This Date in UCSF History This Date in UCSF History: Staff Lose HolidaysOriginally 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. November 14, 2022 SynapseCampus News
Student Researchers Hold Strike Vote November 1, 2022Natalie WhitisThis week, 48,000 academic workers across the University of California system are holding a vote to authorize a strike over... News
This Date in UCSF History: Mystery Surrounds Radiation Exposure Readings October 16, 2022Synapse[Originally published on October 15, 1987.] Synapse has learned that sometime last July three UCSF radioactive waste disposal workers’ radiation... News
Sleuthing, Slaying, and the Cough: Postdoc Slam Returns October 4, 2022Cindy OwA sleuthing scientist tracking down culprits of dementia landed the top prize at the 5th annual UCSF Postdoc Slam 2022... News
This Date in UCSF History: The real Jane Roe May 24, 2022SynapseOriginally published on May 31, 1990. A small woman wearing blue jeans and tennis shoes stood nervously before a crowd... News
UC’s “Fossil Fuel Free” Investments Include Billions in Oil and Gas April 17, 2022Finn BlackOn April 4, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change released its final report on the policy changes needed to keep... News
This Date in UCSF History: The Rise & Fall of SFGH Emergency Medicine April 17, 2022Synapse[Originally published in Synapse on April 17, 1980.] Dr. Nancy Gorham is a junior resident in emergency medicine at San... News
This Date in UCSF History: Supes Nix Plans for Hotel Adjacent UCSF April 4, 2022Synapse[Originally published on April 5, 1979.] The San Francisco Board of Supervisors two weeks ago dealt what neighborhood groups hope... News
UCSF Unions Unite to Demand Lower Rent March 27, 2022Jessica Maldonado-MendozaSan Francisco’s affordable housing crisis has not spared UCSF, and now residents relying on UC Housing are teaming up to... News
From UCSF Start-Up to Fugitives From Justice February 28, 2022SynapseThe founders of a biotech firm that launched at a UCSF start-up incubator in 2012 with promises of a groundbreaking... News