[Originally published in Synapse on Jan. 16, 1997.] I suppose I should begin with a qualifying statement. I am not...

[Note: This article appears in Synapse’s 70th anniversary print edition, produced to mark seven decades of student journalism at UCSF...

In this 2003 conversation, founder Don Swatman recounts how the paper began as a modest, typewritten project in the Dental...

1956-57 Synapse arrived not as a rebel publication but as an act of institutional optimism.

[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...