[Third place winner in the Synapse Storytelling contest personal essay category.] Happy Pride! I’m writing this with a literal rainbow...

One of the most cataclysmic events in the 21 st century has a guttural, sonic signature. Burying more than 316,000...

[Originally published in Synapse on November 6, 2003.] What comes to your mind when you hear the words “forensic medicine?”...

UCSF has been a sight for many historic events: public health emergencies like the HIV/AIDS pandemic, social movements like White...

Mirror Need I scream even with this coat, you refuse to see me. my sweet alto

I have made a terrible mistake. I’m writing this to you, the readers of UCSF Synapse, to warn you against...

University of California Regents are refusing to acknowledge a union that graduate student researchers across the UC system have voted...

Human rights activists have been shocked down to their core as they received proof of the Chinese government’s horrific removal...

Today, I continued the conversation with Rachel Kiichli (RK) the Senior Marketing + Community Manager at the Bi-Rite Family of...

[Originally published in Synapse on October 19, 2006.] What does the term “race” mean? Is it a social construct or...

[This submission earned Woodger Faugas first place in the Storytelling Contest personal essay category.] Imagine finding yourself: the center of...

Thanksgiving is almost upon us, bringing a warm reminder of friendly neighbors and the earth’s bounty. And, indeed, every day...

[Originally published in Synapse on October 10, 1991.] UC Berkeley Professor Neil Gilbert’s article, “The Phantom Epidemic of Sexual Assault,”...

[First place for the Storytelling Contest photography category.] This picture was taken a few months before the 2020 US presidential...

A new unique timely campus organization is helping students learn and be a part of COVID-19 research and breakthroughs with...