This Date in UCSF History: Empowering Nurses March 19, 2024Synapse[Originally published in Synapse on March 20, 1974.] Wilma Scott Heide, the first nurse to be elected national president of... Social Justice
Synapse Speaker Series with Lesley McClurg March 19, 2024SynapseSynapse: UCSF Student Voices is proud to present the sixth annual science speaker series with Lesley McClurg, KQED health correspondent...
Beyond Judgment: Empathy as the Antidote in the Opioid Crisis March 12, 2024Kaitlin LinneA place where individuals can inject drugs with either in-person or virtual supervision may sound like a dystopian reality, but... Social Justice
This Date in UCSF History: Anti-LGBTQ Law Passes March 12, 2024Synapse[Originally published on March 9, 2000.] As many people in the community had anticipated, Proposition 22, which limited the definition... Social Justice
Honoring a JEDI, Dr. D’Anne Duncan March 5, 2024Jocelyne FadigaWhat better time and opportunity than Black History Month to honor one of our own, a leader in student success... Academic
Alabama IVF Travesty: An Opportunity in Disguise? March 5, 2024Drew DespereauxOn Feb. 16 of this year, the Alabama Supreme Court ruled that the “Wrongful Death of a Minor Act applies... Humor
This Date in UCSF History: A Hopeful Era for Women March 5, 2024Synapse[Originally published in Synapse on March 5, 1990.] We live in an exciting time. Throughout the world, walls we once... Social Justice
Protecting Medication Abortion is Reproductive Justice February 27, 2024Kristen FuThe next attack on abortion rights in the United States threatens far-reaching and drastic consequences on the state of reproductive... Social Justice
Crevasse February 27, 2024Nick FiorentinoOne day there’ll be a reactor meltdown. The seas will swelter in a vicious response Nature
This Date in UCSF History: Lunar New Year Facts and Lore February 27, 2024Synapse[Originally published on February 22, 1996.] Chinese New Year is a misnomer. The arrival of the same new year is... Arts & Culture
My Experience as a Black Man and Prospective Juror In San Francisco’s Hallowed Halls of Justice February 20, 2024Woodger FaugasIt was a rainy and blustery Tuesday morning. Clutching a white, large-canopied umbrella, with rainwater splashing around my footsteps, I... Social Justice
New Era for Health Technology, Who Gets Left Behind? February 20, 2024Kristina JiangArtificial Intelligence. Telemedicine. Digital Therapeutics. Virtual Reality. Bioprinting. These are all buzzwords now within the field of medicine and health... Opinion
This Date in UCSF History: A Textbook Case of Historical Distortion February 20, 2024Synapse[Originally authored by pharmacy student Gina Jones and published in Synapse on February 18, 1993.] “History is a people’s memory... Social Justice
Community Partnerships and Transformative Legislature: The Route to Equitable Abortion Access February 13, 2024Charlotte CelikyolIt has been nearly one and a half years since Roe V. Wade was overturned by Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s... Social Justice