Storytelling Contest

It was my first day off after a string of emergency department shifts as sub-intern, and I was sad. I wished that I wasn’t. I wanted to rewrite the feeling, as if I could delete it like a line of text and type in something hopeful and upbeat in its place.

Arts & Culture

Monday, October 5, 2020 - 11:16

They Tell Me 'Go Home'

By Nina Escueta

This submission earned Nina Escueta the first place winner of the Storytelling Contest's creative writing category. Mangoes, ripe and green, to start off the day Balmy breezes singing, whispering ‘stay,’ Orange skies painting, fruit-filled trees bending

Science

Monday, September 21, 2020 - 09:47

The Power of Overlearning

By Victoria Turner

When you want to learn something new, the first order of business is practice. After putting in some effort, you can hopefully keep doing what you learned — whether it’s parallel parking or standing backflips — on the next day, and the next.

Student Life

Monday, May 11, 2020 - 10:06

My Best Friend

By Lena Alazzeh

This submission by Lena Alazzeh entry won second prize in the 2019 Synapse Storytelling Contest photography category.

Arts & Culture

Friday, March 6, 2020 - 17:35

Appointment at Tank Hill

By Victoria Turner

Tank Hill is a short, steep walk from Parnassus campus. While studying for the qualifying exam in my PhD program, I spent a lot of my days sedentary, just reading and writing.