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 ...

Seventy years on, the paper’s through-line is not a single political position, but a commitment to voice: to documenting how students experience power, responsibility, and care in real time. In that ...

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 ...

Synapse is the UCSF student newspaper. We seek to serve as a forum for the campus community. Articles and columns represent the views of the authors and not necessarily those of the Board of ...

[Third place winner in the Synapse Storytelling Contest photography category.] Baker Beach during my first San Francisco heat wave was a sight to behold. The shore transformed into a colorful ...

I walked in the cold ocean water, as usual, to wake up my feet and lighten up the tension. Circulation is a wonderful thing, so is Courage, and so is Patience. Surfers are coming by at this golden ...