August 2021 Issue
This was the prompt sent to students, faculty, and staff in the College of Medicine to solicit contributions for this issue: Reflect upon the past year and think about the near future. This upcoming academic year will look a lot different than the previous one. More in-person events. Social interaction outside of Zoom. Cautious optimism for the way things were. What did you learn about yourself, others, or the world last year? What do you hope to achieve this year related to research and medicine? How are you working toward those goals?
Hope
Background photo by Lina Trochez
Texas and T-rexes
Background photo from the Apolo Photographer
Breathe
Background photo from the National Cancer Institute
Genealogies
Background photo by Elia Pellegrini
Love and Joy
Background photo by Christopher Beloch
Indebted
Background photo by Marc A. Sporys
:Just the Med Student”
Background image by Luis Melendez
Perspectives from a Chair Weaver
Background photo by Rusian Bardash
Infection, Reflection, and Inflection
Background photo by Hayley Maxwell
Lessons from a Military Coup
Background photo from Museums Victoria
*Accompanying artwork/photographs were selected by the design editors.
Synapse Board Members
Thomas Nguyen Chairman
Rahul Tharoor Acquisitions Editor Jordan Garcia Senior Columnist Brianna Covin Senior Copy Editor Ahad Azimuddin Senior Copy Editor Alexandra Powell Senior Copy Editor Roger Garcia Copy Editor
Lena Ayari Managing Editor
Sarah Elmer Senior Staff Writer Darby Ballard Staff Writer Cerci Hammons Senior Design Editor Ksenia Vlassova Design Editor Christian Encarnacion Senior Social Media Manager Minhal Zaidi Social Media Manager
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thank you:
A special thanks to ...
Dr. Karen Wakefield for being our faculty editor, and
Dr. Barbara Gastel for serving as editorial mentor.
The Synapse is sponsored by the Department of Humanities in Medicine at the Texas A&M University College of Medicine.