UCSF will be holding free drop-in flu shot clinics to all UCSF employees, students and volunteers from Monday, September 16...

Originally published in Synapse - The UCSF student newspaper on September 10, 2003. Unless you’ve been asleep for the past...

The results are in! Today, 12 of UCSF’s most talented writers and photographers are taking home the top prizes in...

In June 2018, the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine released a report which states that the pervasiveness of...

The path to a PhD is a treacherous one. It is paved with failure, stress, and uncertainty. I find myself...

For Dave, who told me this story needed to be shared publicly as soon as I shared it with him...

Originally published in Synapse - The UCSF student newspaper on May 20, 1999. The University of California has brought patent...

Every year on the last weekend of May, the streets of San Francisco are filled with music from Brazil and...

Blurry red fills his vision as he crashes back against the ropes, back aching for the support of the taught...

You don’t have to be a football player to get a concussion, anyone can sustain a brain injury. But similar...

Originally published in Synapse - The UCSF student newspaper on May 11, 1978. Immortality, Mankind’s oldest dream, that of conquering...

UCSF is once again set to go on strike this week. The one-day walkout happening Thursday, May 16 includes members...

Several courses during my MPH year have begun with familiar statistics; according to data from the Commonwealth Fund’s report, the...

Editor's note: Emily Yao earned an honorable mention for Bay Bridge and Boat, her entry into the Synapse Storytelling Contest...

What makes an anchor institution? How does UCSF build upon not only itself, but also reach beyond and strengthen the...