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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

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

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

How does an NYU internship make two graduate students into professionals By Rachel Grottola UA’24 and Jessica Montalvo UA’24 and Jim Stellar We three wanted to write about the idea of two UAlbany undergraduates who are master’s degree students at … Continued

Working in a gap year and how that changes the college perspective By Clare Hart UA’25 and Jim Stellar Clare graduated in the Spring of 2025, having recently posted a blog that was written in Clare’s senior year on the … Continued

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