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2026 mentoring awardees and honorable mentions gather for a photo at the awards ceremony

Celebrating Postdoc and Grad Student Mentors

By Erik Rotman on
GEPA marked National Mentoring Month on Jan. 27 by celebrating recipients of the 2026 Dean’s Award for Excellence in Mentoring for Graduate Students and Postdoctoral Scholars with a ceremony and reception in Genentech Hall at Mission Bay.
Alice Tang

MSTP Student Named to Forbes “30 Under 30” in Science

Alice Tang, PhD, a student in UCSF‘s Medical Scientist Training Program, was recently named to Forbes magazine’s 2026 “30 Under 30” list for science.

Ten UCSF Postdocs Receive $2,500 Travel Grants

By Joey Greaber on
Ten UC San Francisco Postdoctoral Scholars received UCSF Postdoc Travel Award grants this year from GEPA to attend conferences and field-specific workshops. The $2,500 award, which is designed to support the transition to research independence, supports attending conferences, workshops, or gaining…
Symposium oral presenters pose for a photo with Graduate Dean Nicquet Blake

Highlighting the Promise of Basic Science Research at 2025 Discovery Fellows Symposium

By Erik Rotman on
The Michael Page, PhD Research Symposium is a favorite opportunity to celebrate the next generation of discovery science leaders with short research talks and poster presentations by PhD candidates and to express appreciation to the many generous donors to the Discovery Fellows Program.

Mini-Courses Introduce First-Year Students to Research on Racism in Science

By Joey Greaber on
Grad 219 Instructors Daphne Scot
a group of people gather for a photo by a lake, with sunlit clouds in the sky

Reflections on the 2025 Lindau Nobel Meeting

Two UCSF postdocs reflect on their participation in the 2025 Lindau Nobel Laureates Meeting earlier this summer.

Two UCSF Postdocs to Attend Annual Lindau Nobel Meeting

By Erik Rotman on
UCSF postdocs Sagar Bhattacharya, PhD and Nick Shin, PhD will travel to the annual Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting in Chemistry from June 29 to July 4 as UC President's Lindau Nobel Meeting Fellows.

Celebration and Reflection at Graduate Division’s Largest-Ever Commencement Ceremony

By Erik Rotman on
On May 16, the Graduate Division celebrated 195 master's and PhD grads at the historic Herbst Theatre in SF, with close to 800 friends, family, faculty, staff, and university leaders in attendance.