What are soft skills … particularly wisdom? by Kristen Morin and Jim Stellar Every employer or human resource specialist in charge of hiring can agree that the ideal job candidate exhibits more than simply a high level of … Continued
Secret computations of the hidden brain 3: Dopamine and learning by Brandy Eggan and Jim Stellar This post is the third and final one of our “Hidden Brain Series” that focuses on the role of dopamine in … Continued
Secret computations of the hidden brain 2: To “Go” or to “NoGo,” is the question and D1 and D2 dopamine neurons are the answer Brandy Eggan and Jim Stellar In our last blog post, we discussed how the … Continued
Secret computations of the hidden brain 1: How brain reward works and why it matters … in higher education Brandy Eggan and Jim Stellar Many of our blogs start with the idea that unconscious decision-making works by balancing positive … Continued
Simplification and the Useful deployment of knowledge Paulina Smietanka and Jim Stellar We have written before when PS was an undergraduate student of speech pathology at Queens College CUNY, before going to Columbia University for her MA in … Continued
The value of faculty mentoring Georgina Breihof UA’16 and Jim Stellar The 2014 Gallup/Purdue poll suggests that students who had a mentor in college were 2.2 times more likely to be engaged in the workplace much later in … Continued
Co-curricular involvement and Experiential Education By Saben Durio UA’16 and Jim Stellar Saben, you have been involved pretty extensively in student life in the last few years. How about you start by telling us a bit about what … Continued
Wisdom and the “soul” of experience Marina Vazura QC’17 and Jim Stellar We believe MV’s personal experience as a first year graduate student at Queens College in the field of speech-language pathology reveals a fundamental principle of experiential education, … Continued
Building confidence through Twitter Zaniub Amir UA’17 and Jim Stellar Zainub is one of our most successful students, now a senior. The university has featured her on our posters placed on campus. It wrote a piece about her … Continued
Faculty mentoring, peer mentoring, and confidence – a premed story Molly MacIsaac UA’18 and Jim Stellar Molly is a premedical honors college student with a major in Biology. She works in a research lab in the RNA institute. … Continued