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This Date in UCSF History

This Date in UCSF History: What Veterans Day Means to a Soldier

[Originally published in Synapse on Nov. 12, 2009.] Before coming to UCSF, I was a soldier in Operation Iraqi Freedom from 2005-07. My duties were as an Area Reaction Force Task leader and providing convoy security in Iraq for the delivery of supplies to the military units serving in the region I...
November 11, 2025
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The Monsters in My Fridge

December 12, 2013
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Eating used to be simple. I think that past tense is something most people could agree with. I remember a...
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Mama M: Beating the Winter Blues

December 12, 2013
Mama M
As the holidays are getting near again, I get so depressed. I don’t know why, but I do. Do you...
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Science Mom: Feeding Baby

December 12, 2013
Debbie Ruelas
When it comes to baby food, I married a complete and total hippie, although this really only applies to our...
Opinion
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Science Mom: Gaining That Competitive Edge

December 5, 2013
There’s an National Public Radio podcast called Freakonomics Radio that I really enjoy listening to while doing cell culture. In...
Opinion

Mama M: Work is Crimping My Life

December 5, 2013
Mama M
Being in grad school here is putting a horrible crimp in my family life. I have a wife and two...
Opinion

A Veterans’ Day Perspective From a First-Year Student Veteran

November 20, 2013
Sam Lee
Three years ago I was experiencing almost daily rocket attacks on our compound in Baghdad, Iraq. This Veterans’ Day, I...
Opinion

Will MAVEN Unlock the Mysteries of Our Planetary System?

November 20, 2013
Alexandra Loucks
Cape Canaveral, Fla. — Experiencing a rocket launch from Cape Canaveral is one of the most awe-inspiring events that one...
Opinion

Pearls for the Developing Clinician: Taking a Pulse

November 20, 2013
Akshay Govind
This is the first installment of a column to which I will return periodically over the next few years, with...
Opinion
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Action Potential: Thanksgiving and the Home-Town Sweetheart

November 7, 2013
Synapse
With November right around the corner, students are beginning to buy their tickets to fly home for the Thanksgiving holiday...
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