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Monday, January 18, 2021 - 13:01

This Date in UCSF History: Artist Asks, Who Are You?

Originally published on January 19, 2012. This year’s keynote speaker for Martin Luther King Week at UCSF was Kip Fulbeck, artist and UC Santa Barbara professor, who delivered a multimedia presentation that was by turns hilarious, touching, angry and wise.

Monday, January 11, 2021 - 10:41

This Date in UCSF History: Finally... A New President

By Synapse

Originally published in Synapse on January 11, 2001. “Tonight, for the sake of our unity as a people and the strength of our democracy, I offer my concession,” a relaxed Vice-President Gore stated firmly in a speech from his Washington office on Wednesday, December 13.

Friday, December 11, 2020 - 15:53

This Year in UCSF History: Peering Into the Future

By Synapse

Originally published in Synapse on December 11, 2009. Everybody wants to know the future and the UC Regents and UCOP (UC Office of the President) are no exceptions.

Social Justice

Thursday, December 3, 2020 - 15:56

This Date in UCSF History: Panel Decries Impact Of Modern Medicine On Native Health Care

By Synapse

Originally published on December 8, 1992. In order to survive, Native Americans must maintain their tribal customs and not give in to the overbearing paternalism of Western medicine.

Wednesday, November 25, 2020 - 10:45

This Date in UCSF History: Election Offers Mixed Bag of Results

By Synapse

Originally published in Synapse on Nov. 30, 2006. Tobacco tax propositions in California, Missouri and South Dakota failed in the November election.