The Right Dog for the Job
[This is part two of our three-part series on CARDA, the California Rescue Dog Association.] Training a dog for search work is not an overnight process. It takes time, patience, and commitment.
Humans of UCSF: Matt Cummings
"I have a dream." [collective laughter] "No, my main goal for UCSF is to prioritize communication between students of all...
Synapse: January 10, 1980
Concerns about the increasing frequency of C-sections is nothing new. Thirty-five years ago, Michael Bader reported on this trend in...
Synapse: December 7, 1964
Today, a visitor to UC Berkeley can see a campus full of people recruiting, promoting, soliciting, tabling, proselytizing and otherwise...
Synapse: November 16, 1989
To many students at UCSF today, Mount Zion is simply another campus, but until 25 years ago it was wholly...
Synapse: November 8, 1984
Today, the most prominent divestment movement at UCSF is to withdraw from fossil-fuel companies. A generation ago, it was divestment...
Synapse: October 17, 1974
"Technology and science, once worshipped as the gods of our secular society, have lately been found wanting. People are wondering...
Synapse: September 17, 1964
The brief article “Medical Student Wives to Greet Newcomers” catches the eye for its reflection of a markedly changed student...
Evolution/Population Genetics
Presentation: “The Population Bomb: Explosive population growth and the excess of rare, deleterious variation within the human genome” Presenter: Raul...
BODYJAM™ at Parnassus: Bust A Move!
“What do you do inBODYJAM™?” My usual response is, “Imagine you were Beyonce’s back-up dancer. That’s what you do in...