To Be Laid Out
Nina Djukic’s story won first prize in the Synapse storytelling contest nonfiction category. There are things we cannot know until...
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This Date in UCSF History: A Visit to Ground Zero
Originally published in Synapse on September 20, 2001. [Editor’s Note: Joshua Gordon is an alumnus of UCSF, who received his...
This Date in UCSF History: Cuts and Fee Increase
[Originally published in Synapse on September 9, 2004.] The University of California sustained its fourth budget cut in a row...
This Date in UCSF History: The real Jane Roe
Originally published on May 31, 1990. A small woman wearing blue jeans and tennis shoes stood nervously before a crowd...
Looking for a Sign
“We took out a mass from your colon. We think it’s cancer. The good news is we think we got...
This Date in UCSF History: Keep abortions safe and legal
[Originally published in Synapse on May 24, 1981.] Abortion is under attack, again, in what may prove to be the...
GAD
She went to the doctor today And we told her she was sick She didn’t need a visit to know...
Work-Life Balance
When I came across this coffee cup balanced perfectly and precariously on a hallway railing in Zuckerberg San Francisco General...
Your Greatest Fear
This crosswalk to the clouds really sums up how I picture it every time I face things in the future...
This Date in UCSF History: Equal Medical Rights for Women
[Originally published in Synapse - The UCSF student newspaper May 5, 1976.] Women representing women’s clinics and health organizations throughout...
This Date in UCSF History: Abortion Activism Urged
[Originally published on May 1, 1979.] Stating that “women will be the new target of an attempt to reconstruct society...
This Date in UCSF History: Promise and Pitfalls of Industry Collaboration
[Originally published on April 26, 2001.] The changing nature of the relationship between academia and industry was the subject of...
This Date in UCSF History: The Rise & Fall of SFGH Emergency Medicine
[Originally published in Synapse on April 17, 1980.] Dr. Nancy Gorham is a junior resident in emergency medicine at San...
Proximity
January 31, 2021 He wasn't my patient but I saw him, heard the interns discuss him, watched him slip further...
One Day We Woke Up on Mars
One September, we woke up to find that something was wrong with the light. We had become more and more...