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This Date in UCSF History: Anti-LGBTQ Law Passes

March 12, 2024
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[Originally published on March 9, 2000.] As many people in the community had anticipated, Proposition 22, which limited the definition...
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This Date in UCSF History: A Hopeful Era for Women

March 5, 2024
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[Originally published in Synapse on March 5, 1990.] We live in an exciting time. Throughout the world, walls we once...
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This Date in UCSF History: Lunar New Year Facts and Lore

February 27, 2024
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[Originally published on February 22, 1996.] Chinese New Year is a misnomer. The arrival of the same new year is...
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African American historical figures.

This Date in UCSF History: A Textbook Case of Historical Distortion

February 20, 2024
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[Originally authored by pharmacy student Gina Jones and published in Synapse on February 18, 1993.] “History is a people’s memory...
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This Date in UCSF History: Abuses Told About Experiments on Prisoners

February 13, 2024
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[Originally published in Synapse on February 17, 1977.] Inmates of California’s prison system are currently being used as subjects for...
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Dianne Feinstein riding a cable car.

This Date in UCSF History: Clean Needle Conflict

February 6, 2024
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[Originally published in Synapse on February 5, 1987.] As intravenous drug use receives more attention as a factor in the...
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March 2012 GOP primary candidate.

This Date in UCSF History: A Winning Candidate?

January 30, 2024
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[Originally published on March 1, 2012.] Anyone following the GOP Presidential primaries would agree that the story line thus far...
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This Date in UCSF History: Whistleblower Describes Tragic ‘Study’

January 23, 2024
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[Originally published in Synapse on Jan. 20, 1994.] In a Jan. 12 talk at UCSF, Peter Buxton described his efforts...
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This Date in UCSF History: Should Mental Health Patients Have Right to Refuse Treatment?

January 16, 2024
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[Originally published in Synapse on January 19, 1978.] Do mental patients check their constitutional rights at the hospital door? Do...
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