School of Pharmacy

Remembering Edward Leong Way

Thu Jul 6, 2017
Edward Leong Way at birthday celebration
Elisabeth Fall

Edward Leong Way celebrated his 100th birthday in July 2016, surrounded by friends, family, and UCSF colleagues.

Edward (Eddie) Leong Way, PhD, UCSF School of Pharmacy alumnus, UCSF faculty member, and dear friend, died peacefully at home in San Francisco on June 12, 2017, four weeks before his 101st birthday.

Camp founder continues quest to bring science to kids

Thu Jun 29, 2017
Hertema
Cindy Chew

Heather Hertema, PharmD ’10, founder of UCSF Summer Science Camp, returned for the camp’s 10th anniversary.

As a first-year UCSF PharmD student, Heather Hertema, PharmD ’10, had a big idea: a free summer camp for kids who might not otherwise be exposed to the creative problem-solving and making-things-explode fun of science.

Students take part in UCSF’s science summer camp

Wed Jun 21, 2017

A decade of launching rockets, cardboard boats—and kids into STEM

Tue Jun 20, 2017
kids raising hands
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Each year, Summer Science Camp brings 55 fifth- and sixth-grade students to the UCSF campus for a free week of learning and fun.

Ten years ago, at the inaugural UCSF Summer Science Camp, 10-year-old Najwa Anasse held a human brain in her hands—an “Aha!” experience that set her career path.

“I thought, ‘Oh my god, I want to study this.’ I was so excited,” says Anasse, who grew up in San Francisco’s Excelsior District and was...

Donald Kishi: leader, mentor, friend

Thu Jun 15, 2017
Kishi at podium
“Find a need and fill it” was a popular slogan that graced the side of pink Kaiser Cement trucks around the San Francisco Bay Area in the 60s and 70s. But Donald Kishi, PharmD ’68, took the motto as his professional mantra.

Two scientific teams independently make key biological advance

Tue Jun 13, 2017

UCSF School of Pharmacy celebrates Commencement 2017

Thu May 25, 2017
Guglielmo and graduate
Elisabeth Fall

Dean B. Joseph Guglielmo, PharmD, places the hood on Phong Ho at 2017 commencement.

The UCSF School of Pharmacy conferred the doctor of pharmacy (PharmD) degree on 120 graduates at its 2017 commencement on May 19 at Louise Davies Symphony Hall in San Francisco.

Health care: The pharmacist-to-technician ratio

Thu May 25, 2017

Hey, John Oliver: This bionic kidney could do away with dialysis entirely

Thu May 18, 2017

Nordberg honored at Founders Day Luncheon

Mon May 15, 2017
Nordberg

Michael Nordberg, MPA/HSA

Michael Nordberg, MPA/HSA, was honored for his enduring professional accomplishments with the 2017 Chancellor Award for Exceptional University Management.

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