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This Date in UCSF History

This Date in UCSF History: It’s V-Day, Not D-Day

[Originally published in Synapse on February 14, 2011.] Ah, another Valentine’s Day... and I, for one, will be spending it as a single woman — yet again. But does that mean the looming Feb. 14 will find me crying my eyes out with Ben & Jerry and watching a romantic comedy? The answer is no, and I...
February 14, 2023
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This Date in UCSF History: Political Ads: There Oughta Be a Law

November 1, 2020
Synapse
[Originally published on November 3, 1994.] Disgust is the overwhelming feeling that washes over me as I listen to the...
Opinion

Unlike The President, My Father Needs Hydroxychloroquine

June 1, 2020
Ali Zahir
Four months ago, my father began experiencing debilitating joint pain, which first appeared with a progressively sharp throbbing in his...
Opinion
new_norm

COVID-19 Testing Stifled

May 19, 2020
Nnaoma Oji
A recent publication in Nature illustrates how innovative efforts to increase coronavirus testing across the US, such as those through...
Opinion
wet_market

Wet Market Crackdown

May 11, 2020
Victoria Turner
Wet markets have been in the headlines since the start of the COVID-19 outbreak. Many initial cases were traced back...
Opinion
stockpiling

Increase Funding to Strategic National Stockpile

April 20, 2020
Nathan Coss
In the days since the arrival of COVID-19 to the United States we have seen the ineptitude of the federal...
Opinion

Vote Yes on Prop 13 For Safer Schools

February 9, 2020
Benjamin Adam Catching
Sharleen Gill
UCSF is home to some of the best healthcare programs in the nation. However, our globally revered school consistently fails...
Opinion
dignity

Practicing With Hands Tied: A Slippery Slope UCSF-Dignity Health Partnership Expansion

December 8, 2019
Priyanka Srivastava
Genesis Vasconez
Sina Nazeri
Hundreds of UCSF staff, providers, faculty and students have denounced a proposed partnership expansion between UCSF and Dignity Health that...
Opinion
history

This Date in UCSF History: ‘Is the second sex second class on campus?’

October 26, 2019
Synapse
Originally published in Synapse on October 29, 1971. Gary Wilson, General Services employee: “I think the question should be reversed...
Opinion

Vote For Your DA

October 7, 2019
Ariane Panzer
For the first time in over 100 years the seat for the San Francisco district attorney (DA) is open, and...
Opinion
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