Proposed Open Access Policy for UCSF
The UCSF Academic Senate will be conducting a vote on a proposed Open Access Policy for UCSF at the May 21st Division Meeting.
UCSF Faculty Member Sandra Weiss to Receive the 2012 Oliver Johnson Award for Academic Senate Service
UCSF School of Nursing faculty member Sandra Weiss will receive the 2012 Oliver Johnson Award on July 25, 2012. This award is given out biennially to a member of the UC faculty who has performed outstanding service to the Academic Senate. In addition to many years of service at UCSF within the School of Nursing and for the UCSF Academic Senate, Sandra Weiss has also served in many UC Systemwide capacities including as Chair of the Academic Council.
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cademic Senate Distinguished Faculty Awards Ceremony
Recipients of the Academic Senate Distinction In Teaching Awards and the Distinction In Mentoring Awards will be honored by the Chancellor at the annual Founders Day Banquet on April 5, 2012 and at the Academic Senate Distinguished Faculty Awards Ceremony to be held April 27, 2012 at 3:30 p.m. in HSW-303 (reception following on the mezzanine).
The Academic Senate Distinction In Teaching Award goes to David Kim Duong, MD and Harry Hollander, MD.
The Academic Senate Distinction In Mentoring Award goes to Tracy Weitz, PhD, and Bruce Miller, MD.
Division Meeting on Monday May 21, 2012, 12:00-2:00 pm in HSW 303
All UCSF faculty are invited to participate in the next meeting of the San Francisco Division of the Academic Senate, to be held on Monday May 21, 2012, 12:00-2:00 pm in HSW 303. At this meeting, you will have the opportunity to interact with Chancellor Susan Desmond Hellmann, to vote on a new Open Access publishing policy and on the 2012-13 Academic Senate committee appointments. More information will be available as the date approaches.

Faculty Research Lecture – Translational Science
The Academic Senate is pleased to announce the selection of Allan I. Basbaum, PhD, FRS as the recipient of the 2nd Annual Faculty Research Lecture – Translational Science. In selecting Dr. Basbaum to receive this award, the Senate recognizes the contributions of faculty who translate bench science to a bedside clinical practice directly benefiting both patients and clinicians worldwide. Dr. Basbaum’s lecture, “The Neurological Basis of Pain and Its Control,” will be held in Cole Hall on the UCSF Parnassus Campus on April 17, 2012 (3:30-5pm). The event will be simulcast live for ease of viewing from your office or computer. A reception will follow by the Nobel Wall the day of the event.