Sylvie Sturm
Reporter at San Francisco Public Press
Reporter @sfpublicpress & @sfcivic, @UCSF_Synapse managing editor, proud 🇨🇦 Follow me on Bluesky https://t.co/gxVwOf674I
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3 weeks ago |
sfpublicpress.org | Sylvie Sturm
This article is adapted from an episode of our podcast, “Civic.” Click the audio player below to hear the full story. As the Trump administration cuts tens of thousands of federal jobs under the guise of “efficiency,” veterans say the sweeping layoffs and surreptitious push toward privatization are worsening their lives and eroding essential Department of Veterans Affairs healthcare and support programs.
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3 weeks ago |
synapse.ucsf.edu | Sylvie Sturm
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 Publications or the University of California. Contact(415) [email protected]
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3 weeks ago |
synapse.ucsf.edu | Sylvie Sturm
During my years as a researcher at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF), I never stopped to think about our funding. Usually, that is the responsibility of our trustee leader, the Principal Investigator. For many research institutions, UCSF being no exception, grant funding is critical. UCSF that one-fifth of its revenue comes from grants and contracts. In 2024, the National Institutes of Health (NIH) awarded UCSF $814,929,934.
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3 weeks ago |
synapse.ucsf.edu | Sylvie Sturm
Originally published in Synapse on May 26, 1988. Case: A 29 year-old Salvadoran woman, mother of three, is unable to speak about her experiences in El Salvador. She has been in San Francisco for three years and is currently eligible for temporary residency under amnesty laws. When asked to tell her story she becomes so agitated that she is unable to explain the reasons why she was compelled to flee her country.
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3 weeks ago |
synapse.ucsf.edu | Sylvie Sturm
When the waiting caught on firethe world ragesAgitationNo amount is the right amountWhen the burning turns into asheshopelessness weighs heavyVoidThere is not a cupWhen the ashes dissolve into sparklesgiving up feels forcedOpenSun rays are still dancing in the airFriends are still buzzing up on the phoneHeroes are still holding up the worldAnd I am still moving through lifeZiqian Feng is a Graduate Student in the Health Data Science program.
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The #Trump administration plans to cut 83,000 #VA jobs, many of them held by vets helping other vets. In this episode of Civic by @SFPublicPress, I speak with federal workers, policy critics, and #veterans whose lives have been upended. Listen at https://t.co/sdIrdOfS6a https://t.co/JXkLYkaTN9
Today a court temporarily paused #Trump's plan to defund #homeless support in #SanctuaryCities. I talked to Sunni Khalid on @KALW Crosscurrents about the bleak outlook of losing grants. Funding cuts will likely lead to homelessness surge in #SanFrancisco https://t.co/ZVJA1vqEbu https://t.co/1v9pbQg6Dm
SF's solution for street conditions includes more arrests. Meanwhile, jails are full. Shelter + treatment fall short. Who benefits & who doesn't in this Civic episode. https://t.co/MJtx6YAKKh #SanFrancisco #SFPD #CityHall #HomelessnessCrisis @sfdefender @SFPD @gubbioproject https://t.co/Sef1d8ceVb
