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Wednesday, November 25, 2020 - 10:45

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

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

Saturday, November 14, 2020 - 10:11

This Date in UCSF History: Draconian Docs

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Originally published in Synapse on November 19, 1987. At least a fifth of American obstetricians surveyed would seek a court order forcing pregnant women — especially poor, minority women — to comply with recommended treatment such as Caesarean section, according to studies by UCSF’s Dr. Nancy Milliken and researchers at the University of Illinois.

Sunday, November 8, 2020 - 10:15

Talking About Risk Communication

By Synapse

[Originally published in Synapse on November 10, 1988.] The relationship between scientists and the public is often fraught with misunderstanding and miscommunication.

Opinion

Sunday, November 1, 2020 - 09:59

This Date in UCSF History: Political Ads: There Oughta Be a Law

By Synapse

[Originally published on November 3, 1994.] Disgust is the overwhelming feeling that washes over me as I listen to the radio.

Social Justice

Sunday, October 25, 2020 - 12:47

This Date in UCSF History: On Intersectionality

By Synapse

Originally published on October 25, 2012. On my Saturday afternoon walk across San Francisco, I ran into Abel, a young man in his mid-20s, who was panhandling at the corner of 19th Street and Dolores. As I walked past, he offered me a deal I found very peculiar, so peculiar in fact that I had to take it.