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I found my gap year job in Syracuse with a professor at Syracuse doing Alzheimer’s research By Kriti Kalary UA’25 and Jim Stellar As KK says, I looked everywhere for a job to do in the gap year between my … Continued

Pursuing biotechnology, starting as a freshman By Stephanie Oshiotse UA’28 and Jim Stellar I am thinking about ultimately graduating with my masters in Biochemistry & Molecular Biology. I just couldn’t choose between Biology and Chemistry so I chose the next … Continued

The social brain and how it works to make first impression connections By Kaeci Charles UA’26 and Jim Stellar We previously wrote a blog about first impressions using the metaphor of thin slicing by Malcom Gladwell. Now we want to … Continued

How a professor and a student came to write a blog By Jennifer Agbanyo UA’27 and Jim Stellar JA was a student in an introductory psychology class that JS taught in the spring of 2024.  She sat on the right-hand … Continued

Decision making with imperfect information – cognitive-emotional integration Katrina Wang UA 27 and Jim Stellar Katrnia and I met when she took my introductory psychology course in the spring of 2024.  I found her interest in psychology to itself be … Continued

How do you maintain productive energy after you graduate? By Mudra Patel UA’25 and Jim Stellar Mudra and I met in Psychopharmacology in the Fall of 2024. She had some dual credits and finished her college years in December of … Continued

My Gap Year is Almost Over. Now what? by Paige Shellhammer UA’24 and Jim Stellar In this gap year, we have discussed alternatives in types of graduate schools. I’ve (PS) provided my own insight through experience, as well as received … Continued

Conceptual knowledge and its validation by emotion in the brain – the common center of our thinking, and the philosophical self Keira Autera UA’27 and Jim Stellar The brain, particularly the neocortex, we say, is the seat of cognitive conceptual … Continued

From office work to health care management work By Molly Mann UA’23 and Jim Stellar In our last blog almost a year ago, after you finished college a semester early, you talked about how “a little voice inside of my … Continued

My experiences convinced me to switch majors to Social Welfare.  How is it going? By Netanya Weiss and Jim Stellar We are back after writing a blog over the last summer on how NW’s freshman summer experience and her sophomore … Continued