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This Date in UCSF History

This Date in UCSF History: To Decorate a Christmas Tree

[Originally published in Synapse on Dec. 12, 1993.] To decorate a Christmas tree Is very hard, you know.
December 16, 2025
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Dr. Haile Debas launches the teach-in with a video presentation in May 2007.

From the Archives: Iraq War Teach-in Achieves Critical Mass

May 5, 2017
Synapse
Capping off several weeks of intense debate and deliberation in the House and Senate over continued funding for the war...
Student Life
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From the Archives: Campus Responds to Rodney King Beating Acquittal

May 5, 2017
Synapse
After two days of rioting in Los Angeles in response to the Rodney King beating verdict —and a night of...
Student Life
A photo of a packet of birth control pills circa 1960s.

From the Archives: Contraceptives Not Prescribed

April 9, 2017
Synapse
This week, Synapse proudly resumes the historical column, This Date in UCSF History, where we take a look at the...
Student Life
Photo of President Jimmy Carter circa 1977.

From the Archives: President Struggles To Resolve National Health Care

April 9, 2017
Synapse
Despite President Donald Trump’s assertion that “Nobody knew healthcare could be so complicated,” it has, in fact, been a thorn...
Student Life
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Throwback Thursday: Women Ahead of Their Time

November 19, 2015
Nhat Bui
On this day 23 years ago, Synapse featured master’s and doctoral nursing students receiving prestigious research awards, scholarships and recognition...
Opinion
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Throwback Thursday: The 'M' Word

November 5, 2015
Nhat Bui
On this day in 1998, in the seemingly not-so-distant UC past, the Synapse front page read, “One Year After Merger...
Opinion
Aerial view of UCSF parnassus campus in 1980.

Throwback Thursday: UC Tutition Troubles

October 22, 2015
Nhat Bui
Today, we have grown accustomed to fees increasing on an annual basis, to perpetual meetings with UC officials, and to...
Opinion
Image of UCSF students protesting in San Francisco street.

Throwback Thursday: Revolutions Old and New

October 8, 2015
Nhat Bui
Fifty years ago in 1965, a headline on the front page of Synapse read, “Revolution, Response: Viet Program Here.” On...
Nature
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Throwback Thursday: Women across UCSF History

September 24, 2015
Nhat Bui
On this day in 1987, Dr. Dorothy Ford Bainton became the UCSF School of Medicine's first woman chair of the...
Nature
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