[Originally published in Synapse on October 10, 1991.] UC Berkeley Professor Neil Gilbert’s article, “The Phantom Epidemic of Sexual Assault,”...

[First place for the Storytelling Contest photography category.] This picture was taken a few months before the 2020 US presidential...

I grew up with a passion for stories and storytelling. This was in large part due to my grandfather’s influence...

The culmination of weeks of political farce comes on October 7, when California voters will vote on whether to recall...

[Victoria Turner’s submission won first place in the Storytelling Contest’s science writing category.] As the pressures and restrictions of 2020...

Originally published on September 27, 1973. In February, within weeks of the announcement of severe federal cutbacks in grant monies...

Ninad Bhat’s “Batteries” is the winner of the Synapse Storytelling Contest Creative Writing category. The poem introduces an everyday, offhand...

Originally published on September 22, 1994. This author, a graduate student who works for the Department of Otolaryngology in the...

The results are in! Our judges have awarded the 12 best submissions to the Synapse Storytelling Contest by talented UCSF...

Originally published on September 14, 1986. In a dramatic reversal of last year’s disappointing showing, the School of Medicine enrolled...

[Originally published on May 27, 1966.] The Committee for Independent Political Action, a recognized on-campus political organization, has announced plans...

[Originally published in Synapse on May 25, 2006.] A young woman meaning to visit a Planned Parenthood clinic unwittingly entered...

[Originally published in Synapse on May 20, 1992.] In the violent aftermath of the acquittal of the officers who beat...

Originally published in Synapse on May 14, 2009. Endorsed by Oprah, used by Obama, Twitter is an online service that...

Originally published in Synapse on May 6, 1999. Medical student David Schab answers some of the most commonly raised questions...