2020 has been a year of great turmoil due to the COVID-19 pandemic. With labs operating only at 50% capacity...

This poem earned Joey Lew first place in this year's international William Carlos Williams Poetry Competition. I am asked to...

Five years ago, I was in my third year of pharmacy school in Singapore studying alone for my year end...

UCSF students, residents, and staff are working to promote civic engagement across campus and the health system, as the general...

This submission earned Nina Escueta the first place winner of the Storytelling Contest's creative writing category. Mangoes, ripe and green...

This entry earned author Henry Carter first place in the personal essay category of the 2020 Synapse Storytelling Contest, which...

The year 2020 has shaped up to be the most socio-politically tense year from COVID-19 to global protests of police...

Originally reported in Synapse on September 29, 1988. UCSF will begin conducting heart transplants this fall, Dr. Haile Debas, chairman...

It’s nine months into 2020. Months have passed since the start of COVID-19 pandemic, which rapidly shifted almost everything in...

This story was originally published in Synapse on September 21, 2000. Dr. David Satcher, the sixteenth U.S. surgeon general and...

When you want to learn something new, the first order of business is practice. After putting in some effort, you...

Originally published in Synapse on September 14, 1995. On July 20 the UC Regents voted on a resolution to prohibit...

The results are in! Here are the 12 talented UCSF student writers and photographers who took home the top prizes...

To the anonymous author who shared the harrowing story of their encounter with the police ( Not All Scars Are...

I do not need to watch the video to know what George Floyd was experiencing as he was on the...