Best of the Storytelling Contest Human Not a day goes without me wondering about how messy an affair it is to be human. The emotional turmoil, the pain, the resentment, the anxieties of it all. November 5, 2024 Siddharthasiva Anbu Rajan Philosophy
Children of the Lost Patriarchy May 7, 2024Hannah WhitmoreWhat do you say to the fatherless ones on Fathers Day? Do you look them in their long-lost eyes and... Philosophy
Dementia March 26, 2024Noah GrecoThe sickly sweet aroma of the elderly wafts upwards as I walk through the hallways. She sits on her bed... Health
Crevasse February 27, 2024Nick FiorentinoOne day there’ll be a reactor meltdown. The seas will swelter in a vicious response Nature
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
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
Candle Man January 23, 2024Nick FiorentinoHis opulent flame burns with an optimistic flow, spurs pirouetting memories in a room that’s dim; Arts & Culture
This Date in UCSF History: Whistleblower Describes Tragic ‘Study’ January 23, 2024Synapse[Originally published in Synapse on Jan. 20, 1994.] In a Jan. 12 talk at UCSF, Peter Buxton described his efforts... Social Justice
Nudity and Clothing in Monkeys, Scientists and Vaccines: What it Reveals and What it Hides January 16, 2024Bri MatusovskyWhy is the Western scientist always clothed? What would happen if science was conducted, metaphorically, in the nude? Thinking through... Science