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This Date in UCSF History

This Date in UCSF History: Reflections on Cinco de Mayo

[Originally published in Synapse on May 1, 1976.] This coming week is the celebration of Cinco de Mayo and La Semana de la Raza, an event annually sponsored by CHE (Chicanos in Health Education) here at UCSF. Someone new to UCSF might reasonably ask, “What is this Cinco de Mayo all about?” “What is...
May 6, 2025
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Flowers

This Date in UCSF History: Smell The Roses

April 22, 2025
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[Originally published in Synapse on April 29, 1997.] There is nothing like springtime and nowhere like San Francisco to experience...
Ku Klux Klan rally in Washington DC.

This Date in UCSF History: Fighting the Klan

April 15, 2025
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[Originally published in Synapse on April 16, 1981.] Last Saturday, International Committee Against Racism (InCAR) and Progressive Labor Party took...
Social Justice
3-D man's skull with probes.

This Date in UCSF History: Science or Control?

April 8, 2025
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[Originally published in Synapse on April 12, 1974.] in Dr. Louis Jolyon West, Director of the Neuropsychiatry Institute at UCLA...
Ethics
Girl Scout selling cookies.

This Date in UCSF History: When Sweets Turn Sour

April 1, 2025
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[Originally published in Synapse on April 1, 1993.] An April Fool’s tale. For countless years now, Girl Scout cookies have...
Humor
Angela Davis

This Date in UCSF History: Angela Davis Says Vote for Jackson

March 18, 2025
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[Originally published in Synapse on March 15, 1984.] The women’s movement in this country must be broadened to address issues...
Social Justice
Woman raising fist.

This Date in UCSF History: A Hopeful Era For Equality

March 11, 2025
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[Originally published in Synapse on March 15, 1990.] We live in an exciting time. Throughout the world, walls we once...
Social Justice
Capitol dome.

This Date in UCSF History: Fed Cuts Are ‘Bad News’

March 4, 2025
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[Originally published in Synapse on March 2, 1973.] UC President Charles Hitch said last week the Federal Budget is “more...
Politics
First black federal elected representatives.

This Date in UCSF History: The First Black Congressmen

February 25, 2025
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[Originally published in Synapse on February 26, 2009.] For anyone possessing a shred of fairness, reading about Reconstruction, America’s attempt...
Social Justice
Yelling through megaphone.

This Date in UCSF History: Four Free Speech Campus Areas Designated

February 18, 2025
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[Originally published in Synapse on February 17, 1965.] As a result of recent action on the part of The Regents...
Social Justice
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