[Originally published on September 21, 1995.] Among the books that have influenced my thinking are A Handmaid’s Tale and 1984...

Looking for new ways to destress from studying, experiments, clinicals, or grant writing? Try the UCSF climbing club! The UCSF...

[First place winner of the Synapse Storytelling Contest Non Fiction category.] America: a country that brags about its technology and...

On Thursday, July 10, Kiggundu Rodney, a Ugandan visual artist and an Atlantic Fellow for Equity in Brain Health at...

You thought you’d never survive this. But, darling, a radiant sun awaits to see you rise. You felt as though...

[ Originally published in Synapse on September 19, 1985.] In the next few days, Gov. George Deukmejian will decide the...

[Originally published on September 5, 2002.] Welcome First Year (insert school here) Students! In the next week to months you...

Imagine this: It’s your first semester of college — just one month in — and you suddenly can’t reach your...

From magical realism to urgent calls for justice, from fog-draped skylines to lyrical meditations on the self — this year’s...

Is it easier to find your date on Tinder or is it easier to find the next molecular target for...

Consider aging as three overlapping progressions: the accumulation of risk, aging as deterioration, and aging as renewal. Aging disrupts life/non-life...

[Originally published in Synapse on May 26, 1988.] Case: A 29 year-old Salvadoran woman, mother of three, is unable to...

When the waiting caught on fire the world rages Agitation No amount is the right amount

Imagine you or a loved one missing school every month simply because they didn't have access to menstrual hygiene products...

During my years as a researcher at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF), I never stopped to think about...