Death of an Author October 8, 2024Drew Despereaux[Storytelling contest second place winner for fiction.] Content warning: gore and self-harm I look towards the stage where a tall... Fiction
about women and war October 1, 2024Sohini Halder[First place winner in the Storytelling Contest poetry category.] the curve of the earth aligns to our body the heat... Social Justice
This Date in UCSF History: Vitamin C a Cure for Addiction? October 1, 2024Synapse[Originally published in Synapse on October 3, 1977.] For the past decade, vitamin C has been touted for the cure... Science
Innocence Up in Smoke September 24, 2024Meredith Klashman[First place winner in the Synapse Storytelling Contest nonfiction category.] The morning of October 17, the soft blue light of... Student Life
This Date in UCSF History: Student-Teachers Demand Full Employee Rights September 24, 2024Synapse[Originally published in Synapse on September 22, 1988.] Our colleges and universities have come under highly critical consideration of late... Opinion
Trauma Junkie September 17, 2024Maxine Collard[ First place winner in the Synapse Storytelling Contest for Fiction.] It’s Christmastime, and over the hills, in the faraway... Fiction
This Date in UCSF History: Split from Weapons Lab September 17, 2024Synapse[Originally published in Synapse on September 24, 1987.] On Sept. 12, the University of California Student Association voted overwhelmingly to... Opinion
Lovely, Dark and Deep: Storytelling Contest Winners Offer Array of Talent September 10, 2024SynapseThe 2024 Synapse Storytelling Contest submissions surpassed all expectations — from gorgeous landscape photography to heartrending personal essays, from campy...
All In a Day’s Work September 10, 2024Julianne RiggsOkay, here I am. I’m at my desk. Just me and my trusty little laptop. Posture is good, lighting is... Student Life
This Date in UCSF History: Middle Eastern Scientists Build Bridges May 28, 2024Synapse[Originally published in Synapse on May 28, 1999.] Five months ago, the Alliance of Middle Eastern Scientists and Physicians was... Politics
This Date in UCSF History: Student Health Insurance Hiked May 21, 2024Synapse[Originally published in Synapse on May 23, 2013.] Student health insurance premiums will increase $565, or 20.4 percent, next year... Finance
Holy Resurrection May 14, 2024Nick Fiorentinopersevere years on end, to Failure’s amusement Impious Philosophy
This Date in UCSF History: Genetic Releases Fuel Controversy May 14, 2024Synapse[Originally published in Synapse on May 15, 1986.] During the past few months, revelations of illegal or improper releases of... Science
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
This Date in UCSF History: Gender Equity Backlash May 7, 2024Synapse[Originally authored by Dr. Amy Levine — Director of UCSF’s Center for Gender Equity — and published in Synapse on... Social Justice