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This Date in UCSF History

This Date in UCSF History: The Valentine’s Blues

[Originally published in Synapse on February 11, 1999.] Ever since New Year’s Day, it seems the world has been swathed in sickly shades of red and pink and filled with declarations of “I love you” and “Be mine.” A walk through Safeway or even the UCSF bookstores makes it painfully obvious that that...
February 10, 2026
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Mama M: Struggling with Self-Confidence

February 20, 2014
Mama M
I am a student in the School of Nursing. I guess I don’t have a lot of self-confidence in general...
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Partner Up: Discuss your long-term goals with a trusted friend regularly

February 13, 2014
Akshay Govind
In last week’s issue of Synapse (February 6), Winnie Chan described a struggle many professional students experience: the effort to...
Opinion

San Francisco Should Embrace Pedestrian and Bicycle Safety Policy

February 13, 2014
Madeline Ragan
On New Year’s Eve, six-year-old girl Sophia Liu was killed while walking in a crosswalk at Polk and Ellis streets...
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Dream On: A med student hits the reset button

February 6, 2014
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"Just show your passions on your residency applications and everything else will work out," my mentor said. I sat there...
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Science Mom: Top 10 Reasons for Having a Child While in Graduate School

February 6, 2014
Debbie Ruelas
There are a lot of reasons why having a child in graduate school is difficult, but on the other hand...
Opinion

Musical Malfunction in the Operating Room

January 30, 2014
Akshay Govind
Good surgery has a certain flow to it. The setup of the room has its feng shui. All the necessary...
Opinion

Vote for a United Student Government

January 22, 2014
Arielle Bivas
Dear Students, You are being asked to vote on an initiative to merge our divided student governments into a new...
Opinion

Paying It Forward at Cal Academy

January 16, 2014
Erin Oswald
During my first year in graduate school, I quickly learned that I needed some sort of outside-of-lab activity, or else...
Opinion

Ban Sugary Drinks from UCSF Campus

December 12, 2013
T. Booth Haley
The time has come for society to start regulating sugar. Ask any professor in any health field if there are...
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