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This Date in UCSF History: New Studies Stress the Seriousness of Climate Change

[Originally reported in Synapse on March 20, 2009.] Two reports issued in February underlined the growing menace of climate change and the need for urgent action to combat it.

March 28, 2023

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Time to Wake Up to Threat of Climate Change, and to Act

December 3, 2020

Sarah Schear

As pediatricians and trainees, we have all experienced moral awakenings that have compelled us to take action to protect children...

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Stranger in a Strange Mind

October 19, 2020

Victoria Turner

“What would it feel like if someone else were to come into your head?” An epilepsy patient posed this question...

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The Power of Overlearning

September 21, 2020

Victoria Turner

When you want to learn something new, the first order of business is practice. After putting in some effort, you...

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This Date in UCSF History: Solving SARS

April 19, 2020

Synapse

Originally published in Synapse on April 17, 2003. An international team of investigators, including UCSF’s Joseph DeRisi and researchers at...

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EAR-risistible Advancement in 3D Printing

December 2, 2019

Victoria Turner

How much does it cost to make an ear?Max Feinstein, a fourth-year medical student, has been spearheading a project at...

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This Date in UCSF History: Cloning Questions

May 10, 2019

Synapse

Originally published in Synapse - The UCSF student newspaper on May 11, 1978. Immortality, Mankind’s oldest dream, that of conquering...

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The Hilarious and Compelling Origins of the Pap Smear

April 30, 2019

Iva Petrovchich

Editor's note: Presenting Iva Petrovchich's winning entry in the 2018 Synapse Storytelling Contest's science writing category. Category judge, San Francisco...

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