Enjoy The Little Things December 8, 2021Kamellia Mehershahi[Third place winner of the Synapse Storytelling Contest photography category.] One afternoon, while I was taking a walk in the... Arts & Culture
Meet the Co-Presidents of Med Students for Choice December 6, 2021Sarah SiddiquiIn our latest podcast episode, pre-med student and Synapse contributor Sarah Siddiqui talks to the co-presidents of the UCSF chapter... Social Justice
Shelter-In-Place Syndrome December 6, 2021Ninad BhatI am keeping a prisoner; This breath I took two weeks ago; I refuse to let it leave; It paces... Arts & Culture
This Date in UCSF History: Haight-Ashbury: From ‘Free Love’ to ‘Speed Kills’ December 4, 2021Synapse[Originally published in Synapse on December 2, 1993.] David E. Smith, MD, founder and director of the Haight-Ashbury Free Clinics... Health
Q&A With UCSF Alumna & Poet Jenny Qi November 22, 2021Victoria TurnerIn our latest podcast, we chat with UCSF alumna Jenny Qi, PhD, ’17, about how she went from publishing cartoons... Arts & Culture
This Date in UCSF History: Doc Recalls Pre-Roe v. Wade Horrors November 21, 2021Synapse[Originally published in Synapse on November 21, 1996.] Before 1973, the year Roe vs. Wade guaranteed women the right to... Health
Widdershins Round November 21, 2021Natalie WhitisThere are days in August when you can hear the grass reaching for the sun. Long days where the air... Arts & Culture
Induction November 21, 2021Zoe Onion[Tied for third place in the Synapse Storytelling Contest creative writing category.] June 20, 2020 Just breath deeply - I... Student Life
This Date in UCSF History: Student AIDS Forum Connects Patients and Caregivers November 14, 2021SynapseOriginally published on November 15, 1990.Several prominent physicians who have devoted much of their working lives in recent years to... Health
Asiri and her widowed sisters November 14, 2021Jackline OdhiamboAsiri is one of the widows who attended our first meeting. In Dholuo, Asiri’s native language, the term widow is... Social Justice
The Biblio Unfurl November 14, 2021Woodger Faugas[Third place Storytelling Contest winner for photography.] Where does photography start, and where does it end? And how does a... Arts & Culture
Student Researchers to Hold Strike Vote November 9, 2021Natalie WhitisThe student researcher union, Student Researchers United, is holding a strike authorization vote this week in response to the University... News
Bowel Sounds November 8, 2021Fiona MillerIn January, as I prepared to start my traditional “third year” clinical clerkships, I was feeling nervous. In particular, I... Student Life
Continuously Named November 8, 2021Salma HassanThe most disrespected person in America is the Black woman. Strong Black Women Angry Black Women Resilient Black Women The... Social Justice
Excerpt from The Art of Amateur Sadness November 8, 2021Match McGregorMatch McGregory’s “Excerpt from the Art of Amateur Sadness” debuts an unwritten anti- self-help book that lists the ways to... Humor