This Date in UCSF History: What Should Obama Do? November 5, 2024Synapse[Originally published in Synapse on Nov. 13, 2008.] Few things could be more important for America than President Obama’s appointment... Politics
Heathy For Who? Healthy for Who? A Voter Guide to Props 34 and 35 October 29, 2024James LawrenceNovember is fast approaching, and with it, the opportunity to vote on Propositions in California. Props serve a key democratic... Politics
Awards Night October 29, 2024Simone Kurial[Third place winner in the Synapse Storytelling fiction category.] The auditorium was completely full. The breath of thousands rose and... Fiction
This Date in UCSF History: It’s Not Who You Are, but What You Wear October 29, 2024Synapse[Originally published in Synapse on October 25, 2001.] Once again, the year approaches the end of October, which along with... Politics
UCSF Students Stage Die-In To Honor Dead Palestinian Healthcare Workers October 24, 2024SynapseOn Oct. 8, dozens of UCSF students wearing scrubs, white coats, lab coats and stethoscopes, laid motionless across the forecourt... News
The Thing October 22, 2024Jocelyne Fadiga[Third place winner in the Synapse Storytelling Contest poetry category.] They walked long and sinuous paths Alone on the roads... Philosophy
Want A Healthier California? Invest in Primary Care October 22, 2024Jashdeep Singh DhillonA 6-year-old girl rushes into an emergency room (ER) on a gurney, her chest violently heaving as her lungs beg... Health
This Date in UCSF History: What is ‘Occupy’ Achieving? October 22, 2024Synapse[Originally published in Synapse on November 3, 2011.] Two months ago, demonstrators began showing up at Wall Street to protest... Social Justice
Physicians are Patients Too: A Medical Student’s Exploration of Physician Identity October 15, 2024Anna L. ParkThe refrain “In a healthy individual like you or me” is one I commonly hear as a medical student from... Health
Brick by brick: A First-Generation Medical Student's Journey October 15, 2024Gurbinder SinghAs I sat at my childhood home during Thanksgiving break, the dissonance between my current reality and the world I... Student Life
This Date in UCSF History: Q&A With Haight-Ashbury Free Clinic Pharmacist October 15, 2024Synapse[Originally published in Synapse on October 14, 1993.] Greg Hayner, PharmD (UCSF class of ‘77), has been working at the... Career
Death of an Author October 8, 2024Drew Despereaux[Storytelling contest second place winner for fiction.] Content warning: gore and self-harm I look towards the stage where a tall... Fiction
Dear Chronic Pain October 8, 2024Silver AlkhafajiIt’s been six months. Uncertain. Unknown. Unremitting concern. Sensitive nerves. Irritated nerves. Health
about women and war October 1, 2024Sohini Halder[First place winner in the Storytelling Contest poetry category.] the curve of the earth aligns to our body the heat... Social Justice
This Date in UCSF History: Vitamin C a Cure for Addiction? October 1, 2024Synapse[Originally published in Synapse on October 3, 1977.] For the past decade, vitamin C has been touted for the cure... Science