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.
This Date in UCSF History: Election Offers Mixed Bag of Results
Originally published in Synapse on Nov. 30, 2006. Tobacco tax propositions in California, Missouri and South Dakota failed in the...
This Date in UCSF History: On Intersectionality
Originally published on October 25, 2012. On my Saturday afternoon walk across San Francisco, I ran into Abel, a young...
This Date in UCSF History: Drug Peddling On Campus
Space 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
Originally reported in Synapse on September 29, 1988. UCSF will begin conducting heart transplants this fall, Dr. Haile Debas, chairman...
This Date in UCSF History: Social Disparities are Hazardous to Health
This story was originally published in Synapse on September 21, 2000. Dr. David Satcher, the sixteenth U.S. surgeon general and...
This Date in UCSF History: Regents End Affirmative Action, Resistance Planned
Originally published in Synapse on September 14, 1995. On July 20 the UC Regents voted on a resolution to prohibit...
This Date in UCSF History: The Oil Spill
Originally published in Synapse on June 3, 2010. Top Hat, Junk Shot, Top Kill - the phrases seem like they...
This Date in UCSF History: Congratulations Graduates!
Originally published in Synapse on May 25, 2006. Written by Biana Roykh. Spring means graduation here at UCSF, and all...
This Date in UCSF History: Exiled Doc Speaks
Originally published in Synapse on May 12, 1988. Dr. Isabel Estrada is a Guatemalan pediatrician who has lived in exile...