Best of the Storytelling Contest This Date in UCSF History: The Politics of History [Originally published on September 21, 1995.] Among the books that have influenced my thinking are A Handmaid’s Tale and 1984. They both model the future and warn us to be vigilant about how our world could evolve. September 23, 2025 SynapseCampus Arts & Culture
Midnight Musings by Lay Kodama November 24, 2015Between DegreesPoetry for me is a way to retrospectively mine meaning out of seemingly-significant moments in my life. I try to... Arts & Culture
Sketches by Eva Gillis-Buck November 3, 2015Between DegreesIn college, I found it was difficult to fit in both studio art classes and laboratory time – both are... Arts & Culture
UCSF Chamber Music Society Performs December 7, 2014SynapseThe Chamber Music Society at UCSF performed their winter concert on Dec 5. They also performed a Mendelssohn octet as... Arts & Culture
UCSF Vocal Chords perform their Winter Concert December 7, 2014SynapseThe Vocal Chords, UCSF’s a cappella group, performs at their winter concert to a packed Toland Hall on Dec Arts & Culture
Interview with Indre Viskontas: Who Says You Can’t Mix Neuroscience and Opera? November 19, 2014Hanna StarobinetsThe Bay Area Science Festival (BASF) ran for 10 days this October, and Dr. Indre Viskontas was heavily involved. A... Arts & Culture
A World-Class Deal for Culture Lovers September 24, 2014SynapseSan Francisco Performances’ Culture Card is the best deal in town for arts lovers. This easy, accessible and inexpensive program... Arts & Culture
Charlie Varon: Storytelling from the Stage May 22, 2014Akshay GovindBernie Schein lives in a Jewish retirement home in San Francisco. He hates yoga, boutique shops, $6 cups of coffee... Arts & Culture
Tell Me Again Reading Set for May 18 May 15, 2014Jenny Qi“Expressive writing promotes both spiritual and physical healing,” according to Dr. David Watts, Clinical Professor of Medicine at UCSF, and... Arts & Culture
TABULA 2014 April 24, 2014Synapse“It is difficult to get the news from poems yet men die miserably every day for lack of what is... Arts & Culture
