This Date in UCSF History This Date in UCSF History: To Decorate a Christmas Tree [Originally published in Synapse on Dec. 12, 1993.] To decorate a Christmas tree Is very hard, you know. December 16, 2025 SynapseCampus Poetry
This Date in UCSF History: Mentioning the Unmentionable October 25, 2021Synapse[Originally published on October 25, 2007.] Midway through my first year preceptorship, a particularly difficult patient interview taught me the...
This Date in UCSF History: Examining Race’s Impact on Medicine October 10, 2021Synapse[Originally published in Synapse on October 19, 2006.] What does the term “race” mean? Is it a social construct or... Social Justice
This Date in UCSF History: Prof Claims Rape Stats Inflated, Gets Pushback October 9, 2021Synapse[Originally published in Synapse on October 10, 1991.] UC Berkeley Professor Neil Gilbert’s article, “The Phantom Epidemic of Sexual Assault,”... Social Justice
This Date in UCSF History: After the Recall, Things Will Get No Better October 3, 2021SynapseThe culmination of weeks of political farce comes on October 7, when California voters will vote on whether to recall... Opinion
This Date in UCSF History: Prepayment for Healthcare September 26, 2021SynapseOriginally published on September 27, 1973. In February, within weeks of the announcement of severe federal cutbacks in grant monies... Health
[This Date in UCSF History] Socialized Medicine is Respectable in Norway, the UK September 19, 2021SynapseOriginally published on September 22, 1994. This author, a graduate student who works for the Department of Otolaryngology in the... Social Justice
This Date in UCSF History: Minority Enrollees Climb Dramatically September 11, 2021SynapseOriginally published on September 14, 1986. In a dramatic reversal of last year’s disappointing showing, the School of Medicine enrolled... Academic
This Date in UCSF History: Campus Group Organizes for Civil Rights Protection May 27, 2021Synapse[Originally published on May 27, 1966.] The Committee for Independent Political Action, a recognized on-campus political organization, has announced plans... Social Justice
This Date in UCSF History: Crisis Pregnancy Centers Push Anti-Choice Ideals May 21, 2021Synapse[Originally published in Synapse on May 25, 2006.] A young woman meaning to visit a Planned Parenthood clinic unwittingly entered... Health