This Date in UCSF History

Tuesday, January 9, 2018 - 13:17

Legalize Marijuana

By Synapse

[Originally published in Synapse - The UCSF student newspaper, Jan. 19, 1968]

A message from the UCSF student body president:

Marijuana Statement

Tuesday, November 7, 2017 - 11:01

This Date in UCSF History: UCSF is #1

By Synapse

[Originally published in Synapse - The UCSF student newspaper, Nov. 5, 1987]

UCSF medical school is the top-ranked public medical school in the United States, according to a U.S. News and World Report survey of medical school deans.

Friday, October 27, 2017 - 16:41

Selling Out Medicare's Soul

By Synapse
[Originally published in Synapse - The UCSF student newspaper, Volume 40, Number 8, 26 October 1995] On Oct. 18 the U.S. House of Representatives voted 231-201 to cut $270 billion dollars from Medicare over the next seven years. The AMA endorsed the Medicare cuts after wresting numerous concessions, including the preservation of physician payments at their current levels, a $250,000 limit on malpractice awards, the relaxation of Medicare claims fraud laws, and an exemption from state laws which will allow physician provider-service networks to set up managed care plans and receive Medicare funds.
Wednesday, October 18, 2017 - 14:59

This Date In UCSF History: Radiation mystery unsolved

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[This story was originally published in Synapse - The UCSF student newspaper, Volume 32, Number 7, 22 October, 1987] A mysterious episode that may have involved gross radiation overexposures to three UCSF workers appears to be ending unresolved. In September EHS officials received a startling notification from Radiation Detection Company, the company that reads all radiation monitoring badges for campus employees.
Monday, October 16, 2017 - 19:39

53 Year-old Residence Hall Bows to Earthquake Standards

By Synapse
[Originally published in Synapse - The UCSF student newspaper, Volume 17, Number 3, 20 October 1972.] The campus is about to lose one of its oldest structures. A seismic study done during the summer at the Chancellor's request resulted in the finding that the 610 Parnassus Residence Hall "would not perform satisfactorily in even a modest earthquake."
Monday, October 9, 2017 - 09:11

Med students charge exam policy 'punitive, unfair'

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[Originally published in Synapse, Volume 27, Number 6, 14 October 1982] Medical students at UCSF who failed part I of the national medical board exam have filed a formal grievance with Acting Dean Robert Crede — protesting a school policy which could hold them back from entering third-year clinical clerkships.
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory is picture.
Friday, September 22, 2017 - 16:20

This Date in UCSF History: Regents renew contracts for Nuclear Weapons Labs

By Synapse

The UC Board of Regents renewed five-year contracts for two highly controversial nuclear weapons laboratories on Sept. 18, 1987.

Dr. Haile Debas launches the teach-in with a video presentation in May 2007.
Friday, May 5, 2017 - 16:45

From the Archives: Iraq War Teach-in Achieves Critical Mass

By Synapse

Capping off several weeks of intense debate and deliberation in the House and Senate over continued funding for the war and increasing reports of civilian and military casualties, the UCSF campus bore witness to a teach-in entitled "The Health Effects of the Iraq War," that sought to reconcile the conflict's daily occurrences with the state of the American economy and healthcare and research infrastructures through a series of detailed presentations and speeches.

March 1991 image of Rodney King beating.
Friday, May 5, 2017 - 15:34

From the Archives: Campus Responds to Rodney King Beating Acquittal

By Synapse

After two days of rioting in Los Angeles in response to the Rodney King beating verdict —and a night of unrest in San Francisco in which a curfew and local state of emergency was declared by Mayor Frank Jordan —members of the campus community voiced their reactions at a standing-room only meeting in Cole Hall on Frida, May 1, 1992.

A photo of a packet of birth control pills circa 1960s.
Sunday, April 9, 2017 - 18:39

From the Archives: Contraceptives Not Prescribed

By Synapse
This week, Synapse proudly resumes the historical column, This Date in UCSF History, where we take a look at the issues making campus news throughout the newspaper’s 60-year existence. We start with a headline from 50 years ago.