Today we present a Synapse limited series — an extensive Q&A with Dr. Eric Goosby, in which we learn about...

Every day I watch the newsThey speak and show countless horrors in the worldBut who chooses whom we mourn?See disaster...

Originally published on February 12, 1981. Dr. Rosa Armstrong is not what might be considered the typical anatomist. As a...

This submission earned Amber Por an honorable mention in the Synapse Storytelling Contest creative writing category. Sunlight beams down Along...

Hong Kong. A beautiful city, but also one of unrest. I painted this for a friend who recently had an...

Consumption is currency.Are the intellections of my heart only ascribed value when they have been digested by others? And subsequently...

I am a PawnI know thisI am surrounded by pawns that act like pawnsI’m always being told I’m a pawn...

​This encouraging message adorned the museum courtyard of Golden Gate Park in the midst of the Black Lives Matter protests...

[Originally published on February 5, 2009.] Last month we honored the birth of civil rights leader Dr. Martin Luther King...

Serves: 1 Thesis CommitteeTime: 4-7 years Just when you thought you had exhausted the quarantine home cookbook, here is a...

Sometimes being with you feels like being a pearl with a crescent moon. There is a hollow, warm and safe...

[Originally published on January 26, 1995.] On Jan. 20, Joseph E. Marshall, a founder and executive director of the Omega...

I’m young, healthy, and not a frontline worker, but I’ve gotten a COVID-19 vaccine. While some may see nothing wrong...

Officer: Hi, welcome to the UCSF lost and found, how may I help you today?A: Hi… I lost my identity.Officer...

Originally published on January 19, 2012. This year’s keynote speaker for Martin Luther King Week at UCSF was Kip Fulbeck...