The Right Dog for the Job
[This is part two of our three-part series on CARDA, the California Rescue Dog Association.] Training a dog for search work is not an overnight process. It takes time, patience, and commitment.
K9 Heroes
This week, we introduce a three-part series on CARDA, the California Rescue Dog Association. The metal roof had certainly seen...
2015 in Review: The Most Popular Articles of the Year
With the start of this year Synapse set out to some ambitious goals to highlight the depth and breadth of...
Thrifty Housing Solutions
Rental prices in the Bay Area are high enough to send any student into cardiac arrest from sticker shock. Before...
Throwback Thursday: Revolutions Old and New
Fifty years ago in 1965, a headline on the front page of Synapse read, “Revolution, Response: Viet Program Here.” On...
Throwback Thursday: Women across UCSF History
On this day in 1987, Dr. Dorothy Ford Bainton became the UCSF School of Medicine's first woman chair of the...
Synapse: May 24, 1990
The Synapse issue that came out 25 years captured an exciting time in UCSF history. The front page was crowded...
Synapse: May 8, 1975
Four decades ago, the Synapse front page captured the discontent that would lead to this cap, which was just one...
Synapse: May 4, 1960
A half century ago, more than 95 percent of doctors were men and more than 95 percent of nurses were...
Kimberly Topp inspires students in her Last Lecture
On April 22, Chair of Physical Therapy and Rehabilitation Science, Dr. Kimberly Topp, PhD, gave an address that wove together...