Playing with Pastiche by Amy Ton About these pieces: Part of a pastiche of The Humument by Tom Phillips, these pages were altered from a 1932...
Harmonies for the Holidays The Vocal Chords have been hard at work and they are ready to showcase their talents, just in time for...
Diversity Spotlight: One on One with Dr. Saul Villeda Before I first stumbled into a research laboratory in college, I never imagined that I could or would end up...
Midnight Musings by Lay Kodama Poetry for me is a way to retrospectively mine meaning out of seemingly-significant moments in my life. I try to...
The Hottest (and Coldest) Trends This Thanksgiving Although it can be cooked in a separate pot, stuffing is traditionally cooked right inside the turkey, absorbing the bird’s...
Survivors Recount Stories of Violence Perhaps the most powerful and moving part of the 15th annual Interpersonal Violence Conference, held November 14, came at the...
Throwback Thursday: Women Ahead of Their Time On this day 23 years ago, Synapse featured master’s and doctoral nursing students receiving prestigious research awards, scholarships and recognition...
Eight San Francisco Bars That Will Blow You Away It was the first time I had seen such an art form made out of this. Each one took 10...
Pictures of Living Things So much of science and medicine comes down to taking pictures. Biology, especially, has long been considered an observational enterprise...
Race Talks: A “Brave Space” for Students Given UCSF’s rich history of activism, it’s no wonder that the students who choose to enroll at the university are...
Getting the Diagnosis Right on Climate Change Climate change is a life-altering diagnosis for all of us. We’ve seen the coverage of massive storms, floods, droughts, and...