William O’Sullivan, who goes by Bill, is a long-time patron of the UCSF Gym and an institution within this campus’ mighty ...

People died on the streets from heatstroke, and in the emergency room of Oroville Hospital and in the waiting rooms of the ...

This British film about a young black optometrist who seeks out her birth mother after the death of her adopted mother stands ...

We had a core of members of the Editorial Board who were committed to Equity and Justice. For some, the paper was referred to ...

Seventy years on, the paper’s through-line is not a single political position, but a commitment to voice: to documenting how ...

In this 2003 conversation, founder Don Swatman recounts how the paper began as a modest, typewritten project in the Dental ...

I recall my time as Editor-in-Chief at Synapse as a major highlight of my first two years of medical school (1979-1981). At ...

In 1956, Don Swatman from the School of Dentistry founded Synapse as a student newspaper. What began as a small operation mostly specific to the dental school quickly grew. With the added support of ...

[This piece launches a new series in which former Synapse editors-in-chief look back on experiences, priorities and decisions that shaped their time leading the paper.] I recall my time as ...