This Date in UCSF History: Back From Iraq
Originally published in Synapse on 14 April 14, 2005. Dr. Robert Dean served for 12 months as an Army surgeon in Iraq.
This Date in UCSF History: Mystery Surrounds Radiation Exposure Readings
[Originally published on October 15, 1987.] Synapse has learned that sometime last July three UCSF radioactive waste disposal workers’ radiation...
This Date in UCSF History: Birth Control Aborted in United States
[ Originally published in Synapse on October 4, 1990.] Americans have fewer choices in practicing birth control than people in...
This Date In UCSF History: Necessary Dialogue
[ Originally published in Synapse on September 29, 1993.] A campus forum on “Interracial Racism,” held Sept. 21 in Toland...
This Date in UCSF History: Professors Stir Drug Debate
[Originally published in Synapse on September 20, 1990.] A high-level state advisory panel, including four UCSF faculty members, ignited the...
This Date in UCSF History: A Visit to Ground Zero
Originally published in Synapse on September 20, 2001. [Editor’s Note: Joshua Gordon is an alumnus of UCSF, who received his...
This Date in UCSF History: Cuts and Fee Increase
[Originally published in Synapse on September 9, 2004.] The University of California sustained its fourth budget cut in a row...
This Date in UCSF History: The real Jane Roe
Originally published on May 31, 1990. A small woman wearing blue jeans and tennis shoes stood nervously before a crowd...
This Date in UCSF History: Keep abortions safe and legal
[Originally published in Synapse on May 24, 1981.] Abortion is under attack, again, in what may prove to be the...
This Date in UCSF History: Equal Medical Rights for Women
[Originally published in Synapse - The UCSF student newspaper May 5, 1976.] Women representing women’s clinics and health organizations throughout...