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

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

  • Students take part in UCSF’s science summer camp

    Students take part in UCSF’s science summer camp … Students take part in UCSF’s science summer camp …

  • Camp founder continues quest to bring science to kids

    Camp founder continues quest to bring science to kids 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 …

  • Rocket science? For these kids, pressure is fun

    Rocket science? For these kids, pressure is fun kids building bottle rocket Every good scientific exploration starts with questions, and at UCSF’s 2017 Summer Science Camp, the recent “bottle rocket engineering and launch day” was no different. The camp’s …

  • Remembering Edward Leong Way

    Remembering Edward Leong Way Edward Leong Way at birthday celebration 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 …

  • Five pharmacy women at Mission Bay

    Five pharmacy women at Mission Bay By early spring 2004, five female scientists from the UCSF School of Pharmacy will have moved to Mission Bay, the University of California San Francisco's new 43-acre research campus. Patricia Babbitt, PhD ; Pamela …

  • Finding better ways to reduce serious drug side effects

    Finding better ways to reduce serious drug side effects Shoichet Many of the medicines we depend on to treat disease—and even to save our lives—pose potentially serious risks along with their benefits. Data from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and …

  • Study shows cigarette makers shifted stance on nicotine patches, gum

    Study shows cigarette makers shifted stance on nicotine patches, gum … Study shows cigarette makers shifted stance on nicotine patches, …

  • Big tobacco fuels nicotine replacement addiction, UCSF study shows

    Big tobacco fuels nicotine replacement addiction, UCSF study shows … Big tobacco fuels nicotine replacement addiction, UCSF study …

  • Lovotti Leaves More Than $6 Million to School

    Lovotti Leaves More Than $6 Million to School UCSF School of Pharmacy Class of 1915 alumnus Carl Lovotti bequeathed to the School an unexpected estate gift that totals more than $6 million. Lovotti died in June 2003 at the age of 108. Full story …