Victoria Turner

Editor-in-Chief

Graduate Division

Victoria Turner is a 6th year neuroscience graduate student and Synapse's Editor-in-Chief.

Arts & Culture

Monday, November 22, 2021 - 09:24

Q&A With UCSF Alumna & Poet Jenny Qi

By Victoria Turner

In our latest podcast, we chat with UCSF alumna Jenny Qi, PhD, ’17, about how she went from publishing cartoons and news articles for Synapse to publishing an anthology of poetry, Focal Point, which received the 2020 Steel Toe Books Poetry Award. Below is an excerpt of that interview.

Arts & Culture

Saturday, October 9, 2021 - 14:55

Third of November

By Victoria Turner

[First place for the Storytelling Contest photography category.] This picture was taken a few months before the 2020 US presidential election, so it seemed only appropriate that a surly-looking bald eagle would appear...

Science

Tuesday, September 28, 2021 - 11:19

The Cost of Being Constantly Available

By Victoria Turner

[Victoria Turner’s submission won first place in the Storytelling Contest’s science writing category.] As the pressures and restrictions of 2020 begin to lift, we could all appreciate some well-earned time off, but even those of us who try to unwind outside work are frustrated by the gentle chime of email at all hours.

Announcements

Monday, September 13, 2021 - 09:55

Welcome Back

By Victoria Turner

Welcome to the start of a new academic year and Synapse’s 66th year of publication.

Student Life

Saturday, May 29, 2021 - 10:35

That’s a (Bubble) Wrap!

By Victoria Turner

As we wrap up the 65th year of Synapse’s publication, I’m reminded that in 2019, we were preoccupied with fake news. We were convinced that bubbles were the problem.