists will offer free screenings from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. on May 10 at the Castro-Mission Health Center in San Francisco.

A common weedkiller in the U.S., already suspected of causing sexual abnormalities in frogs and fish, has now been found to alter hormonal signaling in human cells, scientists from the University of California San Francisco (UCSF) report.

The UCSF Cardiovascular Research Institute—known as CVRI—is leading the charge in understanding and preventing cardiovascular disease by breaking ground for a new state-of-the-art building on the UCSF Mission Bay campus.

The campus community is invited to celebrate Asian Pacific American Heritage Month at events scheduled for May 8 through May 21.

The campus community is invited to hear prize-winning author Anne Fadiman talk about how American health care providers can offer more sensitive and effective health care on May 7.

The public is invited to undergo free skin cancer screenings conducted by UCSF dermatologists in recognition of National Skin Cancer Awareness Month.