This Date in UCSF History

Sunday, March 15, 2020 - 10:56

This Date in UCSF History: Angela Davis Speaks Out

By Synapse

This story was originally published in Synapse on March 15, 1984. The women’s movement in this country must be broadened to address issues relevant to black and working-class people, political activist Angela Davis told a Cole Hall audien

Friday, March 6, 2020 - 17:49

This Date in UCSF History: PR and the Pill

By Synapse

Originally published in Synapse the UCSF student newspaper on March 10, 1981. “Ten Year Study Reassesses Risks of Oral Contraceptive Use” read a banner headline on a public relations news release that went out to the print and electronic

Saturday, February 15, 2020 - 09:50

This Date in UCSF History: No on Prop 22

By Synapse
If you need more persuasion to get to the polling booth, Proposition 22, also known as the Knight Initiative, should be enough. This initiative states, “Only marriage between a man and a woman is valid or recognized in California.”
Saturday, February 8, 2020 - 11:32

This Date in UCSF History: Can Love Win?

By Synapse
Originally published on February 11, 2010. Is love possible between two people with opposing political views? New York City held its breath when Ann Coulter (Freason, Slander, Godless are just some of her books excoriating liberals) started dating Andrew Stein (a prominent lifelong New York Democrat), but they soon broke up over “irreconcilable differences.”
Thursday, January 30, 2020 - 18:10

This Date in UCSF History: Honoring Black History Month

By Synapse
Editor's note: To honor February as Black History Month, Synapse offers "snapshots" of significant dates in African-American history.
Wednesday, January 22, 2020 - 11:24

This Date in UCSF History: Thoughts on the Impeachment

By Synapse
“I don’t think his personal problems should be a reason to remove him from office. It doesn’t represent high crimes and misdemeanors.’ It’s all political. Just look at the Republicans — they want him out of office… Clinton’s good for the country. Look at his high approval ratings and the economy.” — James Harris, School of Dentistry
Tuesday, January 14, 2020 - 15:26

This Date in UCSF History: Groups Protest Aftermative Action Decision

By Synapse

Originally published on January 20, 1977.

Student and labor groups, anticipating the possible effect of the Bakke decision on minority programs, plan to protest the decision through mass rallies and demonstrations.

Friday, December 13, 2019 - 10:59

This Date in UCSF History: Medical Heroin?

By Synapse
Originally published in Synapse on Dec. 1, 1977. Advocates of decriminalizing heroin received a powerful shot in the arm from the White House this month when President Carter authorized a federal panel to oversee research into the medicinal uses of heroin and marijuana.
Tuesday, December 3, 2019 - 10:24

This Date in UCSF History: Partnership to Develop Mission Bay Campus

By Sylvie Sturm
At the Nov. 20 UC Regents meeting, Chancellor Haile Debas proposed the formation of a partnership between UCSF and a consortium of local business leaders called Bay Area Life Sciences Alliance (BALSA) for the development of the new UCSF Mission Bay campus.
Thursday, November 14, 2019 - 14:15

This Date in UCSF History: Defending the Right to Choose

By Synapse
Originally published in Synapse on Nov. 21, 1996. Before 1973, the year Roe vs. Wade guaranteed women the right to safe, therapeutic abortion in the U.S., David Grimes, MD, recalled visiting the septic unit of a Los Angeles hospital. Women seriously ill from botched illegal abortions lay in the twenty beds of the common ward.