Originally published in Synapse on October 22, 1998. Last week, the country confronted the death of Matthew Shepard, the University of Wyoming student killed in a vicious, antigay hate crime. This ...

Three winners of the Nobel Prize in medicine were announced in Stockholm, Sweden on Oct. 9. Prize winners Arvid Carlsson, ...

Fables written centuries ago still echo in the present — quietly, powerfully — reminding us of what it means to be human. As ...

The best I can do is light a candle. It is my grandmothers yahrzeit, after all.

Originally published on September 21, 1995. Among the books that have influenced my thinking are A Handmaid’s Tale and 1984. They both model the future and warn us to be vigilant about how our world ...

[First place winner of the Synapse Storytelling Contest Fiction category.] The experience of dying can vary greatly. Some see a light at the end of a tunnel. Others recollect all their life events.

Originally published in Synapse on September 19, 1985. In the next few days, Gov. George Deukmejian will decide the fate of a bill which would create a state health service corps. The corps would ...

First place winner of the Synapse Storytelling Contest Non Fiction category. America: a country that brags about its technology and medical advancements all the while allowing Black mothers to die.

From magical realism to urgent calls for justice, from fog-draped skylines to lyrical meditations on the self — this year’s Synapse Storytelling Contest showcased the remarkable range of UCSF student ...

Originally published in Synapse on May 21, 1998. Waking up to the annoying alarm I've used for the last four years, this morning felt no different than any other. Accustomed to my usual morning ...