California
Sam Hawgood, the dean of UC San Francisco’s medical school and interim chancellor of that campus since April, was nominated Wednesday to become the permanent leader of the research-powerhouse university.
July 9, 2014
Medicine: Union leaders tell UC regents the proposal would mean layoffs and diminished care. Officials say it would save money and expand patient services.
May 16, 1996
The nearly $1-billion public-private merger between UC San Francisco’s and Stanford University’s teaching hospitals passed its last crucial hurdle Wednesday despite complaints from unions and some faculty that the deal is financially unnecessary and will shortchange indigent patients.
Sept. 18, 1997
The UC regents Thursday confirmed UC San Francisco’s medical school dean, Sam Hawgood, as chancellor of that health sciences campus and set his new salary at $750,000, a 13.8% increase.
July 17, 2014
Science & Medicine
A biochemist famous for his pioneering work in gene splicing has donated $24 million to UC San Francisco, setting a record for the largest gift by an individual to any of the nine UC campuses.
April 29, 1994
13 people arrested in demonstration outside UC regents meeting in San Francisco
Nov. 18, 2010
The UC regents on Thursday confirmed UC San Francisco’s medical school dean, Sam Hawgood, as chancellor of that health sciences campus and set his salary at $750,000, a 13.8% increase.
Finances: Regents’ panel approves job cuts at deficit-ridden San Diego facility. But no decision is made on UCSF Medical Center merger with Stanford. Union members oppose the deal.
On the heels of a successful nurses’ strike at private hospitals in San Francisco, about 200 unionized nurses at UC San Diego Medical Center picketed Wednesday to demand that the UC system give them markedly higher salaries and better working conditions when their contract expires Monday.
Oct. 27, 1988