Stories For Change
I served as EIC of Synapse from Fall 2016 to Summer 2019. I wanted to serve as the EIC because I’m passionate about science communication and wanted to help other students find their voice and hone their writing skills.
This Date in UCSF History: A Hopeful Era For Equality
[Originally published in Synapse on March 15, 1990.] We live in an exciting time. Throughout the world, walls we once...
This Date in UCSF History: The First Black Congressmen
[Originally published in Synapse on February 26, 2009.] For anyone possessing a shred of fairness, reading about Reconstruction, America’s attempt...
This Date in UCSF History: Four Free Speech Campus Areas Designated
[Originally published in Synapse on February 17, 1965.] As a result of recent action on the part of The Regents...
This Date in UCSF History: Black History Month - A Purpose Revisited
[Originally published in Synapse on February 10, 2009.] Last month we honored the birth of civil rights leader Dr. Martin...
I Am
I am my mother; A distant land; I am my father; Shouldering the burden of hope
Ecological Disaster in LA Highlights Indigenous Firekeeping
After a decade of moving between the Bay Area, the Midwest, and Mexico, in August of last year, I finally...
This Date in UCSF History: What is ‘Occupy’ Achieving?
[Originally published in Synapse on November 3, 2011.] Two months ago, demonstrators began showing up at Wall Street to protest...
about women and war
[First place winner in the Storytelling Contest poetry category.] the curve of the earth aligns to our body the heat...
This Date in UCSF History: Gender Equity Backlash
[Originally authored by Dr. Amy Levine — Director of UCSF’s Center for Gender Equity — and published in Synapse on...