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The Benito Bowl was a Line Drawn in Public

The Benito Bowl was not just a half time show. It was a deliberate cultural statement that forced the United States to confront whose stories are allowed on America’s biggest stages and whose presence still makes people uncomfortable.
February 17, 2026
Allan Polendey Dumlao
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Seeking Vaccine Equity

November 1, 2022
Cindy Ow
Since the start of the novel COVID-19 coronavirus, billions of lives globally have been irreversibly changed. Public health safety measures...
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This Date in UCSF History: Anti-abortionists Threaten Family Planning Funds

November 1, 2022
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[Originally published on November 7, 1985.] Local family planning agencies and prochoice groups are concerned about a move by congressional...
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This Date in UCSF History: Birth Control Aborted in United States

October 3, 2022
Synapse
[ Originally published in Synapse on October 4, 1990.] Americans have fewer choices in practicing birth control than people in...
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This Date In UCSF History: Necessary Dialogue

September 24, 2022
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[ Originally published in Synapse on September 29, 1993.] A campus forum on “Interracial Racism,” held Sept. 21 in Toland...
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This Date in UCSF History: Keep abortions safe and legal

May 18, 2022
Synapse
[Originally published in Synapse on May 24, 1981.] Abortion is under attack, again, in what may prove to be the...
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history

This Date in UCSF History: Supreme Court Decision Fails to Reflect Needs

March 27, 2022
Synapse
[Originally publishing on March 25, 1977.] As the U.S. Supreme Court announced last week its decision to hear the Bakke...
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This Date in UCSF History: Guard Affirmative Action

February 12, 2022
Synapse
[Originally published in Synapse on February 24, 1983.] Come with me on a brief journey into the not too distant...
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Meet the Co-Presidents of Med Students for Choice

December 6, 2021
Sarah Siddiqui
In our latest podcast episode, pre-med student and Synapse contributor Sarah Siddiqui talks to the co-presidents of the UCSF chapter...
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Asiri and her widowed sisters

November 14, 2021
Jackline Odhiambo
Asiri is one of the widows who attended our first meeting. In Dholuo, Asiri’s native language, the term widow is...
Social Justice
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