I took art lessons growing up, but didn't start loving it and creating meaningful pieces of my own until college...

Originally published in Synapse on April 17, 2003. An international team of investigators, including UCSF’s Joseph DeRisi and researchers at...

What are you doing during the COVID-19 isolation order? As we are all learning to adapt to remote learning, I...

During the COVID-19 isolation order I’ve been… Finding ways to volunteer remotely, lots of facetime and Netflix party calls, keeping...

This story was originally published in Synapse on March 15, 1984. The women’s movement in this country must be broadened...

Originally published in Synapse the UCSF student newspaper on March 10, 1981. “Ten Year Study Reassesses Risks of Oral Contraceptive...

Tank Hill is a short, steep walk from Parnassus campus. While studying for the qualifying exam in my PhD program...

Welcome innocent. Born into this world from the warm abyss that was once your only home. Virgin sensations inundated with...

If you need more persuasion to get to the polling booth, Proposition 22, also known as the Knight Initiative, should...

Originally published on February 11, 2010. Is love possible between two people with opposing political views? New York City held...

Seated in plain sight he is invisible The passersby halt for a moment to note That something might be there...

******* is a 50-year-old *******-speaking WOMAN, Present in the EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT. Immigrant from El Salvador.

With one hand pressed over the gash above my left eye in an effort to provide some hemostasis, I hurriedly...

Editor's note: To honor February as Black History Month, Synapse offers "snapshots" of significant dates in African-American history.

“I don’t think his personal problems should be a reason to remove him from office. It doesn’t represent high crimes...