President Barack Obama has announced the appointment of UC San Francisco's Alice Wong to the National Council on Disability.
“I am honored that these talented individuals have decided to join this Administration and serve our country," Obama said in a statement. “I look forward to working with them in the months and years to come.”

Story by Patricia Yollin
When Boroka Bo enters UCSF in September to pursue a doctorate in sociology, she will arrive with a highly prestigious fellowship and a resume that is unconventional by any measure.
Adele Clarke, PhD
Anyone who doubts that history is taught at UCSF should have listened to Adele Clarke talk about the “Adventures of a Sociologist in the Health Sciences.”
An announcement by the UCSF Institute for Health Policy Studies:
Winner of our Hal Luft Award for Mentoring in
Health Services and Health Policy Research is
Ruth E. Malone, RN, PhD, Professor and Chair
Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences, School of Nursing and
Philip R. Lee Institute for Health Policy Studies, School of Medicine