[This Date in UCSF History] Socialized Medicine is Respectable in Norway, the UK
Originally published on September 22, 1994. This author, a graduate student who works for the...
Welcome Back
Welcome to the start of a new academic year and Synapse’s 66th year of publication. As 2021 has...
Honoring Creative Talent at UCSF
The results are in! Our judges have awarded the 12 best submissions to the Synapse Storytelling...
This Date in UCSF History: Minority Enrollees Climb Dramatically
Originally published on September 14, 1986. In a dramatic reversal of last year’s disappointing...
Upholding Haitian Dignity: On Briefly Contextualizing the Ongoing Crisis in Haiti, Part Three
These events helped create a frame of reference from which Haiti’s ongoing political crisis, as...
Upholding Haitian Dignity: On Briefly Contextualizing The Ongoing Crisis in Haiti, Part One
During the wee hours of June 7, 2021, Haiti’s 58th president, Jovenel Moïse, a 53-year-old father of...
9 minutes and 29 seconds
Under the weight of one man
9 minutes and 29 seconds
An atrocity that many of us claimed to not...
That’s a (Bubble) Wrap!
As we wrap up the 65th year of Synapse’s publication, I’m reminded that in 2019, we were preoccupied...
Expand Your Horizons
Academia isn’t the only answer to a career path after PhD, though it may be the most typical one...
This Date in UCSF History: Campus Group Organizes for Civil Rights Protection
[Originally published on May 27, 1966.] The Committee for Independent Political Action, a recognized...
Get Grounded in the Great Outdoors
While 2021 may seem in some ways like a slow-motion repeat of 2020, nature and the outdoors may help...
Building a Dream Team
[This is the final part of a three-part series on the California Rescue Dog Association.] A dog is...