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Melanie Tervalon Daumont

This Date in UCSF History: Fiery Med Grad Speech Highlights Failings

May 30, 2023
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[Originally published on June 5, 1980.] Speaking before faculty, jubilant graduates and proud families, Melanie Daumont criticized medical education for...
Social Justice
Doctor with crossed arms.

This Date in UCSF History: Too Many Specialists, Too Little Diversity in Health Professions

May 23, 2023
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[ Originally published on May 22, 1997.] A report by UCSF researchers released last week says there are too many...
Academic
Khmer rouge.

This Date in UCSF History: Beyond Vietnam

May 16, 2023
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[Written by Dr. Toan Truong while interning in medicine at UCSF and published in Synapse on May 17, 1990.] The...
Opinion
Lyme ticks.

This Date in UCSF History: May is Lyme Tick Disease Month

May 9, 2023
Synapse
[Originally published on May 9, 2009.] Lyme tick disease is a cruel illness, brought on by the bacterium Borrelia burgdorferi...
Health
Sketch of May Day riots 1886.

This Date in UCSF History: Celebrate International Workers Day

May 2, 2023
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[Originally published in Synapse on May 1, 1975.] A U.S.-made calendar will show that today is Loyalty Day, a time...
Social Justice
Crowd gathered at a 1990 Earth Day event.

This Date in UCSF History: The Decade of the Environment

April 25, 2023
Synapse
[Originally published on April 22, 1990.] April 22, 1990 is Earth Day, an event promoting global ecological awareness. On that...
Robert Kennedy and Richard Nixon

This Day in UCSF History: Nixon v. Kennedy

April 11, 2023
Synapse
[Originally published in Synapse on April 13, 1968.] I supported Eugene McCarthy. I am now committed to Mr. Kennedy.
Opinion
Handgun pointing

This Date in UCSF History: Memorial Campaign to End Gun Violence

April 4, 2023
Synapse
On August 26, 1999 Robert Sadler, a UCSF postdoctoral fellow in the Department of Microbiology and Immunology, was shot and...
Social Justice
2009 climate change summit panel.

This Date in UCSF History: New Studies Stress the Seriousness of Climate Change

March 28, 2023
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[Originally reported in Synapse on March 20, 2009.] Two reports issued in February underlined the growing menace of climate change...
Science
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