From Mistrust to Empowerment: How Historical Medical Racism Drove Black Women Toward Midwifery and Home Births
[First place winner of the Synapse Storytelling Contest Non Fiction category.] America: a country...
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Mindscapes: Kiggundu Rodney Bridges Art and Brain Health in Debut Solo Exhibition
On Thursday, July 10, Kiggundu Rodney, a Ugandan visual artist and an Atlantic Fellow for Equity in...
Mindscapes: Kiggundu Rodney Bridges Art and Brain Health in Debut Solo Exhibition
On Thursday, July 10, Kiggundu Rodney, a Ugandan visual artist and an Atlantic Fellow for Equity in...
Life Challenges, Struggles, and Wins
You thought you’d never survive this.
But, darling, a radiant sun awaits to see you rise.
You felt as...
This Date in UCSF History: State Health Corps?
[Originally published in Synapse on September 19, 1985.]
In the next few days, Gov. George Deukmejian...
Carrying the Torch: A New Editor-in-Chief’s Call to Action
In 1956, Don Swatman, a first year UCSF dental student at the time, started this beloved student...
This Date in UCSF History: 10 Solid Pieces of Advice for First Year Students
[Originally published on September 5, 2002.]
Welcome First Year (insert school here) Students! In the...
The Urgent Need for Climate-Resilient Healthcare in Puerto Rico
Imagine this: It’s your first semester of college — just one month in — and you suddenly can’t reach...
Celebrating Creativity: Synapse Announces Storytelling Contest Winners
From magical realism to urgent calls for justice, from fog-draped skylines to lyrical meditations on...
UCSF Student's HIV Research Talk Wins UC-Wide Grad Slam
Is it easier to find your date on Tinder or is it easier to find the next molecular target for HIV...
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Aging and the Carbon Imaginary
Consider aging as three overlapping progressions: the accumulation of risk, aging as deterioration...