Training for Health Justice
Applications for a new round of the Environmental Scholars Program are open to all UCSF students who have at least 2 years remaining in their enrollment, due by 9/30/26.
Black Lives Matter
[This submission won third place for the Synapse Storytelling Contest photography category.] An aerial photograph of the Black Lives Matter...
Apology Owed to Bayview Hunters Point Residents
Dr. Balmes apologized for information published by this San Francisco Chronicle. Dr. Balmes need not apologize to me! Dr. Balmes...
This Date in UCSF History: On Intersectionality
Originally published on October 25, 2012. On my Saturday afternoon walk across San Francisco, I ran into Abel, a young...
They Tell Me 'Go Home'
This submission earned Nina Escueta the first place winner of the Storytelling Contest's creative writing category. Mangoes, ripe and green...
Police Violence and the Creation of the Berkeley Free Clinic
This entry earned author Henry Carter first place in the personal essay category of the 2020 Synapse Storytelling Contest, which...
Holding a Critical Lens to UCSF
The year 2020 has shaped up to be the most socio-politically tense year from COVID-19 to global protests of police...
This Date in UCSF History: Social Disparities are Hazardous to Health
This story was originally published in Synapse on September 21, 2000. Dr. David Satcher, the sixteenth U.S. surgeon general and...
This Date in UCSF History: Regents End Affirmative Action, Resistance Planned
Originally published in Synapse on September 14, 1995. On July 20 the UC Regents voted on a resolution to prohibit...
A UCSF Student’s Untold Story: Police Brutality Nearly Derailed Me
To the anonymous author who shared the harrowing story of their encounter with the police ( Not All Scars Are...