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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.
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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Cornell Writes! is a digital newsletter sponsored by the Knight Institute for Writing in the Disciplines and the Cornell University Graduate School. Each week, a member of our writing community shares a writing strategy from their own writer’s toolkit.
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Alexis Sherman (ENG '26) published "A Wrinkle in Hollywood," an op-ed based on a FWS assignment.
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Cornell Writes! is a digital newsletter sponsored by the Knight Institute for Writing in the Disciplines and the Cornell University Graduate School. Each week, a member of our writing community shares a writing strategy from their own writer’s toolkit.
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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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Cornell Writes! is a digital newsletter sponsored by the Knight Institute for Writing in the Disciplines and the Cornell University Graduate School. Each week, a member of our writing community shares a writing strategy from their own writer’s toolkit.
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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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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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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.
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.
The English Language Support Office (ELSO) offers language, writing, and speaking support to multilingual and international graduate and professional students.