Immigration officer detains man in mask.

This Date in UCSF History

This Date in UCSF History: A Case For Care

[Originally published in Synapse on January 29, 2004.] A critically ill man who is infected with TB sits at home and refuses to go to the hospital. He has infected his entire family and possibly others. His family begs him to go to the local emergency room, but he refuses. The man is afraid to...

January 28, 2025

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This Date in UCSF History: A Taxing Time of Year

April 16, 2024

[Originally published in Synapse on April 15, 2010.] April 15 is Tax Day. For most UCSF students, this has less...

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This Date in UCSF History: LGBTQI Health Forum A Success

April 9, 2024

[Originally published in Synapse on April 5, 2012.] Over 200 students and community members flocked to a two-day UCSF LGBTQI...

Toxoplasma gondii

This Date in UCSF History: Parasitic Attraction

March 26, 2024

[Originally published in Synapse on March 22, 2007.] Recent data suggests that latent infection with Toxoplasma gondii, commonly thought to...

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This Date in UCSF History: Empowering Nurses

March 19, 2024

[Originally published in Synapse on March 20, 1974.] Wilma Scott Heide, the first nurse to be elected national president of...

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This Date in UCSF History: Anti-LGBTQ Law Passes

March 12, 2024

[Originally published on March 9, 2000.] As many people in the community had anticipated, Proposition 22, which limited the definition...

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This Date in UCSF History: A Hopeful Era for Women

March 5, 2024

[Originally published in Synapse on March 5, 1990.] We live in an exciting time. Throughout the world, walls we once...

Dragon

This Date in UCSF History: Lunar New Year Facts and Lore

February 27, 2024

[Originally published on February 22, 1996.] Chinese New Year is a misnomer. The arrival of the same new year is...

African American historical figures.

This Date in UCSF History: A Textbook Case of Historical Distortion

February 20, 2024

[Originally authored by pharmacy student Gina Jones and published in Synapse on February 18, 1993.] “History is a people’s memory...

Solano State prison entrance

This Date in UCSF History: Abuses Told About Experiments on Prisoners

February 13, 2024

[Originally published in Synapse on February 17, 1977.] Inmates of California’s prison system are currently being used as subjects for...