Academic

Tuesday, October 9, 2018 - 10:37

Sexual Harassment is Rife in Sciences

By Synapse

A new report by the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine has concluded that a “systemwide change to the culture and climate in higher education” is the only thing that can stop sexual harassment in the sciences.

Tuesday, May 22, 2018 - 09:38

Humans of UCSF: Project Partners

By Frank Chang

We’re both enrolled in a master’s program that is focused on translational medicine, which is the process of converting scientific knowledge into medical technologies.

Sunday, April 29, 2018 - 17:45

Humans of UCSF: Imagining the Future

By Sylvie Sturm

I have always been curious and interested about how new technologies can improve patient care.

Monday, March 5, 2018 - 15:30

This Date in History: Affirmative action

By Synapse

[Originally Published in Synapse - The UCSF student newspaper, March 9, 1978] UCSF is one of the largest employers in San Francisco.

Monday, January 15, 2018 - 11:22

Modernizing Science Publishing

By Nicholas Gentry

The way we communicate academic science today has remained largely unchanged from when the peer-reviewed publishing system was initially developed over two centuries ago.

Monday, October 9, 2017 - 09:11

Med students charge exam policy 'punitive, unfair'

By Synapse
[Originally published in Synapse, Volume 27, Number 6, 14 October 1982] Medical students at UCSF who failed part I of the national medical board exam have filed a formal grievance with Acting Dean Robert Crede — protesting a school policy which could hold them back from entering third-year clinical clerkships.
Monday, May 22, 2017 - 15:27

From Bench to Bedside

By Breanna Allen
​What does it take to repair a broken heart? The Biomedical Sciences (BMS) graduate program at UCSF is instilling in us profound respect for medical practitioners, and the awareness that our daily work in the lab — monotonous hours of pipetting and repeatedly failing for the slim hope of success — eventually leads to better understanding, tools, and therapies to repair damage in the human body. To repair a broken heart, it takes doctors, researchers, and those bridging the gap between a test tube and human. Doctors and researchers alike share responsibility in building, supporting, and traversing this two-way bridge, from “bench to bedside” and back again, bringing better disease understanding to researchers and advances to therapies.
Thursday, May 11, 2017 - 14:58

Advocate Shares Her Story

By Sumitra Tatapudy
In a “Faculty-Student Meet and Greet” event hosted by UCSF’s Women in Life Sciences group, I was inspired by Carol Gross’s perspective towards participating in efforts to safeguard ideals in our community, especially those associated with promoting diversity. In her opinion when people have persevered for change, some change has followed. It hasn’t been easy. But voices make a difference. Then, why should it be different this time?
Friday, March 31, 2017 - 15:26

The UCSF Privilege

By Lakshmi Subbaraj

After seven weeks with my nose glued to the books learning as much as I could about the renal, endocrine, and gastrointestinal systems as well as nutrition (yes all that somehow fit into seven seemingly short weeks), I was ready for a break from t

Monday, March 27, 2017 - 13:25

The Maternal Wall Bias

By Ariane Panzer

Federal regulations are establishing stronger rights for career women in a variety of industries choosing to have babies, but these protections aren’t taking hold in the world of academia.