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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...
Synapse Speaker Series with Lesley McClurg
Synapse: UCSF Student Voices is proud to present the sixth annual science speaker series with Lesley McClurg, KQED health correspondent...
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...
This Date in UCSF History: Lunar New Year Facts and Lore
[Originally published on February 22, 1996.] Chinese New Year is a misnomer. The arrival of the same new year is...
This Date in UCSF History: A Textbook Case of Historical Distortion
[Originally authored by pharmacy student Gina Jones and published in Synapse on February 18, 1993.] “History is a people’s memory...
This Date in UCSF History: Abuses Told About Experiments on Prisoners
[Originally published in Synapse on February 17, 1977.] Inmates of California’s prison system are currently being used as subjects for...
This Date in UCSF History: Clean Needle Conflict
[Originally published in Synapse on February 5, 1987.] As intravenous drug use receives more attention as a factor in the...