UCSF Library 2025 Artist in Residence Michelle Memran marked World AIDS Day on December 1 with a visit to the HIV/AIDS Epidemic Collection at Kalmanovitz Library (view Instagram reel video).

Since July, Michelle has been conducting research in UCSF Archives and Special Collections for her multimedia project Past Advocacy, Future Change: HIV/AIDS Campaigns Transforming Dementia Narratives, which "explores how the visual language and community-led messaging of early HIV/AIDS activism can inspire more humanizing, solutions-based narratives around Alzheimer’s and related dementias today." Read the announcement of Michelle's residency

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Opening of Disabilities and Civil Rights Exhibition
Now on display: The exhibition "Patient No More: People with Disabilities Securing Civil Rights" is an opportunity for the UCSF community to learn about the "Section 504 Sit-in," a historic San Francisco protest that was part of a nationwide movement leading to the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) signed 35 years ago. The exhibition is presented by the Office of Disability Access and Inclusion and the UCSF Department of Anesthesia and Perioperative Care. It is on view at Kalmanovitz Library (main floor) until February 1.

UCSF Archives and Special Collections recent announcements in digital archives:

• Stories of Care, Community, and UCSF History: a variety of collections capturing UCSF community members through their journals, correspondence, artistry, activism and care
• UCSF Print News: over 4,600 pages of UCSF newsletters, newspapers and health publications dated 1967 to 1999 for public access through the California Revealed initiative
• Voices of Mount Zion Hospital: Physician Oral Histories: 54 oral-history audio recordings from Mount Zion Hospital, now part of UCSF Medical Center at Mount Zion, conducted between 1995 and 1997; these interviews offer firsthand accounts from physicians whose lives reflect major 20th-century shifts in medicine, global migration, and community health in San Francisco