Talking About Palestine is an Exercise in Public Health For the past 17 months, we have witnessed in real-time how a genocide unfolds and what the essential components of it are. March 25, 2025 Abu Taha Social Justice
This Date in UCSF History: A Tribute to Harvey Milk November 28, 2022SynapseOriginally published in Synapse on November 30, 1978. Written by Andrew Zysman. Supervisor Harvey Milk was shot to death on... Social Justice
A Trainee’s Reflections of Anti-Asian Racism: Keep us in the Conversation November 8, 2022Michelle TongOnly two-and-a-half years ago I was a third-year medical student completing my first clinical rotation when the news hit about... Social Justice
Seeking Vaccine Equity November 1, 2022Cindy OwSince the start of the novel COVID-19 coronavirus, billions of lives globally have been irreversibly changed. Public health safety measures... Social Justice
This Date in UCSF History: Anti-abortionists Threaten Family Planning Funds November 1, 2022Synapse[Originally published on November 7, 1985.] Local family planning agencies and prochoice groups are concerned about a move by congressional... Social Justice
This Date in UCSF History: Birth Control Aborted in United States October 3, 2022Synapse[ Originally published in Synapse on October 4, 1990.] Americans have fewer choices in practicing birth control than people in... Social Justice
This Date In UCSF History: Necessary Dialogue September 24, 2022Synapse[ Originally published in Synapse on September 29, 1993.] A campus forum on “Interracial Racism,” held Sept. 21 in Toland... Social Justice
This Date in UCSF History: Keep abortions safe and legal May 18, 2022Synapse[Originally published in Synapse on May 24, 1981.] Abortion is under attack, again, in what may prove to be the... Social Justice
This Date in UCSF History: Supreme Court Decision Fails to Reflect Needs March 27, 2022Synapse[Originally publishing on March 25, 1977.] As the U.S. Supreme Court announced last week its decision to hear the Bakke... Social Justice
This Date in UCSF History: Guard Affirmative Action February 12, 2022Synapse[Originally published in Synapse on February 24, 1983.] Come with me on a brief journey into the not too distant... Social Justice