The Infinitely Big in the Infinitely Small December 3, 2022Julianne Riggs[Third place winner in the Synapse Storytelling Contest nonfiction category.] The typical existential thoughts of a graduate student drifted through... Student Life
apricots & shallots December 3, 2022Nina DjukicI think often of the apricots & shallots that I diced in your kitchen last year with a knife you... Arts & Culture
This Date in UCSF History: UCSF Observes World AIDS Day December 3, 2022Synapse[Originally published on December 1, 1988.] “Sometimes people just want to talk and it’s our policy never to hang up,”... Health
Hannah the Ghost November 29, 2022Camille MooreThe buttercream needed something. Raspberries? George stirred a spoonful of jam into the bowl and re-tasted. Much better, he thought... Arts & Culture
This Date in UCSF History: A Tribute to Harvey Milk November 28, 2022SynapseOriginally published in Synapse on November 30, 1978. Written by Andrew Zysman. Supervisor Harvey Milk was shot to death on... Social Justice
as we made to leave the bagelry November 14, 2022Nina DjukicThird place winner in the Synapse Storytelling Contest poetry category. we moved through the sentence of the crowd, its fork-plate... Arts & Culture
Behind Their Wheels November 14, 2022Michelle BuiFall 2021 “How do you know that a man loves you?” *** Emmanuel had a firm build and rigid posture... Student Life
This Date in UCSF History: Staff Lose Holidays November 14, 2022SynapseOriginally published in Synapse on November 18, 1976. The employees of the University of California are receiving two paid holidays... News
The hammer (an epilogue to the impostor) November 8, 2022Janice GohThird place winner in the Storytelling Contest fiction category. My breath was shaky. My hands were still trembling as my... Arts & Culture
This Date in UCSF History: We Need Affirmative Action November 8, 2022SynapseOriginally published on November 13, 1997. Last week the United States Supreme Court ruled that it would not hear a... Opinion
This Date in UCSF History: Anti-abortionists Threaten Family Planning Funds November 1, 2022Synapse[Originally published on November 7, 1985.] Local family planning agencies and prochoice groups are concerned about a move by congressional... Social Justice
gutenburg discontinuity October 24, 2022Coryna Ogunseitanthe sky smokes a cigarette, exhales an enormous ring into our museum. Arts & Culture
This Date in UCSF History: Don’t Forget to Vote October 24, 2022Synapse[Originally published in Synapse on Oct. 30, 1986.] It may not be a presidential election year, but next Tuesday’s midterm... Student Life
A Balikbayan Box for My Ballers October 16, 2022Gabby Rabadam[Second place winner in the Synapse Storytelling Contest nonfiction category.] In the summer of 2020, I participated in Celestial Journeys... Student Life
This Date in UCSF History: Mystery Surrounds Radiation Exposure Readings October 16, 2022Synapse[Originally published on October 15, 1987.] Synapse has learned that sometime last July three UCSF radioactive waste disposal workers’ radiation... News