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This Date in UCSF History

This Date in UCSF History: Fatigue vs. Training

[Originally published in Synapse on May 25, 1989.] The eyes of medical professionals and legislators throughout the nation will be trained on New York this summer as unprecedented regulations limiting resident working hours begin to take effect.
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This Date in UCSF History: Examining Race’s Impact on Medicine

October 10, 2021
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[Originally published in Synapse on October 19, 2006.] What does the term “race” mean? Is it a social construct or...
Social Justice
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This Date in UCSF History: Prof Claims Rape Stats Inflated, Gets Pushback

October 9, 2021
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[Originally published in Synapse on October 10, 1991.] UC Berkeley Professor Neil Gilbert’s article, “The Phantom Epidemic of Sexual Assault,”...
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This Date in UCSF History: After the Recall, Things Will Get No Better

October 3, 2021
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The culmination of weeks of political farce comes on October 7, when California voters will vote on whether to recall...
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This Date in UCSF History: Prepayment for Healthcare

September 26, 2021
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Originally published on September 27, 1973. In February, within weeks of the announcement of severe federal cutbacks in grant monies...
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[This Date in UCSF History] Socialized Medicine is Respectable in Norway, the UK

September 19, 2021
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Originally published on September 22, 1994. This author, a graduate student who works for the Department of Otolaryngology in the...
Social Justice
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This Date in UCSF History: Minority Enrollees Climb Dramatically

September 11, 2021
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Originally 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, 2021
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[Originally published on May 27, 1966.] The Committee for Independent Political Action, a recognized on-campus political organization, has announced plans...
Social Justice
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This Date in UCSF History: Crisis Pregnancy Centers Push Anti-Choice Ideals

May 21, 2021
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[Originally published in Synapse on May 25, 2006.] A young woman meaning to visit a Planned Parenthood clinic unwittingly entered...
Health
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This Date in UCSF History: Stop Glorifying the Police

May 15, 2021
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[Originally published in Synapse on May 20, 1992.] In the violent aftermath of the acquittal of the officers who beat...
Social Justice
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