The Case for Increased Regulation of Social Media May 7, 2024Samuel O'BrienThe social determinants of health are the underlying factors that influence our health outside of the doctor’s office, including the... Opinion
Children of the Lost Patriarchy May 7, 2024Hannah WhitmoreWhat do you say to the fatherless ones on Fathers Day? Do you look them in their long-lost eyes and... Philosophy
This Date in UCSF History: Gender Equity Backlash May 7, 2024Synapse[Originally authored by Dr. Amy Levine — Director of UCSF’s Center for Gender Equity — and published in Synapse on... Social Justice
The Agonizing Reality of Obstetric Fistula April 30, 2024Nadia HemmatPadma Thapa, a 65-year-old woman living in Nepal, was given a second chance at life in 2018 after receiving surgery... Health
I’m Visually Impaired. Apple Vision Pro Is An Amazing Assistive Device. April 23, 2024Max CollardI’m albino. My eyes are … different. In many ways, the world is not built for me. Every time I... Student Life
Taxing Times April 23, 2024Science Giggle WriterThis is not tax advice. I am by no means a tax guru. Please don’t misconstrue this as helpful. Humor
This Date in UCSF History: National Health Insurance Ahead? April 23, 2024Synapse[Originally authored by Dr. Philip R. Lee — a UCSF professor of social medicine and director of the Institute for... Opinion
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