This Date in UCSF History: Celebrating the Year of the Snake
[Originally published in on February 7, 2013.] Welcome to the Year of the Snake! Snake is the yin to last year’s Dragon yang. That said, Snake does not settle for mediocrity, either.
Ode to a Code Blue
My first day on rotations was your last day on earth. This morning when you woke up, did you think...
Ain't No Fish
Sunday morning in Monterey Bay, no tail tip on the horizon so far. The conversation was about transgenic zebra fishes...
Transcardial Perfusion
I wonder where you were While you sat watching your hands work away at their terrible task While you sat...
Thesis Defense
Blurry red fills his vision as he crashes back against the ropes, back aching for the support of the taught...
America Ripening
Editor’s note: Simone Kurial took the Synapse Storytelling Contest first place award for creative writing. Category judge, Synapse editor in...
Birthday Dinner
Editor's note: Kelly Crotty is the third place winner if the Synapse Storytelling Contest creative writing category. From judge, Synapse...
The Gaze
I'd give up my throne, I'd give up my crown, To see the world painted, In that beautiful shade of...
The Gargoyle’s Watch
I am greeted by a cool morning’s energy carried in the brisk air breaking on my back. Refreshed, I approach...
Evidence of Things Not Seen
When you promised to make my brain sing color, I jumped at the chance. You were a painter of vibrancies...