This Date in UCSF History

Monday, May 25, 2020 - 09:40

This Date in UCSF History: The Oil Spill

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Originally published in Synapse on June 3, 2010. Top Hat, Junk Shot, Top Kill - the phrases seem like they are from a Hollywood pitch meeting for an action-adventure movie starring Tom Cruise, but the grim reality is that they all describ

Monday, May 25, 2020 - 09:10

This Date in UCSF History: Congratulations Graduates!

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Originally published in Synapse on May 25, 2006. Written by Biana Roykh. Spring means graduation here at UCSF, and all the schools have taken part in this joyous tradition.
Monday, May 11, 2020 - 10:43

This Date in UCSF History: Exiled Doc Speaks

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Originally published in Synapse on May 12, 1988. Dr. Isabel Estrada is a Guatemalan pediatrician who has lived in exile in Belgium for the past seven years.
Sunday, April 19, 2020 - 12:07

This Date in UCSF History: Solving SARS

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Originally published in Synapse on April 17, 2003. An international team of investigators, including UCSF’s Joseph DeRisi and researchers at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta, have identified a novel coronavirus as the probable cause of SARS, or severe acute respiratory syndrome.
Sunday, March 15, 2020 - 10:56

This Date in UCSF History: Angela Davis Speaks Out

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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

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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

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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?

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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

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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

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“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