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
The value of faculty mentoring Georgina Breihof UA’16 and Jim Stellar The 2014 Gallup/Purdue poll suggests that students who had a mentor in college were 2.2 times more likely to be engaged in the workplace much later in … Continued
Social media, Diversity, and Ideas for Experiential Education Akanksha Atrey UA ’16 (December) and Jim Stellar After our first blog, AA’s summer research in computer science lead to yet another connection between us – a joint interest in … Continued
Cultivating STEM field interest in diverse high school student populations – one college student’s Ex Ed journey Symone Reid UA ’15 and Jim Stellar SR was a major in biochemistry and molecular biology and a senior when we … Continued
Finding Passion in the field(s) Shoshana Wodinsky QC’17 and Jim Stellar SW is a dual degree undergraduate in Neuroscience and English at Queens College where I was for 5 years before coming to the University at Albany about … Continued