The Annual Sustainability Celebration
Join us for a festive celebration in honor of the 2026 UCSF Sustainability Award recipients. Awardees will receive an environmentally friendly physical award and will be highlighted at a campus-wide recognition ceremony presented by Chancellor Hawgood.
Event Details
Date: April 15, 2026, 2:45 to 4 p.m.
Location: Topaz Room, Wayne and Gladys Valley Vision Center, 490 Illinois St.
Agenda
2:45 p.m. | Doors Open
3-4 p.m. | Sustainability Award Ceremony
Light refreshments will be provided.
About the UCSF Sustainability Awards
Since 2011, the UCSF Sustainability Awards have recognized outstanding individuals and teams across the UCSF Campus and Health who are driving meaningful progress toward our sustainability goals.
Nominations are reviewed by the UCSF Advisory Committee on Sustainability (UACS), which selects awardees in the categories of Students, Faculty, Residents, Campus and Health Staff, and Teams.
“Our goal is to foster a more vibrant and sustainable campus for all— and your involvement and support are crucial to achieving this vision," said Chancellor Sam Hawgood, MBBS, at the 2024 UCSF hosted UC GCLC meeting.
Chancellor Sam Hawgood presents Karim Salgado of Carmelina's Taqueria with a sustainability award.
Nomination Criteria
The nominee must be employed or enrolled at UCSF. Nominators must specify the person or team that best fulfills the goals listed below. Self-nominations are permissible.
Nominees will be considered and scored based upon each of the following criteria. They do not have to meet all the criteria or excel equally in each category to be considered.
The ideal candidate is an individual or group that has:
- Engaged UCSF campus/health in an ongoing dialogue and is instilling a culture of sustainability amongst the community.
- Gone above and beyond the duties of their position to integrate and advance environmental sustainability into existing or new campus/health programs in education, research, operations, and/or public service.
- Shown a positive impact and enabling UCSF to meet environmental sustainability goals.
The UCSF Sustainability Award recognizes staff, students, faculty, and teams for their role in the progress being made toward these goals.
