Home March 13, 2023Olasina AweYet, here I am, stuck in this very place I call home Why do I even call it that? I...
This Date in USCF History: Pregnancy Equity March 13, 2023Synapse[Originally published in Synapse on March 11, 1987.] A recent Supreme Court decision upholding certain types of pregnancy leave and... Social Justice
Witness March 7, 2023Teaghe YalonToday is the worst day of her life. As for me, it's Tuesday. I try to hold space for her...
vanilla ice cream March 7, 2023Feyisayo Ojute“what do you think?” your wide eyes an azure blue glazed with the reflection of my surprise and, the essence...
This Date in UCSF History: Vietnam’s Elusive Truth February 27, 2023Synapse[ Originally authored in February 25, 1988 by Toan Truong as a third-year medical student.] I grew up in Saigon... Social Justice
Discovery February 20, 2023Matthew KlopeThere are lilies in the valley lofty clouds up in the sky there are spots of brown on butterflies now...
This Date in UCSF History: A Purpose Revisited February 20, 2023Synapse[Originally published on February 20, 2009.] Last month we honored the birth of civil rights leader Dr. Martin Luther King... Social Justice
This Date in UCSF History: It’s V-Day, Not D-Day February 14, 2023Synapse[Originally published in Synapse on February 14, 2011.] Ah, another Valentine’s Day... and I, for one, will be spending it... Opinion
Bird Banding February 7, 2023Nina DjukicOn the phone she’ll tell me stories about shorebirds which breed in warmer marshland winters and still cross the continent...
Ours Is Not to Reason Why February 7, 2023Abu TahaWhen I found out the next patient I’ll be following is a retired army cardiothoracic surgeon in his late eighties... Student Life
This Date in UCSF History: Fighting for Civil Rights January 29, 2023Synapse[Originally published in Synapse on February 1, 1979.] President Carter in his State of the Union address Wednesday, called for... Social Justice
Meander January 23, 2023Nina EscuetaBeen drifting along A sea of green. Been free to be, to breathe, to dream Arts & Culture
This Date in UCSF History: How Do You Celebrate Lunar New Year? January 23, 2023Synapse(Originally published on January 31, 1989.) ThuyMinhDo, Third-year pharmacy student: If I was home, the house would be festive, with... Student Life
Assiduously January 15, 2023Nina DjukicThis morning, strolling soddenly down Harmon street, the rain became a sudden shield; with sudden clarity I felt calamity dismissed... Student Life
This Date in UCSF History: Remembering Martin Luther King, Jr. January 15, 2023Synapse[Originally published in Synapse on January 14, 1993.] Martin Luther King, Jr.’s most enduring words were delivered August 28, 1963... Social Justice