Originally published in Synapse on February 16, 1984. Next week, UCSF will be sponsoring a day-long symposium, “Affirmative Action in...

The first step is synonymous to the beginning of a great journey to climb to the next level. This first...

Originally published on February 12, 1981. Dr. Rosa Armstrong is not what might be considered the typical anatomist. As a...

This submission earned Amber Por an honorable mention in the Synapse Storytelling Contest creative writing category. Sunlight beams down Along...

​This encouraging message adorned the museum courtyard of Golden Gate Park in the midst of the Black Lives Matter protests...

[Originally published on February 5, 2009.] Last month we honored the birth of civil rights leader Dr. Martin Luther King...

Sometimes being with you feels like being a pearl with a crescent moon. There is a hollow, warm and safe...

Your head is wrapped in sheets of cloth. I have never seen your eyes But I do wonder what your...

Originally published on January 19, 2012. This year’s keynote speaker for Martin Luther King Week at UCSF was Kip Fulbeck...

This submission earned an honorable mention in the Synapse Storytelling Contest creative writing category. A faint buzzing, accompanied by the...

Originally published in Synapse on January 11, 2001. “Tonight, for the sake of our unity as a people and the...

Originally published in Synapse on December 11, 2009. Everybody wants to know the future and the UC Regents and UCOP...

This submission earned Amber Por third place in the Synapse Storytelling Contest creative writing category. I’m still figuring out the...

Originally published in Synapse on Nov. 30, 2006. Tobacco tax propositions in California, Missouri and South Dakota failed in the...

Ben Mansky's "Mason" won second place in the Storytelling Contest photography category. Years ago, I was walking around North Beach...