Salience, reward, and the brain Kelly Dumais NU’10 and Jim Stellar Kelly worked in my behavioral neuroscience laboratory in my last year at Northeastern and then she did a coop experience at McLean Hospital with my former graduate … Continued
From both sides, now Heather Brenhouse and Jim Stellar Heather was a graduate student of mine when I was Professor of Psychology and Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences (something that required her to be patient … Continued
View from a special experiential scholarship program Valerie De Jianne NU ’05 and Jim Stellar Valerie was in the first group of students at Northeastern University when I was Dean to win a 21st Century Scholarship. She and her peers … Continued
Albanian to American in higher education Enkelejda Demika NU ‘09 and Jim Stellar I first met Enkelejda at a high school science fair and immediately noticed a combination of the classic education hunger of an immigrant to US … Continued
Inspiration is key to students from underrepresented groups Tamara Buchanan NU’07 and Jim Stellar When I was Dean at Northeastern, Tamara worked a little in my research laboratory but came to me with a proposition. She noted that … Continued
Re-entry from Abroad Programs – Culture Shock and What it Means Ruth Wyshogrod (NU ’10) and Jim Stellar On January 3, I posted an e-mail that Ruth wrote from Israel about her coop abroad program experience and how … Continued
Exploring Two Worlds Ute Wenkemann NU’11 and Jim Stellar What happens when a student from Germany comes to an American university that features a cooperative education program? Both are cultural adjustments, first from the home country and then … Continued
We have been TACEd Jim Stellar and Rick Porter TACE is the Thailand Association of Cooperative Education. It aims to spread co-op throughout Thailand and is doing a pretty good job. We just finished a 4 day in-country … Continued
Math, Molecules, and Woman Rimma Pivovarov NU ’10 and Jim Stellar I first met Rimma when she was a prospective student interested in mathematics and I was Dean of the College at Northeastern University. Now she is about … Continued
Undergraduate research – introduction achieved. Now what? Ashley Pira NU’12 and Jim Stellar As a Freshman, Ashley wrote a post on March 25th that attracted a good deal of comment back to me about how students approach professors and the … Continued