Dan’s Tips

Browse the tips former EVCP Dan Lowenstein featured in his monthly EVCP Expresso, as well as a few suggestions from the UCSF community.

  • 1Password (June 2016, password management app)
  • 678 (film)
  • Academy of American Poets’ Poem-a-Day series (February 2021)
  • AIDS Walk San Francisco (July 2016)
  • The Argument (April 2019, news/opinion podcast)
  • Asian American and Pacific Islander poets (May 2021)
  • Audubon Photography Awards: Top 100 (and photography of Robert Ho) (February 2022)
  • “The Backwards Brain Bicycle” (September 2017, brain plasticity)
  • The Blank Slate: The Modern Denial of Human Nature, Steven Pinker (book)
  • The Book of Joy: Lasting Happiness in a Changing World (February 2020, book featuring His Holiness the Dalai Lama and Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu)
  • The Cartel (film)
  • “Christmas in the Trenches,” John McCutcheon (January 2021, song)
  • Changing Planet (May 2022, series on climate change)
  • The Daily (January 2019, news podcast)
  • “Deep work” (February 2019, interview with author Cal Newport)
  • The Dig (March 2021, film)
  • Discovery Day at AT&T Park (November 2016, Bay Area Science Festival)
  • The “Dutch Reach” (October 2016, safe driving tip)
  • The Edge of Heaven (film)
  • Elevator tips (April 2017)
  • Family recipes (November 2020)
  • Finding Vivian Maier (film)
  • F.lux (November 2017, app)
  • Galileo Thermometer (December 2017)
  • The Great Bridge, David McCullough (October 2021, book)
  • The Overstory, Richard Powers (December 2019, book)
  • Holiday gift ideas (December 2021)
  • Hope (January 2022, President Obama's speech, Chan M. Hellman at TEDx, Archbishop Desmond Tutu)
  • ‘Hope, Rage And Cries For Help’: 5 Essential Tiny Desk Concerts (June 2020)
  • “How to use a paper towel,” Joe Smith (March 2020, TED talk)
  • “How to Live in Southern California,” Shelley Wong (February 2021, poem)
  • Injustice and Health (February 2016, UCSF Teach-in)
  • Isle of Dogs (May 2018, film)
  • James Baldwin: The Price of the Ticket (film)
  • Jimmy Kimmel and Warriors coach Steve Kerr on the Uvalde shooting (June 2022)
  • Joan Didion: The Center Will Not Hold (March 2022, film – as well as books by Didion)
  • Just Mercy, Bryan Stevenson (book)
  • Kanopy (July 2022, free streaming platform)
  • Lady Bird (February 2018, film)
  • Lunana: A Yak in the Classroom (August 2022, film)
  • Merlin birdwatching app (September 2021)
  • Monument Valley (March 2017, mobile game)
  • Nature walks and hikes (June 2021)
  • “Nepali Climb Step” (October 2017, hiking technique)
  • The Nocturnists: Black Voices in Healthcare (August 2020, podcast)
  • ‘An Obituary for the Land,’ The Daily podcast (October 2020, on the Western wildfires)
  • Once (August 2016, film)
  • The Overstory, Richard Powers (December 2019, book)
  • Paul McCartney on Carpool Karaoke (October 2018)
  • “Patagonia: Yvon Chouinard,” How I Built This with Guy Raz (August 2019, podcast)
  • Perplexus (December 2015, puzzle)
  • Playing for Change and Songs Around the World (January 2020, music videos)
  • Political advocacy: Phoning our legislators (February 2017)
  • “The Pre-pandemic Universe Was the Fiction,” Charles Yu (May 2020, article)
  • Queeng (July 2021, diverse and non-patriarchal card deck)
  • RAMÓN RISING (May 2016, event and film)
  • RBG (June 2018, film)
  • “Resilience, Hope and Connection for Wellbeing” – His Holiness the Dalai Lama (December 2020, virtual dialogue
  • Searching for Sugar Man (October 2015, film)
  • Sing Street (August 2016, film)
  • “Sonder” (April 2016, word definition)
  • The Sneetches, Dr. Seuss (December 2018, story)
  • A Star Is Born, featuring Lady Gaga (November 2018, film)
  • Summer of Soul (August 2021, film)
  • Sweet Dreams (film)
  • The Swerve: How the World Became Modern, Stephen Greenblatt (March 2016, book)
  • There is a road, no simple highway: Hiking the Pacific Crest Trail (January 2016, presentation)
  • “Three Gratitudes,” Carrie Newcomer (January 2018, poem)
  • The Three Marriages, David Whyte (May 2017, book)
  • To Be a Machine, Mark O’Connell (July 2017, book)
  • Travel Poll / How To Be An Ethical Traveler (June 2019)
  • Two Days, One Night (film)
  • UCSF Police Department – Safety and Security (September 2016, events)
  • A Vibe for Community Care & Rest (June 2020, playlist)
  • Weiman Stainless Steel Cleaner & Polish (April 2018)
  • “What everyone gets WRONG about farm work” with Yara Elmjouie (April 2021, video)
  • “What Is Owed,” Nikole Hannah-Jones (July 2020, essay on reparations)
  • “Who Replaces Me?,” The Daily podcast (September 2020, a Black police officer's story)
  • Wisdom from Mother Teresa (November 2021, message written on the wall of her home for children)
  • “The World’s Best Kept Auto Secret” (November 2015, practical tip)
  • The Wright Brothers, David McCullough (September 2015, book)
  • You See Flowers (April 2022, Millberry Union flower shop)