Highlight. Connect. Support. This is the mantra for a group of female graduate students who are tackling issues of diversity...

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How much does it cost to make an ear? Max Feinstein, a fourth-year medical student, has been spearheading a project...

It only takes one time to get hooked to the annual Bay Area Science Festival’s Discovery Day. Thousands of kids...

Originally published in Synapse on Nov. 21, 1996. Before 1973, the year Roe vs. Wade guaranteed women the right to...

When UCSF staff member Lisa Magargal was notified that the power in her Rohnert Park home was to be shut...

This month’s tip is on how to stand out during an interview. Asking questions is one of the most important...

You do not have to show up to every fight you are invited to. This might sound obvious until you...

Editor's note: Ninad Bhat's "Patience" took second place in the Synapse Storytelling Contest creative writing, poetry category. The room is...

Hometown: Maplewood, NJ Undergraduate Institution: Syracuse University Undergraduate Major: Public Health UCSF Year/Class Of: 2020 What led you to choose...

Two weeks ago, French researchers reported “dramatic biological improvements” in a group of AIDS patients using a new drug treatment.