[Originally published in Synapse on Oct. 25, 2001.] Once again, the year approaches the end of October, which along with...

Before I ever came near a stethoscope or a white coat, I understood the beauty of X-rays. The reasoning was...

[Second place Synapse Storytelling Contest winner for poetry.] As I step across the bay, Wond’ring if those golden days Were...

[ Originally published in Synapse on October 22, 1998.] Last week, the country confronted the death of Matthew Shepard, the...

Yesterday It’s a choice to trust and love But God trust in what, whom, when? how to love ? and...

[Originally published in Synapse on October 12, 2000.] Three winners of the Nobel Prize in medicine were announced in Stockholm...

Fables written centuries ago still echo in the present — quietly, powerfully — reminding us of what it means to...

[Originally published in Synapse on Oct. 10, 2017.] New science education standards approved by the State Board of Education will...

Is this the end? At home, the war awaits me

[Second place winner of the Synapse Storytelling Contest for non fiction.] S: Subjective. “June” is a 79-year-old woman with a...

[First place winner of the Synapse Storytelling Contest for poetry.] Even now, the wake I forget the waves or I...

Young girls are seeing more Barbie dolls on shelves with careers ranging from scientists, future leaders, and astronauts, and imagining...

[Originally published in Synapse on September 25, 1986.] In a dramatic reversal of last year’s disappointing showing, the School of...

[First place winner of the Synapse Storytelling Contest Fiction category.] The experience of dying can vary greatly. Some see a...

On August 24, the Birdwatching Club (BWC) at UCSF embarked on its inaugural birding adventure at Las Gallinas Ponds in...