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News

Sunday, September 19, 2021 - 22:18

Upholding Haitian Dignity: On Briefly Contextualizing the Ongoing Crisis in Haiti, Part Two

By Woodger Faugas

Photo by Julia Koblitz on Unsplash.

Career

Saturday, May 29, 2021 - 10:30

Expand Your Horizons

By Jihee Yoon

Activities

Friday, May 21, 2021 - 13:55

Building a Dream Team

By Emily Vivian Huang

Social Justice

Tuesday, September 21, 2021 - 10:45

Fight for Abortion & Reproductive Justice

By Neha Pondicherry

Are you looking for ways to advocate and be more involved in reproductive justice, especially following the horrendous Texas abortion law that was just passed? Then look no further, because MedStudentsForChoice has a list of excellent advocacy opportunities for you!

Arts & Culture

Monday, September 20, 2021 - 10:25

Batteries

By Ninad Bhat

Ninad Bhat’s “Batteries” is the winner of the Synapse Storytelling Contest Creative Writing category. The poem introduces an everyday, offhand idiom of the pandemic and turns to search for deeper meaning about stolen time, privilege, and racial injustice.

Social Justice

Sunday, September 19, 2021 - 10:42

[This Date in UCSF History] Socialized Medicine is Respectable in Norway, the UK

By Synapse

Originally published on September 22, 1994. This author, a graduate student who works for the Department of Otolaryngology in the Epstein Research Laboratory, spent a month this summer studying the healthcare systems of the United Kingdom