Accepting Applications: BUTTRICK-CRIPPEN ASSISTANTSHIP
The KNIGHTLYnews is an online forum where FWS instructors and other teachers of writing can swap and share ideas for best classroom practice.
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The Knight Institute coordinates the First-Year Writing Seminar Program, which serves the vast majority of first-year students at Cornell. It also has developed advanced-writing initiatives: it coordinates Writing in the Majors, and supports expository writing courses in the Department of Literatures in English. The Knight Institute is also home to the Writing Workshop, which offers tutorial-based writing classes and tutoring services for writers at all levels, disciplines, and stages of the writing process. In all, more than thirty-five academic departments and programs offer courses associated with the Knight Institute's programs.
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Summoning religion, mythology and memory ‘Within the Shop of the Divine’
A Saint Anthony statue that glows in the dark lights the way into poems that connect people beyond death, visit holy sites, consider Satanic bargains and consult astrology.
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Academic integrity and generative AI focus of PWGIA event 
A keynote and faculty panel on Nov. 12 will focus on how faculty can communicate their generative AI-related expectations to students, how students can take accountability for their work, and what this looks like in practice.
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Filing Academic Concern Letters: What you might not know, or might not have thought about
The KNIGHTLYnews is an online forum where FWS instructors and other teachers of writing can swap and share ideas for best classroom practice.
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Am I even supposed to be here?
The KNIGHTLYnews is an online forum where FWS instructors and other teachers of writing can swap and share ideas for best classroom practice.
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It's a Good Time to Collect Midterm Feedback
The KNIGHTLYnews is an online forum where FWS instructors and other teachers of writing can swap and share ideas for best classroom practice.
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One-on-One Consultations on Responding to Student Writing
Graduate Writing Service tutors are a valuable resource not just for writers, but also for teachers.
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Graduate Writing Service | The difference between barely writing and BEARLY writing
Cornell post-graduates can work with Graduate Writing Service tutors to refine and develop strategies for drafting and revising writing projects and teaching materials.
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First-Year Writing Seminars
For first-year students, the Knight Institute offers First-Year Writing Seminars (FWS) in one of the country's largest and most diverse programs in writing in the disciplines.
Tutoring
Graduate and undergraduate tutors offer one-on-one consultations for writers seeking feedback on all kinds of written work at any stage of the planning and drafting process.
English Language Support Office
The English Language Support Office (ELSO) offers language, writing, and speaking support to multilingual and international graduate and professional students.