The mosquito Aedes aegypti feeding on a human host.

A Timely Launch: The Center for Malaria and Vector-Borne Diseases

“Why now?” rang the question on everyone’s mind as they refilled their coffee cups and settled in around the conference tables in the Fisher Banquet Room at UCSF’s Rutter Conference Center.

October 28, 2025

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Strikers Protest Systemic Outsourcing

November 6, 2018

Benjamin Wheeler

From Oct. 23 to 25, the streets around the UCSF Parnassus Heights and Mission Bay campuses were transformed into rallies...

Honoring Survivors

November 6, 2018

“Trauma ruptures relationships,” Dr. Leigh Kimberg explained in her Keynote Address at the 18th Annual UCSF Interpersonal Violence Prevention Conference...

Celebrating Accessible Science

November 6, 2018

Paola Soto Perez

The 11th annual Open Access Week was celebrated Oct. 22 to 28. Anneliese Taylor, Assistant Director for Scholarly Communications and...

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This Date in UCSF History: United Against Nuclear War

October 22, 2018

Originally published in Synapse - The UCSF student newspaper October 24, 1985 The Norwegian Nobel Committee awarded its 1985 Peace...

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UCSF workers strike

October 22, 2018

Striking UCSF union workers are walking city streets in front of the Parnassus and Mission Bay campuses for three days...

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UCSF 'Comes Up Short' on Racial Justice: Report

May 15, 2018

How does UCSF measure up when it comes to racial justice? According to an evaluation of 10 leading medical schools...

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Grad Slam Winners Simplify Science

May 14, 2018

An enthusiastic environmental engineering student from UC Berkeley took home the top Slammy award — just beating out UCSF’s finalist...

UC Workers Strike

May 8, 2018

The labor union representing over 25,000 service and patient care technical workers at the University of California launched a three-day...

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This Date in UCSF History: Mandatory AIDS Testing Criticized

April 14, 2018

[Originally published in Synapse - The UCSF student newspaper, April 17, 1982] Gov. George Deukmejian and a large media entourage...