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This Date in UCSF History

This Date in UCSF History: Refugees Counsel Compatriots

[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.
May 27, 2025
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Crowd gathered at a 1990 Earth Day event.

This Date in UCSF History: The Decade of the Environment

April 25, 2023
Synapse
[Originally published on April 22, 1990.] April 22, 1990 is Earth Day, an event promoting global ecological awareness. On that...
Crop spraying.

This Date in UCSF History: Poisoning the People

April 18, 2023
[Originally published in Synapse on April 13, 1978.] The U.S. Department of Agriculture admitted that, in conjunction with the Mexican...
Health
Robert Kennedy and Richard Nixon

This Day in UCSF History: Nixon v. Kennedy

April 11, 2023
Synapse
[Originally published in Synapse on April 13, 1968.] I supported Eugene McCarthy. I am now committed to Mr. Kennedy.
Opinion
Handgun pointing

This Date in UCSF History: Memorial Campaign to End Gun Violence

April 4, 2023
Synapse
On August 26, 1999 Robert Sadler, a UCSF postdoctoral fellow in the Department of Microbiology and Immunology, was shot and...
Social Justice
2009 climate change summit panel.

This Date in UCSF History: New Studies Stress the Seriousness of Climate Change

March 28, 2023
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[Originally reported in Synapse on March 20, 2009.] Two reports issued in February underlined the growing menace of climate change...
Science
Bush declares war on Iraq, March 19, 2003.

This Date in UCSF History: Students Act Against Impending War

March 21, 2023
Synapse
[Originally published on March 20, 2003.] In a political climate charged with the suddenly tangible threat of war with Iraq...
Social Justice
Pregnant belly

This Date in USCF History: Pregnancy Equity

March 13, 2023
Synapse
[Originally published in Synapse on March 11, 1987.] A recent Supreme Court decision upholding certain types of pregnancy leave and...
Social Justice
Toan Truong

This Date in UCSF History: Vietnam’s Elusive Truth

February 27, 2023
Synapse
[ Originally authored in February 25, 1988 by Toan Truong as a third-year medical student.] I grew up in Saigon...
Social Justice
Composite of Martin Luther King jr., Rosa Parks, Harriet Tubman and Barack Obama.

This Date in UCSF History: A Purpose Revisited

February 20, 2023
Synapse
[Originally published on February 20, 2009.] Last month we honored the birth of civil rights leader Dr. Martin Luther King...
Social Justice
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