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
Better Late Than Never February 13, 2024Cindy OwWelcome to our fashionably late New Year’s resolution article. Because who needs January to start fresh? Humor
This Date in UCSF History: Abuses Told About Experiments on Prisoners February 13, 2024Synapse[Originally published in Synapse on February 17, 1977.] Inmates of California’s prison system are currently being used as subjects for... Social Justice
Expiry Dates February 6, 2024Siddharthasiva Anbu Rajan“So, do you think that thoughts die like how living things do?” asked the Boy. The Man that faced him... Philosophy
Fast or Slow February 6, 2024Richa SinghaniaIn the middle of the crowded highways Looking at the busy fast vehicles I think Nobody seems to care for... Student Life
This Date in UCSF History: Clean Needle Conflict February 6, 2024Synapse[Originally published in Synapse on February 5, 1987.] As intravenous drug use receives more attention as a factor in the... Health
Decolonizing Global Health: The Urgent Need for Diverse Authorship January 30, 2024Maddie WongOriginally a method through which European colonizers exerted power over the colonized, the field of global health has taken different... Social Justice
This Date in UCSF History: A Winning Candidate? January 30, 2024Synapse[Originally published on March 1, 2012.] Anyone following the GOP Presidential primaries would agree that the story line thus far... Politics
Empowering ImmunoX January 30, 2024Nikhita KirthivasanWhat does the Barbie World and immune cells have in common? Plenty if you ask this year’s organizers of the... Academic