07
May
Is a mentor in college similar to a nurse in medicine in creating good outcomes? By Iris Tamura UA’ 26 and Jim Stellar This blog builds on our last one in that there is something similar in a student’s mentoring … Continued
04
May
AI and nudging. Who has control? Sanjana Koushik ’22 NU and Jim Stellar In our third blog, we discussed how individuals can build awareness of decision engineering and make more purposeful choices. This involves slowing down, as recommended by decision-science … Continued
28
Apr
Graduation is looming. What now? Lauren Dodds UA’26 and Jim Stellar LD is approaching graduation in the spring, and we decided to write about it. There is nothing that concentrates the mind of a college student more than coming up … Continued
25
Apr
Navigating On-Campus Research as a Biochemistry Major By Stephanie Oshiotse UA’28 and Jim Stellar I began my journey of getting into a research lab in December of 2025. I knew that I absolutely wanted to get involved in some type … Continued
21
Apr
Second semester: Emotional Uncertainty, The Fear of Taking Action, and The Art of Finding One’s Career Path By Ben Hughes UA’29 and Jim Stellar BH and JS are still talking in the second semester of his freshman year. JS just … Continued
26
Mar
What shifted Salina from premed to prePA By Salina Sahawneh UA’26 and Jim Stellar There is something we share. Both of us were biology premed until our last years of college when we switched. SS is going to PA and … Continued
25
Mar
Onto an MSW program after a senior seminar in psychology Ava Levere UA ’26 and Jim Stellar AL took my APSY450T class and was an outstanding student. We began to talk about her career and I wrote her a letter … Continued
23
Mar
My summer internship By Molly Meyer Starr UA’28 and Jim Stellar When I (MMS) told JS that I had a summer internship in Manhattan at C.A.R.E.S at Mount Sinai, his face lit up. I had come in to talk to … Continued
17
Mar
Defining adversity in a research laboratory By DeMaris Richardson ECU’21 and Jim Stellar Dr. Humphreys highlighted how “adversity” is an umbrella term encompassing a wide range of experiences, yet there isn’t a universally accepted definition of what it truly looks … Continued
11
Mar
Freshman Seminar – taught by a professor and a student By Zaila Brinson UA’27 and James Stellar We taught together a 1-credit course (UFSP 100) to about 30 freshmen in their first semester of Fall 2025. As background, we were … Continued