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)