How are you?I Inhale.And I’m quickly reminded that this was first real breath I’ve taken all dayHow long have I been holding it?Come to think of it, I can’t even breathe properlyThe weight on my chest ...

Dr. Bob Wachter, UCSF’s Chair of the Department of Medicine, gained a vast twitter following during the COVID pandemic with his informative, direct, and sometimes personal tweets. He’s kept his ...

As Omicron wanes and UCSF opens up cautiously again (hopefully for the last time), an unexpected group of researchers are fighting to have their contributions over the course of the pandemic ...

After months and months of remote work, well esteemed, distinguished, Lasker awardee, national academy of sciences member, presidential medal, nobel laureate Professor Albright Allgood, ...

Originally published in Synapse on January 12, 2006. Last month, the nations of the world gathered in Montreal to try to do something about the growing threat from global warming. At least, most of ...

Writing for Synapse has brought us immense joy. With each of our respective programs requiring so much from us, Synapse offered a small reprise into the land of the written word. During our time here, ...

How do you say goodbye to a place with countless memories carved on its every corner. Those were the simple days. The innocent days. The almost-worry-free days. The habit burger late night runs. The ...

During the COVID-19 isolation order I’ve been… Finding ways to volunteer remotely, lots of facetime and Netflix party calls, keeping up (or trying to) with remote learning. My useful tips for others ...

Hong Kong. A beautiful city, but also one of unrest. I painted this for a friend who recently had an impactful trip there. He soaked in the richness of the culture but also witnessed first-hand the ...

This submission earned Amber Por third place in the Synapse Storytelling Contest creative writing category. I’m still figuring out the best version of myself; And though it is a journey, it is a ...

I have never taken a class about the polycrisis, and in fact only recently learned what it is. The polycrisis is what we are living through, the climate crisis and related issues such as war, mass ...

Originally published in Synapse on September 22, 1988. Our colleges and universities have come under highly critical consideration of late from scholars, legislators, and university administrators ...