This Date in UCSF History

Monday, October 29, 2018 - 21:13

This Date In UCSF History: Desperately Seeking Diversity

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Originally published in Synapse - The UCSF Student Newspaper, Oct. 25, 1979

Monday, October 22, 2018 - 16:49

This Date in UCSF History: United Against Nuclear War

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Originally published in Synapse - The UCSF student newspaper October 24, 1985

The Norwegian Nobel Committee awarded its 1985 Peace Prize on Oct. 11 to the International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War.

Monday, October 15, 2018 - 17:29

This Date In UCSF History: Health care Sandinista-style

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Originally published on Oct. 18, 1982 in Synapse – UCSF Student Voices. On Oct. 1 to 5, 200 North American health workers, armed with medical supplies, books, lecture outlines and clinical experience, travelled to Nicaragua to participate in the second U.S.-Nicaragua Colloquium on Health. We went to provide updated medical information on a broad range of topics and to observe first hand the health conditions in the country.
Tuesday, October 9, 2018 - 11:08

This Date in UCSF History: UCSF Expanding

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Originally published in Synapse - The UCSF student newspaper on Oc.t 9, 1963. A long-range plan to meet the physical development needs of the San Francisco campus until 1980 was approved in principle by the Regents of the University at their September meeting in Santa Barbara. The Regents directed continuing development of the plan for later consideration in detail. Meanwhile, authorization was given for an essential first step: relocating to a site across Parnassus Avenue from Moffitt Hospital the building that will house the expanded Out Patient Clinics. This structure, on which work will begin after July 1, 1965, was to have been located behind the present Clinics Building.
Saturday, September 29, 2018 - 07:39

This Date in UCSF History: Closing the Gap

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Originally published in Synapse – The UCSF Student Newspaper, Sept. 25, 2008

Monday, September 24, 2018 - 16:24

This Date in UCSF History: New Students Talk Politics

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Originally published in Synapse - The UCSF Student Newspaper on Sept. 28, 1978 After listening to their professors and administrators call them “the cream of the crop” for several hours, what could this year's entering medical students do? They gave themselves three lusty cheers.
Monday, September 17, 2018 - 18:42

This Date in UCSF History: Health Care Plans Debated

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This story originally appeared in Synapse - The UCSF Student Newspaper, Sept. 22, 1988

Friday, September 7, 2018 - 13:17

This Date in UCSF History: Report urges steps against bureaucracy

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[This article first appeared in Synapse - The UCSF student newspaper, on Sept. 15, 1988]

A study of administrative practices at UCSF, commissioned by Chancellor Julius Krevans, concludes that sweeping changes are called for.

Thursday, May 24, 2018 - 12:00

This Date in UCSF History: Regents Do The Right Thing

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[Originally published in Synapse - The UCSF student newspaper, May 24, 2001] The University of California Board of Regents erased an embarrassing stain on the university’s reputation last week by rescinding their 1995 ban on affirmative action.

Monday, May 21, 2018 - 09:49

This Date in UCF History: A TV Mystery

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[Originally published in Synapse - The UCSF student newspaper on May 19, 1983] Those strolling through the UCSF lobbies can’t but have noticed the curious goings on by the Medical Science Building elevators recently.