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This Date in UCSF History

This Date in UCSF History: Back From Iraq

Originally published in Synapse on 14 April 14, 2005. Dr. Robert Dean served for 12 months as an Army surgeon in Iraq.
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This Date in UCSF History: Gender Equity Backlash

May 7, 2024
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[Originally authored by Dr. Amy Levine — Director of UCSF’s Center for Gender Equity — and published in Synapse on...
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This Date in UCSF History: National Health Insurance Ahead?

April 23, 2024
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[Originally authored by Dr. Philip R. Lee — a UCSF professor of social medicine and director of the Institute for...
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This Date in UCSF History: A Taxing Time of Year

April 16, 2024
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[Originally published in Synapse on April 15, 2010.] April 15 is Tax Day. For most UCSF students, this has less...
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This Date in UCSF History: LGBTQI Health Forum A Success

April 9, 2024
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[Originally published in Synapse on April 5, 2012.] Over 200 students and community members flocked to a two-day UCSF LGBTQI...
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This Date in UCSF History: Parasitic Attraction

March 26, 2024
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[Originally published in Synapse on March 22, 2007.] Recent data suggests that latent infection with Toxoplasma gondii, commonly thought to...
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This Date in UCSF History: Empowering Nurses

March 19, 2024
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[Originally published in Synapse on March 20, 1974.] Wilma Scott Heide, the first nurse to be elected national president of...
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This Date in UCSF History: Anti-LGBTQ Law Passes

March 12, 2024
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[Originally published on March 9, 2000.] As many people in the community had anticipated, Proposition 22, which limited the definition...
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This Date in UCSF History: A Hopeful Era for Women

March 5, 2024
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[Originally published in Synapse on March 5, 1990.] We live in an exciting time. Throughout the world, walls we once...
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This Date in UCSF History: Lunar New Year Facts and Lore

February 27, 2024
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[Originally published on February 22, 1996.] Chinese New Year is a misnomer. The arrival of the same new year is...
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