Warriors Traffic Plan for new Arena Challenged in Lawsuit

Warriors Traffic Plan for new Arena Challenged in Lawsuit

The Mission Bay Alliance made its latest challenge to a proposed Golden State Warriors arena in San Francisco today, suing over an agreement the University…

Silicon Valley Philanthropist Gives $10M To UCSF For Autoimmunity Research Lab

Silicon Valley Philanthropist Gives $10M To UCSF For Autoimmunity Research Lab

Silicon Valley entrepreneur Sean Parker today announced a $10 million gift to the University of California at San Francisco for a new autoimmunity research laboratory….

Planning Commission Approves Mayor-Supported Warriors Arena

Planning Commission Approves Mayor-Supported Warriors Arena

The San Francisco Planning Commission approved the design and environmental study for the proposed Golden State Warriors multi-use arena and two office towers in the…

Warriors Formally Acquire Proposed Arena Site in Mission Bay

Warriors Formally Acquire Proposed Arena Site in Mission Bay

The Golden State Warriors today announced their formal acquisition of a 12-acre waterfront site in San Francisco’s Mission Bay neighborhood where they plan to build…

UCSF Endorses Proposed Warriors Stadium

UCSF Endorses Proposed Warriors Stadium

Previous concerns that a multi-use arena for the Golden State Warriors would create too much congestion at the University of California at San Francisco’s recently…

13 Superheroes To Greet Children As They Wash Hospital Windows Monday

13 Superheroes To Greet Children As They Wash Hospital Windows Monday

Wonder Woman, Spiderman and eleven other superheroes will descend Monday from the top of a San Francisco hospital to wash windows and bring some joy…

City Officials Announce New Protocol for Handling Campus Sexual Assaults

City Officials Announce New Protocol for Handling Campus Sexual Assaults

San Francisco law enforcement officials today announced a new protocol for handling campus sexual assaults at universities in the city that is intended to make…

UCSF Says Support of Warriors Arena Dependent on Traffic Access

UCSF Says Support of Warriors Arena Dependent on Traffic Access

University of California at San Francisco supports the construction of an 18,000-seat multi-use arena for the Golden State Warriors as long as there is secure…

Bay Area UC Researchers Dominate National Awards for Young Scientists

Bay Area UC Researchers Dominate National Awards for Young Scientists

All three winners of the prestigious 2015 Blavatnik National Awards for Young Scientists announced today were University of California professors, including two from the Bay…

UCSF Receives $4.5M for Malaria Research

UCSF Receives $4.5M for Malaria Research

A Silicon Valley entrepreneur and philanthropist has donated $4.5 million to the University of California at San Francisco for research to eradicate malaria worldwide, according…

Former UCSF Physician Wrongfully Removed Hospital Records

Former UCSF Physician Wrongfully Removed Hospital Records

Officials with the San Francisco Department of Public Health said today that a former University of California at San Francisco physician wrongfully removed copies of…

Man Injured in Mission Bay Shooting

Man Injured in Mission Bay Shooting

A 23-year-old man was shot in his calf Wednesday night in San Francisco’s Mission Bay neighborhood, police said. Officers received a report of shots fired…

UCSF Medical Center Penalized After Vaccine Given to Patient Leaves Him Blind in One Eye

UCSF Medical Center Penalized After Vaccine Given to Patient Leaves Him Blind in One Eye

A $100,000 penalty was issued today to the University of California at San Francisco Medical Center for failing to follow policies and procedures in administering…

UCSF Mission Bay Medical Center to Open Sunday With World’s Largest Hospital Fleet of Autonomous Mobile Robots

UCSF Mission Bay Medical Center to Open Sunday With World’s Largest Hospital Fleet of Autonomous Mobile Robots

A fleet of autonomous mobile robots programmed to transport items such as meals, medications, linens and lab specimens will begin operating around the clock Sunday…

UCSF Among Campuses and Medical Centers Phasing Out PG&E Power

UCSF Among Campuses and Medical Centers Phasing Out PG&E Power

This month the University of California plans to begin supplying electricity directly to campuses and medical centers in Irvine, San Diego, San Francisco, Santa Cruz…

