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Activities

Saturday, February 9, 2019 - 13:15

Point Bonita Lighthouse

By Nicole Koutsodendris

Opinion

Saturday, February 9, 2019 - 12:07

It’s All About the Journey, Not the Destination

By Jimmy Nguyen

Career

Saturday, February 9, 2019 - 11:53

This Date in UCSF History: Experiences of a Black woman professor

By Synapse

Saturday, February 2, 2019 - 14:32

This Date in UCSF History: Fewer Health Services

By Synapse

Originally published in Synapse - The UCSF student newspaper, February 8, 1979. In coming years, Californians can expect decreased health care services, a larger tax bite to compensate for revenue lost after Proposition 13, or some combin

Student Life

Saturday, February 2, 2019 - 14:11

Rookie Questions

By Christopher Cai

November 17, 2017 — Two weeks ago, I volunteered in the student-run homeless clinic in downtown San Francisco. Having arrived early, my classmates and I practiced taking blood pressures on each other.

Health

Saturday, February 2, 2019 - 13:57

Envisioning Trans Care

By Ninad Bhat

Listen to your patients. Health sciences students at UCSF are told repeatedly that this is key to practicing safe and effective care for their patients. Given the current political climate, there are likely few groups more in need of this sort of careful, compassionate, and trauma-informed care than transgender patients.