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This Date in UCSF History

This Date in UCSF History: The Housing Crisis

[Originally published in Synapse on Sept. 16, 1996.] Summer is supposed to be relaxing and free from stress. Quite the contrary, I feel like an unpaid, overworked social worker. You ask me why? I have been actively looking for housing for friends and family. It has made my weekends hectic and...

September 19, 2023

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This Date in UCSF History: Women's Issues Persist

March 7, 2021

Originally published in Synapse on March 6, 2008. No matter what some may claim, the issue of gender equality has...

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This Date in UCSF History: Former Surgery Resident Wins Discrimination Suit

February 27, 2021

Originally published in Synapse on March 3, 1983. In what may be a landmark case for women and minorities in...

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This Date in UCSF History: Affirmative Action Under Attack (Again!)

February 21, 2021

Do you think that all citizens should have equal access to jobs and education? If so, how does one measure...

This Date in UCSF History: UC Misses Affirmative Action Goals

February 15, 2021

Originally published in Synapse on February 16, 1984. Next week, UCSF will be sponsoring a day-long symposium, “Affirmative Action in...

This Date in UCSF: A Black Woman Professor’s Experiences

February 8, 2021

Originally published on February 12, 1981. Dr. Rosa Armstrong is not what might be considered the typical anatomist. As a...

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This Date in UCSF History: A Purpose Revisited

February 1, 2021

[Originally published on February 5, 2009.] Last month we honored the birth of civil rights leader Dr. Martin Luther King...

This Date in UCSF History: Artist Asks, Who Are You?

January 18, 2021

Originally published on January 19, 2012. This year’s keynote speaker for Martin Luther King Week at UCSF was Kip Fulbeck...

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This Date in UCSF History: Finally... A New President

January 11, 2021

Originally published in Synapse on January 11, 2001. “Tonight, for the sake of our unity as a people and the...

This Year in UCSF History: Peering Into the Future

December 11, 2020

Originally published in Synapse on December 11, 2009. Everybody wants to know the future and the UC Regents and UCOP...