Forty-three days. The longest government shutdown in United States history. From Oct. 1 through Nov. 12, uncertainty rippled across the...

[Second place winner in the Synapse Storytelling Contest Fiction category.] It’s been seven something months since you finished your first...

[Originally published in Synapse on Dec. 12, 1993.] To decorate a Christmas tree Is very hard, you know.

The immune system faces a paradox: it must recognize dangerous invaders while carefully sparing the body it protects. This is...

Yes you! Right on your face I say it aloud I am not ashamed

[Originally published in Synapse on December 2001.] It’s been one of those days. You lock yourself out of your car...

On a foggy Friday morning, a cluster of UCSF students in scrubs and backpacks huddle over poster boards a few...

[Originally published in Synapse on December 4, 1996.] I remember the morning after Proposition 187 passed. Schools and health care...

Editor’s Note: Students of UCSF highlights the diverse experiences and personal journeys that shape the UCSF community. Share your own...

As the evening rises across the bay, the golden bridges on our faces meet to make a crossing so great...

[Originally published in Synapse on November 12, 1981.] The theme of this year’s American Public Health Association convention was “Energy...

When I first pulled up to the Mothers of Gynecology Park in Montgomery, there were a few cars around, but...

Oops! I did it again – made it through first year of graduate school and landed myself in a lab...

[Originally published in Synapse on Nov. 12, 2009.] Before coming to UCSF, I was a soldier in Operation Iraqi Freedom...

The California Medical Association (CMA) convenes physicians from across the state annually at its House of Delegatesmeeting, represented by county...