This Date in UCSF History: Six Days in San Quentin

[Originally authored by medical student Eric Chow and published in Synapse on November 20, 1998.] After a five-minute walk, I finally reached San Quentin’s main entrance and was now set to enter the prison proper.

November 28, 2023

Synapse

Campus

Student Life

This Date in UCSF History: The Fascinating World of Forensic Medicine

October 31, 2021

Synapse

[Originally published in Synapse on November 6, 2003.] What comes to your mind when you hear the words “forensic medicine?”...

Science

This Date in UCSF History: Mentioning the Unmentionable

October 25, 2021

Synapse

[Originally published on October 25, 2007.] Midway through my first year preceptorship, a particularly difficult patient interview taught me the...

This Date in UCSF History: Examining Race’s Impact on Medicine

October 10, 2021

Synapse

[Originally published in Synapse on October 19, 2006.] What does the term “race” mean? Is it a social construct or...

Social Justice

This Date in UCSF History: Prof Claims Rape Stats Inflated, Gets Pushback

October 9, 2021

Synapse

[Originally published in Synapse on October 10, 1991.] UC Berkeley Professor Neil Gilbert’s article, “The Phantom Epidemic of Sexual Assault,”...

Social Justice

This Date in UCSF History: After the Recall, Things Will Get No Better

October 3, 2021

Synapse

The culmination of weeks of political farce comes on October 7, when California voters will vote on whether to recall...

Opinion

This Date in UCSF History: Prepayment for Healthcare

September 26, 2021

Synapse

Originally published on September 27, 1973. In February, within weeks of the announcement of severe federal cutbacks in grant monies...

Health

[This Date in UCSF History] Socialized Medicine is Respectable in Norway, the UK

September 19, 2021

Synapse

Originally published on September 22, 1994. This author, a graduate student who works for the Department of Otolaryngology in the...

Social Justice

This Date in UCSF History: Minority Enrollees Climb Dramatically

September 11, 2021

Synapse

Originally published on September 14, 1986. In a dramatic reversal of last year’s disappointing showing, the School of Medicine enrolled...

Academic

This Date in UCSF History: Campus Group Organizes for Civil Rights Protection

May 27, 2021

Synapse

[Originally published on May 27, 1966.] The Committee for Independent Political Action, a recognized on-campus political organization, has announced plans...

Social Justice

This Date in UCSF History: Six Days in San Quentin

This Date in UCSF History: The Fascinating World of Forensic Medicine

This Date in UCSF History: Mentioning the Unmentionable

This Date in UCSF History: Examining Race’s Impact on Medicine

This Date in UCSF History: Prof Claims Rape Stats Inflated, Gets Pushback

This Date in UCSF History: After the Recall, Things Will Get No Better

This Date in UCSF History: Prepayment for Healthcare

[This Date in UCSF History] Socialized Medicine is Respectable in Norway, the UK

This Date in UCSF History: Minority Enrollees Climb Dramatically

This Date in UCSF History: Campus Group Organizes for Civil Rights Protection

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