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Primary Care

May 9, 2023
Nina Escueta
Our first visit nearly brings you to tears. I hand you a diabetes diagnosis. One full point too high on...
Student Life
waste sorters at UCSF

Reduce, Reuse, Recycle

May 2, 2023
Nina Escueta
As we continue to celebrate the beauty of spring and explore the different Earth Month events around the city, it’s...
News
Women banging tin in protest.

Listen

March 28, 2023
Nina Escueta
Listen to the rhythm of the Bang bang bang, To the sounds and the dance of this Din
Social Justice
Woman floating in ocean.

Meander

January 23, 2023
Nina Escueta
Been drifting along A sea of green. Been free to be, to breathe, to dream
Arts & Culture
Four panel cartoon.

The (Graphic) Art of Medicine

November 14, 2022
Nina Escueta
Medicine may seem an unlikely subject for comic books but think again. The UCSF Library recently kickstarted its inaugural Graphic...
Top of a hill

Once I Climbed a Hill

September 26, 2022
Nina Escueta
Once I climbed a hill And looked down with triumph at what I had done. I saw sands stretched long...
Arts & Culture
Woman walking on beach

Refuge 

February 22, 2022
Nina Escueta
Down, down I follow the sounds Of waves and winds murmuring Against the rocks
Arts & Culture

'Get Boosted'

January 10, 2022
Nina Escueta
“Get boosted.” That was the resounding message at UCSF’s final COVID-19 town hall of 2021 on December 17. All eligible...
News
Dramatic sky

Reverence 

December 13, 2021
Nina Escueta
There are moments where you will find No past Or present Or future. Only eternity; An instant that stretches on...
Arts & Culture
Pagination
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