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A Student Group Can Produce Retention – an Example of the Middle Earth Program by Marc Cohen UA’16 and Jim Stellar MC has been and is involved in student leadership at the University at Albany, SUNY, and now at the … Continued

The Same Effects of Undergraduate Research, 44 Years Apart   Akanksha Atrey UA ’18 and Jim Stellar   I first met AA at a ceremony where she won a Woman in Technology Award and we discovered in casual conversation that … Continued

Lessons learned for retention from the EOP program and other student voices   Chrisel Martinez UA ‘16, Brittanyliz Echevarria UA’17, and Jim Stellar   Both CM and BE worked for an enhancing the student experience (ESE) retention team at the … Continued

Women, Decision-Making, and Experiential Education Rachel Eager UA’18 and Jim Stellar It is not deniable. Sexism still exists despite the fact that it is not as blatantly outright as it once was. Women can now have careers, wear what they … Continued

Experiential education and decisions without words   Darya Rubenstein QC 14 and Jim Stellar   We two recently wrote a blog post that focused on Rabbi Akiva Tatz’s view of wisdom in the sense of da’as; a Hebrew term meaning … Continued

Wisdom, unconscious decision-making, and experiential learning   Darya Rubenstein QC 14 and Jim Stellar   In an interesting YouTube piece, Rabbi Akiva Tatz addresses an issue that is under emphasized in the Western world: wisdom. In the world we live … Continued

The Trolley Problem in Philosophy, In- vs. Out-groups, and Experiential Education     Anna Wilga QC ‘15 and Jim Stellar   This story begins with the trolley dilemma from modern philosophy.  The trolley dilemma today is a two-part thought experiment, … Continued

College Price vs. Value and Experiential Education Allyson Savin NU’07 and Jim Stellar AS and JS wrote a blog post a few years ago on leadership – a natural topic as AS was a student leader.But AS was also a … Continued

The Insular Cortex, von Economo neurons, and awareness of feelings Ilyssa Monda-Loiacono, Golshan Aghanori QC’13, Jungyo Kim QC’13, and Jim Stellar Led by Ilyssa, who is a graduate student, Golshan, Jungyo, and Jim have been reading papers on the human … Continued