[Originally published in Synapse on November 12, 1981.] The theme of this year’s American Public Health Association convention was “Energy...

[Originally published in Synapse on Nov. 12, 2009.] Before coming to UCSF, I was a soldier in Operation Iraqi Freedom...

[Originally published in Synapse on November 3, 2011.] The Embarcadero was full of bicycles and bikers on Friday night as...

[Originally published in Synapse on Oct. 25, 2001.] Once again, the year approaches the end of October, which along with...

[ Originally published in Synapse on October 22, 1998.] Last week, the country confronted the death of Matthew Shepard, the...

[Originally published in Synapse on October 12, 2000.] Three winners of the Nobel Prize in medicine were announced in Stockholm...

[Originally published in Synapse on Oct. 10, 2017.] New science education standards approved by the State Board of Education will...

[Originally published in Synapse on September 25, 1986.] In a dramatic reversal of last year’s disappointing showing, the School of...

[Originally published on September 21, 1995.] Among the books that have influenced my thinking are A Handmaid’s Tale and 1984...