Signed: A humbled and inspired medical student, learning to listen with both ears and heart. Saffanat Sumra is a student in the School of Medicine.

Originally published in Synapse on September 25, 1986. In a dramatic reversal of last year’s disappointing showing, the School of Medicine enrolled 39 underrepresented minority students this fall. The ...

Young girls are seeing more Barbie dolls on shelves with careers ranging from scientists, future leaders, and astronauts, and imagining a world where they can be limitless in possibilities. However, ...

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.

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.

Every three seconds, someone in the world develops dementia. More than 55 million people worldwide are currently living with dementia, including an estimated 6.7 million adults living with Alzheimer’s ...

The environment one lives in directly impacts one’s health — common sense tells us this. If someone knowingly harms another’s health, clear grounds for reparations exist. What happens, then, if our ...

How do you say goodbye to a place with countless memories carved on its every corner. Those were the simple days. The innocent days. The almost-worry-free days. The habit burger late night runs. The ...

Ziqian Feng is a Graduate Student in the Health Data Science program. She loves to explore the big questions in life and wishes to use her poetry as a channel for opening and community.

Hunger is a natural part of life, but have you ever stopped to consider why you’re feeling hungry? Understanding the difference between physiological and psychological hunger can help you make more ...