Encounterings
Lately — and maybe always — I am bewitched by translation and etymology. Both imperfect, curious, spiraling. In their mouths, any word becomes an hour, and every hour spent coaxing: lost, incongruous, evolving meanings into being.
This Date in UCSF History: After the Recall, Things Will Get No Better
The culmination of weeks of political farce comes on October 7, when California voters will vote on whether to recall...
An OpiNION on diversity
The description of heaven as an onion, having multiple different layers to explore as a metaphor in the chronicles of...
This Date in UCSF History: Affirmative Action Under Attack (Again!)
Do you think that all citizens should have equal access to jobs and education? If so, how does one measure...
This Date in UCSF History: Political Ads: There Oughta Be a Law
[Originally published on November 3, 1994.] Disgust is the overwhelming feeling that washes over me as I listen to the...
Unlike The President, My Father Needs Hydroxychloroquine
Four months ago, my father began experiencing debilitating joint pain, which first appeared with a progressively sharp throbbing in his...
COVID-19 Testing Stifled
A recent publication in Nature illustrates how innovative efforts to increase coronavirus testing across the US, such as those through...
Wet Market Crackdown
Wet markets have been in the headlines since the start of the COVID-19 outbreak. Many initial cases were traced back...
Increase Funding to Strategic National Stockpile
In the days since the arrival of COVID-19 to the United States we have seen the ineptitude of the federal...
Vote Yes on Prop 13 For Safer Schools
UCSF is home to some of the best healthcare programs in the nation. However, our globally revered school consistently fails...