This Date in UCSF History: Professors Stir Drug Debate
[Originally published in Synapse on September 20, 1990.] A high-level state advisory panel, including four UCSF faculty members, ignited the...
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To Be Laid Out
Nina Djukic’s story won first prize in the Synapse storytelling contest nonfiction category. There are things we cannot know until...
The Heimlich Helper Sends the Wrong Message
Imagine choking in a room full of doctors and nurses, most of them even wearing scrubs, and being cordially directed...
Llamas Bring Joy to UCSF
How does even a short stint relaxing with some llamas help trainees and staff reduce stress?
A Message from Synapse’s Editors-in-Chief
Hello to all the new and returning UCSF students!
Saffron, Saint of Spices: UCSF Library Artist in Residence Pantea Karimi
The UCSF Library Artist in Residence program promotes health humanities by exposing and re-purposing historical materials preserved in the Archives...
This Date in UCSF History: Cuts and Fee Increase
[Originally published in Synapse on September 9, 2004.] The University of California sustained its fourth budget cut in a row...
Storytelling Contest Winners Charm, Haunt, and Mesmerize
Entries to the fourth annual Synapse Storytelling Contest offered an astonishing array of imaginative and captivating scenes that challenged judges...
My Long COVID Experience
The sun was at its highest point in the sky. At the same time, I was at my lowest point...
Farewell Til Fall
As we end the 66th year of Synapse’s publication, I encourage you to stop whatever you are doing and just...
This Date in UCSF History: The real Jane Roe
Originally published on May 31, 1990. A small woman wearing blue jeans and tennis shoes stood nervously before a crowd...
UCSF Marches for Abortion Rights
I grew up in a small conservative town in Texas where abortion is considered murder, queerness is considered amental illness...
Looking for a Sign
“We took out a mass from your colon. We think it’s cancer. The good news is we think we got...
This Date in UCSF History: Keep abortions safe and legal
[Originally published in Synapse on May 24, 1981.] Abortion is under attack, again, in what may prove to be the...
effigy
rounds of hate in scores fired enter my body as i watch eight fall, six of them who look like...