UCSF Students Suck at Democracy April 16, 2024Drew DespereauxElections for the Graduate & Professional Student Association (GPSA) happen from April 15-29. However, at the start of writing this... Humor
This Date in UCSF History: A Taxing Time of Year April 16, 2024Synapse[Originally published in Synapse on April 15, 2010.] April 15 is Tax Day. For most UCSF students, this has less... Finance
This Date in UCSF History: LGBTQI Health Forum A Success April 9, 2024Synapse[Originally published in Synapse on April 5, 2012.] Over 200 students and community members flocked to a two-day UCSF LGBTQI... Social Justice
This is a Sick Note March 26, 2024Shradha RanganathThis is a sick note. A sick note for a nation that is perpetually tired. Tired because we have been... Social Justice
Dementia March 26, 2024Noah GrecoThe sickly sweet aroma of the elderly wafts upwards as I walk through the hallways. She sits on her bed... Health
This Date in UCSF History: Parasitic Attraction March 26, 2024Synapse[Originally published in Synapse on March 22, 2007.] Recent data suggests that latent infection with Toxoplasma gondii, commonly thought to... Science
Toward Justice: An Urgent Appeal for A Ceasefire in Gaza March 19, 2024Mayar DahmaniIn the war-torn town of Gaza, Palestine, where the echoes of desperate pleas for a ceasefire reverberate through the rubble-filled... Social Justice
An unusual class! March 19, 2024Katie AlegriaI have never taken a class about the polycrisis, and in fact only recently learned what it is. The polycrisis... Academic
This Date in UCSF History: Empowering Nurses March 19, 2024Synapse[Originally published in Synapse on March 20, 1974.] Wilma Scott Heide, the first nurse to be elected national president of... Social Justice
Synapse Speaker Series with Lesley McClurg March 19, 2024SynapseSynapse: UCSF Student Voices is proud to present the sixth annual science speaker series with Lesley McClurg, KQED health correspondent...
Beyond Judgment: Empathy as the Antidote in the Opioid Crisis March 12, 2024Kaitlin LinneA place where individuals can inject drugs with either in-person or virtual supervision may sound like a dystopian reality, but... Social Justice
This Date in UCSF History: Anti-LGBTQ Law Passes March 12, 2024Synapse[Originally published on March 9, 2000.] As many people in the community had anticipated, Proposition 22, which limited the definition... Social Justice
Honoring a JEDI, Dr. D’Anne Duncan March 5, 2024Jocelyne FadigaWhat better time and opportunity than Black History Month to honor one of our own, a leader in student success... Academic
Alabama IVF Travesty: An Opportunity in Disguise? March 5, 2024Drew DespereauxOn Feb. 16 of this year, the Alabama Supreme Court ruled that the “Wrongful Death of a Minor Act applies... Humor