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Humans of UCSF

Humans of UCSF: Heart of a Poet

Student Life
Friday, April 29, 2016
Arielle Canoza
School of Dentistry
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“Remember,

We are but a heap of stardust

Blessed with the mind

For a brief moment of time.

Burn bright.”

Igor Mitrovic, M.D.

Jack D. and DeLoris Lange Endowed Chair in Systems Physiology, Professor

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