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Jun
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
20
Feb
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
19
Jan
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
03
Jan
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
08
Dec
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
11
Nov
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
06
Nov
Getting into Undergraduate Research from Ghana Caroline Apreku UA’18 and Jim Stellar I first met Caroline when she was at a recent summer undergraduate research poster session at the Cancer Center on the Health Sciences campus of the … Continued
22
Oct
Social encouragement from a group to join a lab Alyssa M Hathaway UA ’18 and Jim Stellar Alyssa is a student from diverse background from Plattsburgh who is in the Honors College and is a Psychology Major. Recently, … Continued
07
Sep
Reaching for the future Angela Saulsbery ‘NU 15 and Jim Stellar Students make decisions all the time about what course to take, what major to pursue, and what career path to follow. Like all of us, they make … Continued
16
May
Internships and Initiative by Jona Hoxha UA’17 and Jim Stellar I met a few students at a recent dinner for alumni at the Rockefeller College of Public Affairs and Policy. We got into a conversation about how internships … Continued