This Date in UCSF History This Date in UCSF History: Celebrating the Year of the Snake [Originally published in on February 7, 2013.] Welcome to the Year of the Snake! Snake is the yin to last year’s Dragon yang. That said, Snake does not settle for mediocrity, either. February 4, 2025 SynapseCampus Arts & Culture
This Date in UCSF History: National Health Insurance Ahead? April 23, 2024Synapse[Originally authored by Dr. Philip R. Lee — a UCSF professor of social medicine and director of the Institute for... Opinion
This Date in UCSF History: A Taxing Time of Year April 16, 2024Synapse[Originally published in Synapse on April 15, 2010.] April 15 is Tax Day. For most UCSF students, this has less... Finance
This Date in UCSF History: LGBTQI Health Forum A Success April 9, 2024Synapse[Originally published in Synapse on April 5, 2012.] Over 200 students and community members flocked to a two-day UCSF LGBTQI... Social Justice
This Date in UCSF History: Parasitic Attraction March 26, 2024Synapse[Originally published in Synapse on March 22, 2007.] Recent data suggests that latent infection with Toxoplasma gondii, commonly thought to... Science
This Date in UCSF History: Empowering Nurses March 19, 2024Synapse[Originally published in Synapse on March 20, 1974.] Wilma Scott Heide, the first nurse to be elected national president of... Social Justice
This Date in UCSF History: Anti-LGBTQ Law Passes March 12, 2024Synapse[Originally published on March 9, 2000.] As many people in the community had anticipated, Proposition 22, which limited the definition... Social Justice
This Date in UCSF History: A Hopeful Era for Women March 5, 2024Synapse[Originally published in Synapse on March 5, 1990.] We live in an exciting time. Throughout the world, walls we once... Social Justice
This Date in UCSF History: Lunar New Year Facts and Lore February 27, 2024Synapse[Originally published on February 22, 1996.] Chinese New Year is a misnomer. The arrival of the same new year is... Arts & Culture
This Date in UCSF History: A Textbook Case of Historical Distortion February 20, 2024Synapse[Originally authored by pharmacy student Gina Jones and published in Synapse on February 18, 1993.] “History is a people’s memory... Social Justice