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Sunday, April 19, 2020 - 12:07

This Date in UCSF History: Solving SARS

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Originally published in Synapse on April 17, 2003. An international team of investigators, including UCSF’s Joseph DeRisi and researchers at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta, have identified a novel coronavirus as the probable cause of SARS, or severe acute respiratory syndrome.

Sunday, March 15, 2020 - 10:56

This Date in UCSF History: Angela Davis Speaks Out

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This story was originally published in Synapse on March 15, 1984. The women’s movement in this country must be broadened to address issues relevant to black and working-class people, political activist Angela Davis told a Cole Hall audien

Friday, March 6, 2020 - 17:49

This Date in UCSF History: PR and the Pill

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Originally published in Synapse the UCSF student newspaper on March 10, 1981. “Ten Year Study Reassesses Risks of Oral Contraceptive Use” read a banner headline on a public relations news release that went out to the print and electronic

Thursday, February 27, 2020 - 18:51

This Date in UCSF History: Celebrating Women's Day

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Originally published in Synapse on March 6, 1975. The beginning of this century was marked by a period of massive organizing among women both in this country and in western Europe.

Thursday, February 20, 2020 - 17:33

This Date in UCSF History: It's Raining Debt

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Originally published in Synapse on February 28, 2008. The storm of the state’s budget crisis is looming over students’ heads.