This Date in UCSF History: Six Days in San Quentin

[Originally authored by medical student Eric Chow and published in Synapse on November 20, 1998.] After a five-minute walk, I finally reached San Quentin’s main entrance and was now set to enter the prison proper.

November 28, 2023

Synapse

Campus

Student Life

This Date in UCSF History: New Studies Stress the Seriousness of Climate Change

March 28, 2023

Synapse

[Originally reported in Synapse on March 20, 2009.] Two reports issued in February underlined the growing menace of climate change...

Science

Bush declares war on Iraq, March 19, 2003.

This Date in UCSF History: Students Act Against Impending War

March 21, 2023

Synapse

[Originally published on March 20, 2003.] In a political climate charged with the suddenly tangible threat of war with Iraq...

Social Justice

This Date in USCF History: Pregnancy Equity

March 13, 2023

Synapse

[Originally published in Synapse on March 11, 1987. ] A recent Supreme Court decision upholding certain types of pregnancy leave...

Social Justice

This Date in UCSF History: Vietnam’s Elusive Truth

February 27, 2023

Synapse

[ Originally authored in February 25, 1988 by Toan Truong as a third-year medical student.] I grew up in Saigon...

Social Justice

Composite of Martin Luther King jr., Rosa Parks, Harriet Tubman and Barack Obama.

This Date in UCSF History: A Purpose Revisited

February 20, 2023

Synapse

[Originally published on February 20, 2009.] Last month we honored the birth of civil rights leader Dr. Martin Luther King...

Social Justice

This Date in UCSF History: It’s V-Day, Not D-Day

February 14, 2023

Synapse

[Originally published in Synapse on February 14, 2011.] Ah, another Valentine’s Day... and I, for one, will be spending it...

Opinion

This Date in UCSF History: Fighting for Civil Rights

January 29, 2023

Synapse

[Originally published in Synapse on February 1, 1979.] President Carter in his State of the Union address Wednesday, called for...

Social Justice

This Date in UCSF History: How Do You Celebrate Lunar New Year?

January 23, 2023

Synapse

(Originally published on January 31, 1989.) ThuyMinhDo, Third-year pharmacy student: If I was home, the house would be festive, with...

Student Life

Martin Luther King junior delivering a speech.

This Date in UCSF History: Remembering Martin Luther King, Jr.

January 15, 2023

Synapse

[Originally published in Synapse on January 14, 1993.] Martin Luther King, Jr.’s most enduring words were delivered August 28, 1963...

Social Justice

This Date in UCSF History: Six Days in San Quentin

This Date in UCSF History: New Studies Stress the Seriousness of Climate Change

This Date in UCSF History: Students Act Against Impending War

This Date in USCF History: Pregnancy Equity

This Date in UCSF History: Vietnam’s Elusive Truth

This Date in UCSF History: A Purpose Revisited

This Date in UCSF History: It’s V-Day, Not D-Day

This Date in UCSF History: Fighting for Civil Rights

This Date in UCSF History: How Do You Celebrate Lunar New Year?

This Date in UCSF History: Remembering Martin Luther King, Jr.

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