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UCSF shuttle bus involved in deadly accident may have run red light before crash

The driver of a University of California at San Francisco shuttle bus that collided with a big-rig on Octavia Boulevard Thursday morning may have ran a red light, police said Friday. Witness reports indicate the shuttle bus driver may have ran a red light while traveling east on Oak Street shortly before the 6:20 a.m. crash, which killed Dr. Kevin Mack, a 52-year-old UCSF psychiatrist and associate professor, police Lt. Troy Dangerfield said. The crash remains under investigation. Read More

UCSF medical student who died at nightclub saves lives with organ donation

Joe Hernandez died after an altercation at Temple nightclub.
A University of California at San Francisco medical student who was killed at a South of Market nightclub earlier this month has saved lives as an organ donor, San Francisco General Hospital officials said Thursday. Joe Hernandez, 30, was found unconscious on the floor of the Temple nightclub on Howard Street early the morning of Jan. 9. Read More

UCSF opens new high-tech learning center at its Parnassus campus

UCSF's new high-tech Teaching and Learning Center
The University of California at San Francisco today opened a simulation learning center that school officials say is one of the first of its kind in the nation.The Teaching and Learning Center, located on the second floor of the UCSF library on its Parnassus campus, will serve 2,500 students in the school's dentistry, medicine, nursing and pharmacy programs, all of which rank among the top four nationwide in their fields. Read More
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