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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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Time-Wasting Tip #9 for the Overworked Grad Student

March 13, 2013
Alex Greer
Got a long incubation time to kill? Waiting for your cells to spin? Bored in-between classes? In class? This week...
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Mt. Sutro Forest Management Sparks Community Debate

March 7, 2013
T. Booth Haley
The majestic and mysterious Mt. Sutro is usually a place of unspoiled peacefulness, but recently, its dense eucalyptus forest has...
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Time-Wasting Tip #8 (for the Overworked Grad Student)

March 7, 2013
Alex Greer
Got a long incubation time to kill? Waiting for your cells to spin? Bored in-between classes? In class? Another tip...
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Time-Wasting Tip #7 for the Overworked Grad Student

February 27, 2013
Alex Greer
Got a long incubation time to kill? Waiting for your cells to spin? Bored in-between classes? In class? This week...
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Time-Wasting Tip #6 for the Overworked Grad Student: WTF, Evolution?

February 20, 2013
Alex Greer
Got a long incubation time to kill? Waiting for your cells to spin? Bored in between classes? In class? This...
Opinion
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Valentine's Day Messages

February 13, 2013
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Honey Pie Sugar Bear (aka Ms. Poulos), Thank you for tickling my perineum in all the right places! Simon Ermakov...
Opinion

A Challenge to Script Your Future

February 13, 2013
Tiffany Chung
As a third-year pharmacy student, I’m amazed at how much I have learned over the last few years; how to...
Opinion

Time-Wasting Tip #5 (for the Overworked Grad Student)

February 13, 2013
Alex Greer
Got a long incubation time to kill? Waiting for your cells to spin? Bored in between classes? In class?? This...
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Sequestration Could Mean Deep Funding Cuts for Biomedical Research

February 13, 2013
Brittany Anderton
UCSF has long benefited from recruiting some of the best and brightest minds in science to carry out cutting-edge biomedical...
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