UCSF Chancellor J. Michael Bishop, MD, today (Dec. 14, 2007) announced that, effective immediately, Professor Sam Hawgood, MB, BS, has been named as interim dean of the UCSF School of Medicine.

Sam Hawgood, MB, BS, chair of the Department of Pediatrics in the UCSF School of Medicine and physician in chief of UCSF Children's Hospital, was named interim dean of the UCSF School of Medicine, effective immediately.

UCSF has hired its first manager to oversee campuswide efforts in environmental sustainability.

Laurel Heights will be holding a holiday food drive until December 21 to help the San Francisco Food Bank feed some 150,000 people who face hunger this holiday season.

The campus community is invited to hear four California-based artists talk about their installations at UCSF Mission Bay tomorrow.

UCSF recently contributed to the social and ecological health of the Mission Bay neighborhood by donating grant funds to GreenTrust and Esprit Park.

Two individuals from UCSF have been recognized for their commitment to research in global health areas.

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