UCSF Professor Michael Merzenich Wins Bioengineering’s Highest Honor

UCSF Professor Michael Merzenich Wins Bioengineering’s Highest Honor

A University of California at San Francisco professor won bioengineering’s highest honor Wednesday, university officials have announced. Professor emeritus of otolaryngology Michael Merzenich did work…

UCSF Chancellor Places Friendly World Series Wager With KC University Chancellor

UCSF Chancellor Places Friendly World Series Wager With KC University Chancellor

The chancellors from University of California at San Francisco and the University of Missouri-Kansas City have placed a friendly wager on the outcome of the…

Board of Regents Approves New UCSF Chancellor

Board of Regents Approves New UCSF Chancellor

The University of California Board of Regents confirmed the new chancellor of UC San Francisco at a board meeting today. Sam Hawgood, 61, was UC…

Sam Hawgood Chosen as New UCSF Chancellor

Sam Hawgood Chosen as New UCSF Chancellor

University of California president Janet Napolitano announced today her choice for the 10th chancellor of UC San Francisco, ending a search for a successor to…

As Strike Looms, It’s Back To The Bargaining Table For UC, Patient Care Technical Workers

As Strike Looms, It’s Back To The Bargaining Table For UC, Patient Care Technical Workers

Negotiators for the University of California and 13,000 patient care technical workers will go back to the bargaining table on Friday to try to avert…

January Computer Theft Means Personal Data For Over 9000 UCSF Patients Is Compromised

January Computer Theft Means Personal Data For Over 9000 UCSF Patients Is Compromised

The University of California at San Francisco is notifying more than 9,000 people that their personal data has been compromised after desktop computers were stolen…

13,000 UC Technical Patient Care Workers To Go On Strike

13,000 UC Technical Patient Care Workers To Go On Strike

Some 13,000 patient care technical workers plan to walk off the job at five University of California hospitals during a five-day strike later this month…

Big Stars To Descend On Davies Hall For UCSF Benefit

San Francisco will get a generous dose of Hollywood-style glitz and glamour on Monday when several movie stars and internationally-known entertainers perform at a special…

Doctors Stumped By Polio-Like Virus Afflicting Bay Area Kids

Doctors Stumped By Polio-Like Virus Afflicting Bay Area Kids

A Stanford University doctor who is treating patients with a rare polio-like syndrome that has sparked national attention said today that doctors are stumped as…

UCSF Chancellor Headed To Position At Gates Foundation

UCSF Chancellor Headed To Position At Gates Foundation

The chancellor of University of California at San Francisco is stepping down from the position in March, UC officials announced today. UCSF Chancellor Susan Desmond-Hellmann…

Blondie And Green Day To Play AT&T Park Fundraiser For Local Hospitals

Blondie And Green Day To Play AT&T Park Fundraiser For Local Hospitals

Thousands of people are expected to attend “The Concert For Kids” on Tuesday night in San Francisco, a fundraiser that will benefit UCSF Benioff Children’s…

Medical Workers At UCSF Begin Two-Day Strike Tuesday

Medical Workers At UCSF Begin Two-Day Strike Tuesday

About 13,000 union workers at five University of California medical centers, including the one in San Francisco, plan to begin a two-day strike on Tuesday…

Labor Board Moves To Limit UC Medical Center Strike

Labor Board Moves To Limit UC Medical Center Strike

State labor officials will move to limit the number of University of California medical center employees who can go out on strike next week at…

UCSF Proposing 20 Year Plan to Reduce Size, Increase Student Housing At Inner Sunset Campus

UCSF has a highly ambitious twenty year plan in the works; one so ambitious that they’re still not completely sure what all they’ll be doing….

SF Schools Headlines For March 25, 2013: Skipping The Pledge, "Precision Medicine," CCSF's Summer School

“One summer, we couldn’t afford to have any sessions at all. But we’re getting things back in order and we’re able to increase this summer.”…