Fighting Fire With Fire?
Why is California chronically on fire, and what can we do to help it heal? As counter-intuitive as...
This Date in UCSF History: Prof Claims Rape Stats Inflated, Gets Pushback
[Originally published in Synapse on October 10, 1991.] UC Berkeley Professor Neil Gilbert’s article...
Third of November
[First place for the Storytelling Contest photography category.] This picture was taken a few months...
Join the COVID-19 Research Student Group
A new unique timely campus organization is helping students learn and be a part of COVID-19 research...
The Pandemic, the Parks, and the People
It took a global pandemic for me to realize that a bucket-list trip could be just a drive away. I...
This Date in UCSF History: After the Recall, Things Will Get No Better
The culmination of weeks of political farce comes on October 7, when California voters will vote on...
The Cost of Being Constantly Available
[Victoria Turner’s submission won first place in the Storytelling Contest’s science writing category...
Science Speaks Love a Little Differently
Crises bring out the best and the worst in people. The COVID-19 pandemic is no different. Through...
This Date in UCSF History: Prepayment for Healthcare
Originally published on September 27, 1973. In February, within weeks of the announcement of severe...
Fight for Abortion & Reproductive Justice
Are you looking for ways to advocate and be more involved in reproductive justice, especially...
Batteries
Ninad Bhat’s “Batteries” is the winner of the Synapse Storytelling Contest Creative Writing category...
Upholding Haitian Dignity: On Briefly Contextualizing the Ongoing Crisis in Haiti, Part Two
Having detailed, in Part One, major events that led to Haiti’s founding, this section, or Part Two...