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[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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Synapse: April 5, 1965

April 2, 2015
Taylor LaFlam
A half century ago, UCSF played host to a several cultural events and exhibits, including an art exhibit featuring a...
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Synapse: March 7, 1985

March 18, 2015
Taylor LaFlam
From syllabi accessed on tablets to journal articles read on laptops to medication apps viewed on smart phones, today’s medical...
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Synapse: March 7, 1985

March 5, 2015
Taylor LaFlam
“Dentistry school discrimination case dismissed,” proclaimed the front page of Synapse 30 years ago. The accompanying article, by Charles Piller...
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Black and white picture of Ronald Reagan, Synapse cover entitled: the tuition battle-"bleed for UC"

Synapse: February 16, 1970

February 18, 2015
Taylor LaFlam
A single front-page headline, reading “the tuition battle—bleed for UC,” was starkly superimposed on a full-page photograph of a well-known...
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Synapse: February 8, 1990

February 2, 2015
Taylor LaFlam
Today, those needing a bone-marrow transplant are likely to be able to find a reasonably well-matched, nonrelated donor. This is...
Nature
Image of Neighborhood where Starbucks will be located

Synapse: January 19, 1995

January 20, 2015
Taylor LaFlam
The ongoing Ebola crisis in Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone has been by far the deadliest Ebola outbreak in history...
Nature
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Synapse: January 10, 1980

January 9, 2015
Taylor LaFlam
Concerns about the increasing frequency of C-sections is nothing new. Thirty-five years ago, Michael Bader reported on this trend in...
Nature
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Synapse: December 7, 1964

December 7, 2014
Taylor LaFlam
Today, a visitor to UC Berkeley can see a campus full of people recruiting, promoting, soliciting, tabling, proselytizing and otherwise...
Nature
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Synapse: November 16, 1989

November 19, 2014
Taylor LaFlam
To many students at UCSF today, Mount Zion is simply another campus, but until 25 years ago it was wholly...
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