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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: Rents Surge

October 31, 2019
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Presidio student housing has some of the greatest views in the city but is now falling prey to the city’s...
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This Date in UCSF History: ‘Is the second sex second class on campus?’

October 26, 2019
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Originally published in Synapse on October 29, 1971. Gary Wilson, General Services employee: “I think the question should be reversed...
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This Date in UCSF history: Haight-Ashbury Free Clinic Changes With the Times

October 16, 2019
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In early 1967, David Smith was embarking on a career in academic medicine as a postgraduate fellow in pharmacology and...
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This Date in UCSF History: Targeting Guns

October 12, 2019
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Originally published in Synapse - The UCSF student newspaper on October 12, 2000. Guns in the household are 22 times...

This Date in UCSF History: Doctors Cry Foul

October 3, 2019
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Originally published in Synapse — The UCSF Student Newspaper on October 9, 1980. In San Francisco there is one physician...
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This Date in UCSF History: Therapy Cut Short

September 26, 2019
Synapse
A proposal to extend current Student Health Insurance benefits for mental health has been removed from the 1989-90 registration fee...
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This Date in UCSF History: Hospital rules relax with Reagan

September 20, 2019
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Originally published on Sept. 23, 1982. New rules devised for hospitals by the Reagan administration would “relax or repeal” many...
News
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This Date in UCSF History: Men Offended

September 12, 2019
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Both letters to the editor were originally published on Sept. 15, 1988. To the Editor: Recently, the Rape Prevention Education...
Opinion

This Date in UCSF History: Budget Blues

September 5, 2019
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Originally published in Synapse - The UCSF student newspaper on September 10, 2003. Unless you’ve been asleep for the past...
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