A Constant Battle: The Conscious, Subconscious, Diversity and Inclusion – Blog #1 Sarmin Akter UA’22, Branden Eggan, James Stellar, My Story I, Sarmin, remember the excitement I felt when I first came to visit the University at Albany. The … Continued
Are Entrepreneurs Born or Made? An Experiential Education View Pat Gareau UA’17 and Jim Stellar As we wrote in the end of our last blog on place-based thinking in entrepreneurship, unconscious vs. conscious decision-making may play a role in developing … Continued
Georgina Breihof UA ’16, ’18 and Jim Stellar Georgina and I wrote a blog together on the value of mentoring to both of us. We were also driven by the (surprisingly) published finding of better engagement, later in life, in the … Continued
Entrepreneurship in location – as seen through the eyes of a recent graduate Pat Gareau UA’17 and Jim Stellar Pat graduated from Hudson Valley, a local SUNY community college, in 2015. He attended the University at Albany (where we met) … Continued
Business and Art studies – a Powerful Combination Kimberly Durma UA’17 and Jim Stellar Kimberly made a presentation at a Blackstone Launchpad event when I was Provost, before I returned to the faculty. I was so impressed with how … Continued
What is in common between on campus work and off campus internship experiences? By Jessica Levine UA ’17, ’19 and Jim Stellar I got to know Jessica when she was turning from an UAlbany undergraduate in Political Science … Continued
Mission in Mexico – The Ultimate in Learning from Experience Stephanie Ortiz QC’13 and Jim Stellar We were together at Queens College, CUNY, and we wrote a blog together about her interest in starting a student club to … Continued
What are soft skills … particularly wisdom? by Kristen Morin and Jim Stellar Every employer or human resource specialist in charge of hiring can agree that the ideal job candidate exhibits more than simply a high level of explicit knowledge … Continued
Secret computations of the hidden brain 2: To “Go” or to “NoGo,” is the question and D1 and D2 dopamine neurons are the answer Brandy Eggan and Jim Stellar In our last blog post, we discussed how the … Continued
Secret computations of the hidden brain 1: How brain reward works and why it matters … in higher education Brandy Eggan and Jim Stellar Many of our blogs start with the idea that unconscious decision-making works by balancing positive … Continued