This Date in UCSF History: Staff Lose Holidays
Originally published in Synapse on November 18, 1976. The employees of the University of California are receiving two paid holidays less than usual this year, and many are fighting mad about it.
Student Researchers Hold Strike Vote
This week, 48,000 academic workers across the University of California system are holding a vote to authorize a strike over...
This Date in UCSF History: Mystery Surrounds Radiation Exposure Readings
[Originally published on October 15, 1987.] Synapse has learned that sometime last July three UCSF radioactive waste disposal workers’ radiation...
Sleuthing, Slaying, and the Cough: Postdoc Slam Returns
A sleuthing scientist tracking down culprits of dementia landed the top prize at the 5th annual UCSF Postdoc Slam 2022...
This Date in UCSF History: The real Jane Roe
Originally published on May 31, 1990. A small woman wearing blue jeans and tennis shoes stood nervously before a crowd...
UC’s “Fossil Fuel Free” Investments Include Billions in Oil and Gas
On April 4, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change released its final report on the policy changes needed to keep...
This Date in UCSF History: The Rise & Fall of SFGH Emergency Medicine
[Originally published in Synapse on April 17, 1980.] Dr. Nancy Gorham is a junior resident in emergency medicine at San...
This Date in UCSF History: Supes Nix Plans for Hotel Adjacent UCSF
[Originally published on April 5, 1979.] The San Francisco Board of Supervisors two weeks ago dealt what neighborhood groups hope...
UCSF Unions Unite to Demand Lower Rent
San Francisco’s affordable housing crisis has not spared UCSF, and now residents relying on UC Housing are teaming up to...
From UCSF Start-Up to Fugitives From Justice
The founders of a biotech firm that launched at a UCSF start-up incubator in 2012 with promises of a groundbreaking...