This Date in UCSF History This Date in UCSF History: Defense Against Foreign Aggression [Originally published in Synapse on May 6, 1982.] In celebrating the 120th anniversary of the battle at Puebla, it is essential to realize exactly what is being commemorated. Many people don’t know what really happened on May 5, 1862. May 5, 2026 SynapseCampus 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
Reflections in the Psych Mirror April 24, 2014Desire TakawiraIn my native language Shona, a popular aphorism advises “ seka urema wafa.” Roughly translated, it means “laugh at a... Arts & Culture
Nephrostomy (for my aunt) April 24, 2014Phoebe GriggNo OFF-button on the frickin' remote; the tv hangs like an eye which you watch prophilactically, in case it might... Arts & Culture
World Backwards April 24, 2014Antonio MoyaAs a young medical student, I sat across from my patient in the old neuro ward. A retired high school... Arts & Culture
Winter Lullaby April 24, 2014T. Booth HaleyI adore your gentle breathing, lying in my bed; My plant has chosen you with drops of water on your... Arts & Culture
‘Stop Torturing Me’ April 24, 2014Ali SaadiAs is usual practice at the Multi-Service Center, a homeless shelter in the heart of San Francisco, I was sent... Arts & Culture
Palmistry April 24, 2014Jenny QiMy mother was never superstitious until she lost faith in her body— with each new opaque mass, her doctors uncovered... Arts & Culture
Wishful Ending April 24, 2014Sarah ParisLet me die in winter Let me die in solitude past midnight with a flask of spirits a cigarette that... Arts & Culture
