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This Date in UCSF History

This Date in UCSF History: Laugh. It’s Good For You

[Originally published in Synapse on December 2001.] It’s been one of those days. You lock yourself out of your car. You get into an argument with a loved one. And your neighbor’s dog mistakes your leg for a fire hydrant. What should you do?
December 9, 2025
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This Date in UCSF History: UCSF to begin heart transplants

September 28, 2020
Originally reported in Synapse on September 29, 1988. UCSF will begin conducting heart transplants this fall, Dr. Haile Debas, chairman...
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This Date in UCSF History: Social Disparities are Hazardous to Health

September 21, 2020
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This story was originally published in Synapse on September 21, 2000. Dr. David Satcher, the sixteenth U.S. surgeon general and...
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This Date in UCSF History: Regents End Affirmative Action, Resistance Planned

September 8, 2020
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Originally published in Synapse on September 14, 1995. On July 20 the UC Regents voted on a resolution to prohibit...
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This Date in UCSF History: The Oil Spill

May 25, 2020
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Originally published in Synapse on June 3, 2010. Top Hat, Junk Shot, Top Kill - the phrases seem like they...
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This Date in UCSF History: Congratulations Graduates!

May 25, 2020
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Originally published in Synapse on May 25, 2006. Written by Biana Roykh. Spring means graduation here at UCSF, and all...
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This Date in UCSF History: Exiled Doc Speaks

May 11, 2020
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Originally published in Synapse on May 12, 1988. Dr. Isabel Estrada is a Guatemalan pediatrician who has lived in exile...
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This Date in UCSF History: Solving SARS

April 19, 2020
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Originally published in Synapse on April 17, 2003. An international team of investigators, including UCSF’s Joseph DeRisi and researchers at...
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This Date in UCSF History: Angela Davis Speaks Out

March 15, 2020
This story was originally published in Synapse on March 15, 1984. The women’s movement in this country must be broadened...
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This Date in UCSF History: PR and the Pill

March 6, 2020
Originally published in Synapse the UCSF student newspaper on March 10, 1981. “Ten Year Study Reassesses Risks of Oral Contraceptive...
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