Miliotis, a PhD student in the Pharmaceutical Sciences and Pharmacogenomics (PSPG) Program, beat out 10 finalists at Byers ...

This is part 3 of the limited series on the celebrated haute couture designer, Christian Dior. Christian Dior presented his first haute couture collection, named “Corolle,” in February 1947 at 30 ...

Human rights activists have been shocked down to their core as they received proof of the Chinese government’s horrific removal and trafficking of detained Uyghur Muslims’ organs. The investigation ...

I have not watched the George Floyd video. In fact, I have not watched the Ahmaud Aubrey, Eric Garner, or any of the other recordings of police brutality. I do not need to watch the video to know what ...

Why is the Western scientist always clothed? What would happen if science was conducted, metaphorically, in the nude? Thinking through this thought-experiment can lead us to a number of answers.

The 14-story, mixed-use building spearheaded by UC College of the Law, San Francisco (UC Law SF and formerly called UC Hastings) replaces Snodgrass Hall and will include 230 units of housing for ...

Originally published in Synapse on Sept. 23, 1999. “Disgusting, isn’t it?” said one of the directors of the national office of Medical Students for Choice (MSFC) as she handed me a copy of the Bottom ...

Nina Escueta is a second year student in the UCSF School of Medicine.

The founders of a biotech firm that launched at a UCSF start-up incubator in 2012 with promises of a groundbreaking fecal testing system are facing fraud charges in a case that’s not merely ...

At the age of thirteen, my genetic disorder caused my growth to accelerate, leading to an unusually tall stature. My pediatrician predicted a height of at least 6' 4" after puberty, whereas the ...

It was a rainy and blustery Tuesday morning. Clutching a white, large-canopied umbrella, with rainwater splashing around my footsteps, I rushed into San Francisco’s (SF) Civic Center Courthouse, at ...

Originally published in Synapse on February 26, 2009. For anyone possessing a shred of fairness, reading about Reconstruction, America’s attempt to deliver racial justice after the Civil War, is a ...