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This Date in UCSF History: Reflections on Cinco de Mayo

[Originally published in Synapse on May 1, 1976.] This coming week is the celebration of Cinco de Mayo and La Semana de la Raza, an event annually sponsored by CHE (Chicanos in Health Education) here at UCSF. Someone new to UCSF might reasonably ask, “What is this Cinco de Mayo all about?” “What is...

May 6, 2025

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African American historical figures.

This Date in UCSF History: A Textbook Case of Historical Distortion

February 20, 2024

[Originally authored by pharmacy student Gina Jones and published in Synapse on February 18, 1993.] “History is a people’s memory...

Solano State prison entrance

This Date in UCSF History: Abuses Told About Experiments on Prisoners

February 13, 2024

[Originally published in Synapse on February 17, 1977.] Inmates of California’s prison system are currently being used as subjects for...

Dianne Feinstein riding a cable car.

This Date in UCSF History: Clean Needle Conflict

February 6, 2024

[Originally published in Synapse on February 5, 1987.] As intravenous drug use receives more attention as a factor in the...

March 2012 GOP primary candidate.

This Date in UCSF History: A Winning Candidate?

January 30, 2024

[Originally published on March 1, 2012.] Anyone following the GOP Presidential primaries would agree that the story line thus far...

Statue of lady justice holding the scales of justice.

This Date in UCSF History: Should Mental Health Patients Have Right to Refuse Treatment?

January 16, 2024

[Originally published in Synapse on January 19, 1978.] Do mental patients check their constitutional rights at the hospital door? Do...

Evacuated crowd gathers outside UCSF Medical Sciences building.

This Date in UCSF History: ‘Bomb’ Joke Bombs

January 9, 2024

[Originally published in Synapse on January 4, 1996.] The bomb scare that welcomed many UCSF students back to class Tuesday...

Men holding sign opposing violence against women.

This Date in UCSF History: Men Should Own Up to ‘Women’s Issues,’ Says Former Pro Athlete

December 19, 2023

[Originally published in Synapse on December 19, 2003.] Why is the greatest insult one can hurl at a boy is...

Rally for socialized medicine circa 1960s.

This Date in UCSF History: No to Social Security Medicine

December 12, 2023

[Originally authored by San Francisco orthopaedic surgeon Edward T. Kelley and published in Synapse on December 13, 1961.] Recent remarks...

U.S. Secretary of State Henry Kissinger and Prime Minister of Rhodesia Ian Smith circa 1977.

This Date in UCSF History: South African Speaker Pans ‘Kissinger Plan’

December 5, 2023

[Originally published on December 1, 1977.] There is a struggle for Black majority rule going on currently in Zimbabwe (Rhodesia)...