Lessons from drug addiction in rats and from PTSD for college students choosing their major/career in college By Maeve Lampman UM’28 and Jim Stellar I (ML) am a sophomore Honors neuroscience student at UMass Amherst, who is considering attending medical … Continued
How I got a mentor and then got into a research lab By Talia Ballard UA’28 and Jim Stellar First, I (TB) connected with JS and we developed a mentoring relationship. … Hello Talia, Hello back. As winter break is … Continued
How does an internship make you more of a professional in an undergraduate Social Welfare program By Netanya Weiss and Jim Stellar I just started my program’s internship and it has been eye-opening even though I did other smaller internships … Continued
The Dental School application process – a journey By Mudra Patel UA’25 and Jim Stellar MP’s applications are now in. This blog is about the personal on-the-ground view of what it is like to go through this testing and application … Continued
The transition from graduate student to front-line clinical supervisor Emma Langsford UA’23, C’25 and Jim Stellar In May 2025 I (EL) graduated from my master’s program in clinical psychology, rounding out two years of being a full-time graduate student while … Continued
The Gap Year is settling in By Natalie Hearn and Jim Stellar NH is about 8 months into her planned gap of two years. While she says that it still sometimes feels like she just graduated, there have been some … Continued
The internship experience in graduate school Helena Horvat and Jim Stellar In our latest blog post, I (HH) reflected on applying to my first internship in my clinical PsyD program. While I have mastered taking college and graduate-level courses, excelling … Continued
Transitions – Christina becomes an undergraduate neuroscientist at Cornell University By Christina Cheng and Jim Stellar Christina graduated high school and went to Cornell University after working some at the University Albany in a neuroscience laboratory while still in high … Continued
Getting the most from our kids in the K-6 educational system: Why High Expectations Still Require Deep Connections By Rebecca Rivera UA’23 and Jim Stellar Let’s open with this question from our last blog. “The question is how do we … Continued
What it Means to Follow Your Heart (According to the Little Voice in the Back of Your Head) By Rachel Orenstein UA’24 and Jim Stellar There is a piece of advice which seems to permeate every possible situation, an applicable … Continued