This Date in UCSF History 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. April 14, 2026 SynapseCampus Medicine
This Date in UCSF History: Guard Affirmative Action February 12, 2022Synapse[Originally published in Synapse on February 24, 1983.] Come with me on a brief journey into the not too distant... Social Justice
This Date in UCSF History: 10 Activities for Single Folks on Valentine's Day February 7, 2022Synapse[Originally published on February 14, 2008.] Valentine's Day, known as Singles Awareness Day to some, is a day for sickening... Student Life
This Date in UCSF History: The Legend of Lunar New Year January 27, 2022Synapse[Originally published in Synapse on January 31, 2006.] Every year in January or February, when the last page of the...
This Date in UCSF History: Fix UC Thinks Big With Tuition Proposal January 24, 2022Synapse[Originally published on January 26, 2012.] An innovative, student-directed solution to the UC budget crisis was proposed last Wednesday at...
This Date in UCSF History: Worst State Budget Crisis Ever? January 10, 2022Synapse[Originally published in Synapse on January 14, 2010.] California has another budget crisis. This should be no surprise to anyone...
This Date in UCSF History: Haight-Ashbury: From ‘Free Love’ to ‘Speed Kills’ December 4, 2021Synapse[Originally published in Synapse on December 2, 1993.] David E. Smith, MD, founder and director of the Haight-Ashbury Free Clinics... Health
This Date in UCSF History: Doc Recalls Pre-Roe v. Wade Horrors November 21, 2021Synapse[Originally published in Synapse on November 21, 1996.] Before 1973, the year Roe vs. Wade guaranteed women the right to... Health
This Date in UCSF History: Student AIDS Forum Connects Patients and Caregivers November 14, 2021SynapseOriginally published on November 15, 1990. Several prominent physicians who have devoted much of their working lives in recent years... Health
This Date in UCSF History: Music is Good Medicine November 13, 2021Synapse[Originally published December 12, 2011.] In many hospital rooms, the steady beeping of a cardiac monitor is the most soothing...