Genesis Vasconez
School of Nursing
Until We Meet Again
Writing for Synapse has brought us immense joy. With each of our respective programs requiring so much from us, Synapse...
Humans of UCSF: Decompress
What are you doing during the COVID isolation order?COVD seems to have hit everyone differently. During this isolation I've been...
UCSF Partners to Equip Indigenous Groups
UCSF organizations are partnering up to get PPE and test kits to Indigenous tribal health groups, and they need the...
Volunteers Needed to Make Life Saving Equipment
The UCSF Makers Lab is once again paving the way in innovation by creating crucially needed personal protective equipment in...
UCSF Holds Sit-Ins For Dismissed Grad Student Workers
In reaction to the dismissal of dozens of striking UC Santa Cruz graduate student workers on Friday Feb. 28, UCSF...
Blame Game Won't Solve Gun Violence
A dangerous trend is arising from the mass shooting epidemic we find ourselves — blaming mental illness. This scapegoating diverts...
UCSF Addresses Anxiety Over Coronavirus
With two patients being treated for novel coronavirus at UCSF, and a possibility of more to come, representatives attempted to...
Practicing With Hands Tied: A Slippery Slope UCSF-Dignity Health Partnership Expansion
Hundreds of UCSF staff, providers, faculty and students have denounced a proposed partnership expansion between UCSF and Dignity Health that...
Elderly Suicide: The Forgotten Crisis
Elderly people kill themselves too. You wouldn’t think so if you did a quick search for the word “elderly” in...