Greg Hayner, PharmD (UCSF class of ‘77), has been working at the Haight-Ashbury Free Medical Clinic Detox Center for 14 years ...

The refrain “In a healthy individual like you or me” is one I commonly hear as a medical student from residents and ...

A petition demanding the return of the need-based childcare grant program has garnered over 100 signatures. Students who ...

I look towards the stage where a tall curvy woman stands, her cold unblinking gray gaze matching hers despite the lights ...

As I sat at my childhood home during Thanksgiving break, the dissonance between my current reality and the world I left ...

Originally published in Synapse on October 9, 2008. Members of the UCSF community gathered in an auditorium last week, chowed ...

It’s been six months. Uncertain. Unknown. Unremitting concern. Be transparent with me. Don’t dismiss my feelings. I’m sorry you’re going through this pain. You’re so young. I admire your strength.

Sutro Tower, as seen from Alta Plaza Park in Pac Heights. The westward setting sun blasts an orange columnated glow, warming a bare tree and a huddled couple. Late November 2022, the wind at this ...

[First place Synapse Storytelling Contest Winner for photography.] Maestra Rocio Morales, a Zapotec healer and community leader mourns the dispossession of earth-based healing practices and ...

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