Internships that have launched Carter Rowe ’25 into a career at the Golisano Center for Special Needs (GCSN) are now available to a wider population of Syracuse University students, courtesy of a new pilot program with SUNY Upstate Medical University.

The program enables 20 undergraduates to gain clinical and translational research experience at GCSN, a national leader in the treatment of patients with intellectual and developmental disabilities.

“Meeting with clients and talking to family members gave me a new appreciation for my field,” says Rowe, who interned at GCSN for two years while majoring in psychology at Syracuse. “Those moments catalyzed my interest in severe behavior disorders and led me to the path I’m on.”

Today, Rowe is a behavioral technician at GCSN, where he’s pursuing a master’s degree in behavioral analysis studies. His thesis advisor is his former internship supervisor, Courtney Mauzy, who helped design the new initiative with Kristen Aust, director of career advising in Syracuse’s Office of Student Success, which serves the College of Arts and Sciences and Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs.

Read the full Syracuse University Today story by Rob Enslin.