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Dreaming of Home

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Latinx Face Unique Challenges in Academia

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For those first in their family to complete higher education, it may be easier to discern some of the conflicts...

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January 31, 2021 He wasn't my patient but I saw him, heard the interns discuss him, watched him slip further...

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Unprecedented Beauty

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[Part 6 of a photo series on life after 2020.] I would not have found the time or effort to...

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This Date in UCSF History: Past Women of UCSF

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[Originally published on March 6, 2008.] Today’s UCSF community is more diverse than ever before with many ethnicities and minority...

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Emergency Room: January 22, 2021

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His irritation hums as I push back the curtain in the emergency room the air electric and tense. He clutches...

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This Date in UCSF History: Women in Medicine Gather

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[Originally published March 3, 1988.] For the past six years the Women’s Medical Student Association, WMSA, with the help of...

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This Date in UCSF History: 10 Activities for Single Folks on Valentine's Day

February 7, 2022

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[Originally published on February 14, 2008.] Valentine's Day, known as Singles Awareness Day to some, is a day for sickening...

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Code Stroke

January 28, 2022

Josie Xu

The patient is rushed into the ED Nurses crowd around Raise a leg Raise an arm More doctors surround Ask...

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Induction

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Zoe Onion

[Tied for third place in the Synapse Storytelling Contest creative writing category.] June 20, 2020 Just breath deeply - I...

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Dreaming of Home

Latinx Face Unique Challenges in Academia

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Unprecedented Beauty

This Date in UCSF History: Past Women of UCSF

Emergency Room: January 22, 2021

This Date in UCSF History: Women in Medicine Gather

This Date in UCSF History: 10 Activities for Single Folks on Valentine's Day

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Induction

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