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UCSF Chancellor to Present Top Fundraising AIDS Walk Team with Trophy
The UCSF team that raises the most money per person in AIDS Walk San Francisco will be treated to a casual reception with UCSF Chancellor Sue Desmond-Hellmann, MD, MPH, who will offer her congratulations and present a new trophy.
UCSF Receives $100 Million Gift from Benioffs for Children's Hospital
UCSF Chancellor Sue Desmond-Hellmann, MD, MPH, and Mark Laret, chief executive officer of UCSF Medical Center, announced on June 17 that Marc and Lynne Benioff have “made an extraordinary $100 million gift to UCSF Children’s Hospital.” In a message to the UCSF community, Desmond-Hellmann and Laret said that the children’s hospital is today officially renamed the “UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospital.”
UCSF Awards Exceptional Service at Founders Day Luncheon
Chancellor Sue Desmond-Hellmann, MD, MPH, joined members of the UCSF community to honor outstanding service to the public, patients and the University during the 2010 Founders Day Luncheon on May 21.
UCSF Celebrates Commencement 2010
In annual rites of passage symbolizing academic triumph, UCSF students in the Graduate Division, the School of Medicine and the School of Pharmacy celebrated commencements with family and friends in separate ceremonies recently. Chancellor Susan Desmond-Hellmann, MD, MPH, made the rounds at graduation festivities and delivered her first commencement address ever to the graduates of the School of Pharmacy.
Chancellor Shares Plans for Achieving “Operational Excellence”
UCSF Chancellor Sue Desmond-Hellmann, MD, MPH, Tuesday outlined the ongoing work of the project known as “Operational Excellence,” offering some good news to the UCSF community on budget cuts.
UCSF to Present Medal to Five Individuals to Celebrate Founders Day
Five distinguished individuals will be recognized with the UCSF Medal – the University’s highest honor – to acknowledge those who have made outstanding contributions in areas associated with the University’s mission.
Chancellor to Give Operational Excellence Report to Campus
UCSF Chancellor Sue Desmond-Hellmann will host a series of focus groups and a campuswide town hall meeting to get input on the preliminary recommendations from the project known as “Operational Excellence,” according to Senior Vice Chancellor John Plotts.
AAAS Elects UCSF Chancellor, Three Faculty Members
UCSF Chancellor Susan Desmond-Hellmann and three UCSF faculty members are among the 229 leaders in the sciences, humanities and arts, business, public affairs, and the nonprofit sector who have been elected members of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences (AAAS).
Stem Cell Researchers Get Advice on Clinical Trials from UCSF Chancellor
Speaking recently to scientists at the frontier of biomedical research, Desmond-Hellmann urged researchers to focus on the primary goal – making new treatments broadly available to benefit patients. Whenever she finds herself weighing priorities, UCSF Chancellor Susan Desmond-Hellmann, MD, MPH, told a recent gathering of stem cell scientists, she reminds herself, “Patients are waiting.”
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