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Applications for a new round of the Environmental Scholars Program are open to all UCSF students who have at least...
This Date in UCSF History: Our WHO Promise
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Once the obligations of an international agreement are broken for the first time, it's easier to continue breaking the agreement...
What’s in a Name?
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[First place winner of the Synapse Storytelling Contest Non Fiction category.] When I was sixteen, I was diagnosed with polycystic...
Lessons We Carry
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During their first week of medical school, incoming UCSF medical students participate in Differences Matter Orientation (DMO), a two-day immersive...
These Days, Who Knows?
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[First place winner of the Synapse Storytelling Contest Fiction category.] Phoebe, panting hard, let the door slam behind her and...
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This Date in UCSF History: The Alzheimer’s Puzzle
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