“Seeing the Unseen: The Mentor’s Role in Helping Students Recognize Their Own Potential” By Chhiring Sherpa UA’23 and Jim Stellar This is the second blog in a pair and linked to the first one. This is the first time since this … Continued
“Becoming the Person I once Needed: A First-Gen Story of Healing and Hope” For reference, this is one of my college scholarship essays about my upbringing. The story of my journey as a first-generation female immigrant, born and raised in … Continued
How do you control being nudged in decision engineering? Sanjana Koushik ’22 NU and Jim Stellar In a society that often recognizes and rewards speed and multitasking, the art of slowing down is becoming increasingly rare, but simultaneously vital. As … Continued
After the experience of EMT and Organic Chemistry By Ally Siffringer UA’28 and Jim Stellar The title says it all. This blog is about combining the two pieces of a successful undergraduate career. The first is (obviously) clinical experience. Some … Continued
How I got into a lab and it changed my life By Cristina Schiaffo UA’26 and Jim Stellar Cristina and I met when she was a freshman and have stayed in contact over the years now writing this blog together … Continued
Why I applied to UAlbany as a diverse student By Naomi Clause UA’25 and Jim Stellar I came here to UAlbany from Brooklyn because of diversity. I never went to a school in Brooklyn that was not homogeneous, in my … Continued
To be premed or not to be premed? That is the question. By Ally Siffringer UA’28 and Jim Stellar Ally and Jim met in a remarkable 1 credit freshman psychology seminar course in the fall term of 2024 . We … Continued
On the journey to becoming a pediatric clinical psychologist By Natalie Godinez UA’27 and Jim Stellar As I begin writing on our first blog, my blue weighted dinosaur named Purple is seated on my lap. I look at him, he … Continued
A “Lab” of One’s Own By Natalia Diaz NU’11 and Jim Stellar Our old lab at Northeastern University, back in the early 2000s, became a kind of first home away from home for me, a place where I felt safe, … Continued
Some things I wish I knew about applying to graduate school By Sophia DiLavore UA ’25 and Jim Stellar At this point, as a team, we two have written three blogs mostly on ADHD. Here is the last one that … Continued