[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...

[Originally published on September 21, 1995.] Among the books that have influenced my thinking are A Handmaid’s Tale and 1984...

Looking for new ways to destress from studying, experiments, clinicals, or grant writing? Try the UCSF climbing club! The UCSF...

[First place winner of the Synapse Storytelling Contest Non Fiction category.] America: a country that brags about its technology and...

On Thursday, July 10, Kiggundu Rodney, a Ugandan visual artist and an Atlantic Fellow for Equity in Brain Health at...

You thought you’d never survive this. But, darling, a radiant sun awaits to see you rise. You felt as though...

[ Originally published in Synapse on September 19, 1985.] In the next few days, Gov. George Deukmejian will decide the...

[Originally published on September 5, 2002.] Welcome First Year (insert school here) Students! In the next week to months you...