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This Date in UCSF History: Refugees Counsel Compatriots

[Originally published in Synapse on May 26, 1988.] Case: A 29 year-old Salvadoran woman, mother of three, is unable to speak about her experiences in El Salvador. She has been in San Francisco for three years and is currently eligible for temporary residency under amnesty laws.

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This Date in UCSF History: Regents Do The Right Thing

May 24, 2018

[Originally published in Synapse - The UCSF student newspaper, May 24, 2001] The University of California Board of Regents erased...

This Date in UCF History: A TV Mystery

May 21, 2018

[Originally published in Synapse - The UCSF student newspaper on May 19, 1983] Those strolling through the UCSF lobbies can’t...

This Date in UCSF History: Campaign for Affordability

February 23, 2018

[Originally published in Synapse - The UCSF student newspaper, Feb. 28, 2008] The storm of the state’s budget crisis is...

Millberry Union Budget in Trouble

February 16, 2018

[Originally published in Synapse - The UCSF student newspaper, Feb. 20, 1975] The Millberry Union (MU) Budget Committee projected a...

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This Date in UCSF History: Why Kaiser Nurses Are Striking

February 9, 2018

[Originally published in Synapse, Feb 5, 1998] In the twilight of a day that had started out with rain, candles...

This Date in UCSF History: MediCal Contract Denied

February 4, 2018

[Originally published in Synapse - The UCSF student newspaper, Jan. 6, 1983] Tomorrow morning, as you make your way up...

This Date in UCSF History: UC Confirms Cell Behavior

January 24, 2018

[Originally published in Synapse - The UCSF student newspaper, Jan. 16, 1959] Important new evidence on how the nuclei of...

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Legalize Marijuana

January 9, 2018

[Originally published in Synapse - The UCSF student newspaper, Jan. 19, 1968] A message from the UCSF student body president...

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This Date in UCSF History: UCSF is #1

November 7, 2017

[Originally published in Synapse - The UCSF student newspaper, Nov. 5, 1987] UCSF medical school is the top-ranked public medical...