[This piece launches a new series in which former Synapse editors-in-chief look back on experiences, priorities and decisions that shaped...

[Second place winner in the Synapse Storytelling Contest Fiction category.] It’s been seven something months since you finished your first...

[Originally published in Synapse on Dec. 12, 1993.] To decorate a Christmas tree Is very hard, you know.

Yes you! Right on your face I say it aloud I am not ashamed

[Originally published in Synapse on December 2001.] It’s been one of those days. You lock yourself out of your car...

[Third place winner in the Storytelling Contest non fiction category.] Have you ever seen fireworks in broad daylight? Often associated...

[Originally published in Synapse on December 4, 1996.] I remember the morning after Proposition 187 passed. Schools and health care...

Editor’s Note: Students of UCSF highlights the diverse experiences and personal journeys that shape the UCSF community. Share your own...

As the evening rises across the bay, the golden bridges on our faces meet to make a crossing so great...

[Originally published in Synapse on November 12, 1981.] The theme of this year’s American Public Health Association convention was “Energy...

When I first pulled up to the Mothers of Gynecology Park in Montgomery, there were a few cars around, but...

Oops! I did it again – made it through first year of graduate school and landed myself in a lab...

[Originally published in Synapse on Nov. 12, 2009.] Before coming to UCSF, I was a soldier in Operation Iraqi Freedom...

I've captured the essence of an intrinsic part of me. ADHD. My behavior is reckless I'm fun, dangerous

[Originally published in Synapse on November 3, 2011.] The Embarcadero was full of bicycles and bikers on Friday night as...