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Synapse, UCSF’s student-run newspaper, is celebrating 70 years with a special printed anniversary edition.
Get your copy today at the following locations:
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10/04/2025
UCSF prides itself on our diverse student body to educate and inspire the world around us. With our dedication to the winner of the Synapse Storytelling Contest, Nonfiction category, let’s please honor Amanda Lipford’s amazing article, “From Mistrust to Empowerment: How Historical Medical Racism Drove Black Women Toward Midwifery and Home Births”. Congratulations, Amanda!
10/01/2025
Welcoming our 2025 editor-in-chief, Mallory Shingle! She’s a student at UCSF School of Medicine and we’re all very excited to see what she and the Synapse team have in store for us this year ❤️go Mallory!! 🥳
09/18/2025
Wrapping up our most viewed posts, part 3…*drumroll* at a grand 10,607 views… “Why You Laugh When It’s Not Even Funny”!! Thank you all for following our most popular Synapse articles and we look forward to new content being posted to share!!
09/12/2025
Introducing the next two most viewed articles on Synapse! Stay tuned for our last post of the week to introduce our most popular article!!
09/10/2025
This week, we’ll be sharing our most viewed articles on Synapse! Stay tuned for part 2 and 3 later in the week!! 🤭🤭🤭
08/29/2025
Let’s celebrate the winners of Synapse’s Storytelling Contest together! 🎉🍾
08/23/2025
“Many young girls prefer to stay home to avoid the embarrassment and shame associated with menstruation. This lack of access to proper menstrual supplies often forces them to use alternatives like tissue, which can negatively impact their reproductive health over time.”
Check out the Synapse article about reproductive health and the stigma behind menstruation products and its impact on education, written by Edinna Nyanda-Obaseki, a student in the UCSF MS Global Health program!
08/21/2025
“Given the aging demographics of the human population, the need to understand aging is of growing necessity to the survival of our species.”
Dive deep into the mind of Bri Matsuovsky, student in the UCSF Graduate Division Medical Anthropology PhD program in the article that won Best of the Storytelling Contest here on Synapse!
https://synapse.ucsf.edu/articles/2025/05/27/aging-and-carbon-imaginary
EXTENDED DEADLINE! UCSF students, did you forget to enter the Storytelling Contest? You now have until TOMORROW! Top prizes in 4 categories = $250, $75 & $50. EVERY published entry in 2025-26 = $25
Enter at -> synapse.ucsf.edu/synapse-storytelling-contest
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The final countdown is ON! Just 1 day left to submit to the UCSF Storytelling Contest!
students, show off your talent in photography, prose, or poetry. Top prizes of $250, $75, and $50 in four categories! Unlimited entries!
Plus, even if you don’t win, you can still earn a $25 Amazon gift card when your work is published in Synapse through 2025–2026.
Submit unlimited entries by Friday, July 11
https://synapse.ucsf.edu/synapse-storytelling-contest
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