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: Drug Peddling On Campus October 18, 2020Space in Moffitt Hospital’s cafeterias is now being rented to drug companies for display and advertisement of their products. On...
This Date in UCSF History: UCSF to begin heart transplants September 28, 2020Originally reported in Synapse on September 29, 1988. UCSF will begin conducting heart transplants this fall, Dr. Haile Debas, chairman... News
This Date in UCSF History: Social Disparities are Hazardous to Health September 21, 2020SynapseThis story was originally published in Synapse on September 21, 2000. Dr. David Satcher, the sixteenth U.S. surgeon general and... Social Justice
This Date in UCSF History: Regents End Affirmative Action, Resistance Planned September 8, 2020SynapseOriginally published in Synapse on September 14, 1995. On July 20 the UC Regents voted on a resolution to prohibit... Social Justice
This Date in UCSF History: The Oil Spill May 25, 2020SynapseOriginally published in Synapse on June 3, 2010. Top Hat, Junk Shot, Top Kill - the phrases seem like they... News
This Date in UCSF History: Congratulations Graduates! May 25, 2020SynapseOriginally published in Synapse on May 25, 2006. Written by Biana Roykh. Spring means graduation here at UCSF, and all... Student Life
This Date in UCSF History: Exiled Doc Speaks May 11, 2020SynapseOriginally published in Synapse on May 12, 1988. Dr. Isabel Estrada is a Guatemalan pediatrician who has lived in exile... Academic
This Date in UCSF History: Solving SARS April 19, 2020SynapseOriginally published in Synapse on April 17, 2003. An international team of investigators, including UCSF’s Joseph DeRisi and researchers at... Science
This Date in UCSF History: Angela Davis Speaks Out March 15, 2020This story was originally published in Synapse on March 15, 1984. The women’s movement in this country must be broadened... Social Justice