Honoring Grad Student and Postdoc Mentors
By Erik Rotman on February 04, 2025
On January 30, the Graduate Division Dean’s Office celebrated National Mentoring Month by honoring recipients of the 2025 Dean’s Award for Excellence in Mentoring for Graduate Students and Postdoctoral Scholars with a ceremony and reception in Genentech Hall at Mission Bay. 
Postdocs, PhD Alum Named HHMI Hanna H. Gray Fellows
January 15, 2025
Two current UCSF postdocs and a PhD alum who are among this year's recipients of Hanna H. Gray Fellowships from the Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) 
Postdocs Ace the Slam!
September 23, 2024
Ten postdoc finalists brought their A-game to Postdoc Slam 2024 with impressive and engaging presentations aimed at sharing their research with a broad audience. Four walked away with big cash prizes. 
Introducing the 2024 Postdoc Slam Finalists!
August 26, 2024
Meet the 10 postdocs who will give 3-minute talks at our popular annual research communications competition on Sept. 18. The event will be a lively centerpiece to our National Postdoc Appreciation Week activities. 
A Celebration of Postdoc and Grad Student Mentors
By Erik Rotman on February 07, 2024
On Tuesday, January 30, the Graduate Division Dean's Office honored recipients of the 2024 Dean's Award for Excellence in Mentoring for Graduate Students and Postdoctoral Scholars with a ceremony and reception in Genentech Hall at Mission Bay. 
Postdocs Rock the Slam!
September 21, 2023
Postdoc Slam featured ten engaging talks, three prize winners, and one "wormnado." 
Introducing the 2023 Postdoc Slam Finalists!
August 24, 2023
Ten postdoc finalists will compete in the annual competition that challenges postdocs in a range of disciplines to present a compelling presentation of their research in three minutes or less, using language that not only their peers but also non-specialists will understand. 
Graduate Division Honors Postdoc and Grad Student Mentors
By Erik Rotman on February 13, 2023
The Graduate Division Dean’s Office celebrated National Mentoring Month by highlighting the recipients of the 2023 Dean’s Award for Excellence in Mentoring for Graduate Students and Postdoctoral Scholars in an awards ceremony Jan. 31 at Mission Bay. 
Postdoc Slam Finalists Announced
August 29, 2022
Meet the ten finalists in this year's Postdoc Slam, the annual research communications contest that challenges postdocs to present a compelling presentation of their research in three minutes or less, using language that not only their peers but also non-specialists will understand. 
Four Selected as 2022 Lindau Nobel Meetings Fellows
April 14, 2022
Two UCSF postdoctoral scholars and two PhD students were recently named UC President's Lindau Nobel Meeting Fellows for 2022.