[Originally published in Synapse - The UCSF student newspaper, May 11, 2000] In honor of workers on May 1, and of unions, here is a history of unions at UCSF. There are four employee unions active on campus today: the American Federation of State

It’s been several weeks since you hit the “submit” button, and the manuscript-tracking page has remained permanently open in your web browser. At least once a day you refresh the page, but there is no new status update.

Dr. David Graham’s Last Lecture featured nuggets of wisdom that only a life full of experiences can develop.

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“Ive always been fascinated with what people do for work. It’s what led me to explore a myriad of career options.

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