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.
Asiri and her widowed sisters
Asiri is one of the widows who attended our first meeting. In Dholuo, Asiri’s native language, the term widow is...
Continuously Named
The most disrespected person in America is the Black woman. Strong Black Women Angry Black Women Resilient Black Women The...
Haiti’s Earthquake: The Need for Trauma-Informed Care, Part One
One of the most cataclysmic events in the 21 st century has a guttural, sonic signature. Burying more than 316,000...
Uyghurs Suffering Horrific Healthcare Violations
Human rights activists have been shocked down to their core as they received proof of the Chinese government’s horrific removal...
This Date in UCSF History: Examining Race’s Impact on Medicine
[Originally published in Synapse on October 19, 2006.] What does the term “race” mean? Is it a social construct or...
This Date in UCSF History: Prof Claims Rape Stats Inflated, Gets Pushback
[Originally published in Synapse on October 10, 1991.] UC Berkeley Professor Neil Gilbert’s article, “The Phantom Epidemic of Sexual Assault,”...
Fight for Abortion & Reproductive Justice
Are you looking for ways to advocate and be more involved in reproductive justice, especially following the horrendous Texas abortion...
[This Date in UCSF History] Socialized Medicine is Respectable in Norway, the UK
Originally published on September 22, 1994. This author, a graduate student who works for the Department of Otolaryngology in the...
9 minutes and 29 seconds
Under the weight of one man 9 minutes and 29 seconds An atrocity that many of us claimed to not...