This Date in UCSF History: Cable TV’s Class Divide
[ Originally published in Synapse on October 4, 1973.] Monopoly control and citizen, especially minority, participation are crucial factors in developing guidelines for Cable Television.
This Date in UCSF History: Genetic Releases Fuel Controversy
[Originally published in Synapse on May 15, 1986.] During the past few months, revelations of illegal or improper releases of...
This Date in UCSF History: Gender Equity Backlash
[Originally authored by Dr. Amy Levine — Director of UCSF’s Center for Gender Equity — and published in Synapse on...
This Date in UCSF History: National Health Insurance Ahead?
[Originally authored by Dr. Philip R. Lee — a UCSF professor of social medicine and director of the Institute for...
This Date in UCSF History: A Taxing Time of Year
[Originally published in Synapse on April 15, 2010.] April 15 is Tax Day. For most UCSF students, this has less...
This Date in UCSF History: LGBTQI Health Forum A Success
[Originally published in Synapse on April 5, 2012.] Over 200 students and community members flocked to a two-day UCSF LGBTQI...
This Date in UCSF History: Parasitic Attraction
[Originally published in Synapse on March 22, 2007.] Recent data suggests that latent infection with Toxoplasma gondii, commonly thought to...
This Date in UCSF History: Empowering Nurses
[Originally published in Synapse on March 20, 1974.] Wilma Scott Heide, the first nurse to be elected national president of...
This Date in UCSF History: Anti-LGBTQ Law Passes
[Originally published on March 9, 2000.] As many people in the community had anticipated, Proposition 22, which limited the definition...
This Date in UCSF History: A Hopeful Era for Women
[Originally published in Synapse on March 5, 1990.] We live in an exciting time. Throughout the world, walls we once...