This Date in UCSF History: Minority faculty criticize UC
Originally published in Synapse on April 21, 1980. On March 18th this year UC went to a routine budget hearing in Sacramento and encountered an angry group of minority faculty from UCSF.
This Date in UCSF History: State of the Union
[Originally published in Synapse on February 17, 2010] I am writing this the day after President Obama gave his State...
This Date in UCSF History: Obama Reverses Abortion Gag Rule
[Originally published in Synapse on January 29, 2009.] President Barack Obama moved last week to reverse a U.S. policy restricting...
This Date in UCSF History: The Bootstrap Myth
[Originally published in Synapse on December 4, 1996.] I remember the morning after Proposition 187 passed. Schools and health care...
This Date in UCSF History: Public Health Group Knocks Reagan Cuts
[Originally published in Synapse on November 12, 1981.] The theme of this year’s American Public Health Association convention was “Energy...
This Date in UCSF History: State Health Corps?
[ Originally published in Synapse on September 19, 1985.] In the next few days, Gov. George Deukmejian will decide the...
This Date in UCSF History: Fed Cuts Are ‘Bad News’
[Originally published in Synapse on March 2, 1973.] UC President Charles Hitch said last week the Federal Budget is “more...
We Should be Concerned About What Happened at the CDC
On February 1, 2025 the Inside Medicine Substack reported that the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) ordered...
This Date in UCSF History: A Case For Care
[Originally published in Synapse on January 29, 2004.] A critically ill man who is infected with TB sits at home...
This Date in UCSF History: Paving the Way for President Obama
[Originally published in Synapse on January 22, 2009.] The chain of events that began on a bus in Montgomery, Alabama...