Knight Prize & Award Winners 2024
Congratulations to our 2024 prize and award winners!
Outstanding faculty win 2025 teaching and advising awards
Among those being recognized for exceptional teaching and mentorship this year are faculty members Begüm Adalet, Claudia Verhoeven, and Marcelo Aguiar.
Submitting FWS Grades
The KNIGHTLYnews is an online forum where FWS instructors and other teachers of writing can swap and share ideas for best classroom practice.
Puzzling Essays to Prepare FWS Students for Peer Review
The KNIGHTLYnews is an online forum where FWS instructors and other teachers of writing can swap and share ideas for best classroom practice.
FWS Instructor Reflection
The KNIGHTLYnews is an online forum where FWS instructors and other teachers of writing can swap and share ideas for best classroom practice.
Knight Prizes & Awards Celebrate Teaching and Learning
The KNIGHTLYnews is an online forum where FWS instructors and other teachers of writing can swap and share ideas for best classroom practice.
Two Ways to Start Preparing for the End of the Fall Semester
The KNIGHTLYnews is an online forum where FWS instructors and other teachers of writing can swap and share ideas for best classroom practice.
Knight Institute creates ‘culture of writing’ on campus
The institute coordinates the Cornell Writing Centers, Graduate Writing Service, writing workshops, first-year writing seminars and other programs.
Slowing down with my turtle teacher
The KNIGHTLYnews is an online forum where FWS instructors and other teachers of writing can swap and share ideas for best classroom practice.
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.
Teaching Writing with Generative AI
The KNIGHTLYnews is an online forum where FWS instructors and other teachers of writing can swap and share ideas for best classroom practice.
FWS Teaching Days: Visit a colleague's writing class
Whether you are thinking about teaching an FWS for the first time next year, are currently a first time teacher, or have been teaching FWS classes for many years, we welcome everyone to visit another classroom and see how other folks are doing this work.
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.
Join a Write-In!
Need to get some writing done? Write-ins are a great way to move your writing project forward.
AI Workshop for FWS Instructors
The KNIGHTLYnews is an online forum where FWS instructors and other teachers of writing can swap and share ideas for best classroom practice.
Cornell Writing Centers: Tutors can help writers use AI ethically and responsibly
The CWC is open and ready to talk with writers about using AI for writing in ways that emphasize learning about writing and promote your voice and sense of authorship and authority.
Email, Ghosting, and Your Syllabus
The KNIGHTLYnews is an online forum where FWS instructors and other teachers of writing can swap and share ideas for best classroom practice.
Quickly Orienting New FWS Students
The KNIGHTLYnews is an online forum where FWS instructors and other teachers of writing can swap and share ideas for best classroom practice.
Expecting, and Accepting, Fluctuating FWS Enrollment
The KNIGHTLYnews is an online forum where FWS instructors and other teachers of writing can swap and share ideas for best classroom practice.
Welcome, Spring 2025 FWS Students!
The John S. Knight Institute welcomes Spring 2025 FWS students to our community of Big Red Writers!
Welcome (back) FWS Instructors!
The KNIGHTLYnews is an online forum where FWS instructors and other teachers of writing can swap and share ideas for best classroom practice.
FWS Instructor Reflection
The KNIGHTLYnews is an online forum where FWS instructors and other teachers of writing can swap and share ideas for best classroom practice.
Self-Advocacy: Resources for Students
Check out these self-advocacy resources for students who use English as an additional language.
Recent Events
The KNIGHTLYnews is an online forum where FWS instructors and other teachers of writing can swap and share ideas for best classroom practice.
Writing Workshop for FWS Students | Revising Your Writing for Clarity
The KNIGHTLYnews is an online forum where FWS instructors and other teachers of writing can swap and share ideas for best classroom practice.
Election Resources
The KNIGHTLYnews is an online forum where FWS instructors and other teachers of writing can swap and share ideas for best classroom practice.
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.
Concerned about a Student? Academic Advising Should be Your First Stop, and Your Student’s First Stop
The KNIGHTLYnews is an online forum where FWS instructors and other teachers of writing can swap and share ideas for best classroom practice.
AI-Generated Food Reviews Leave FWS Students Hungry for More
The KNIGHTLYnews is an online forum where FWS instructors and other teachers of writing can swap and share ideas for best classroom practice.
Fall Holidays and Jewish Students
The KNIGHTLYnews is an online forum where FWS instructors and other teachers of writing can swap and share ideas for best classroom practice.
EVENT Notice and Respond: Assisting Students in Distress program
The KNIGHTLYnews is an online forum where FWS instructors and other teachers of writing can swap and share ideas for best classroom practice.
EVENT Bringing Archives & Collections to your FWS
The KNIGHTLYnews is an online forum where FWS instructors and other teachers of writing can swap and share ideas for best classroom practice.
Technology, Social Media & Generative AI in FWS
Students will research and write about technology, social media, and generative AI in these First-Year Writing Seminars.
Health & Wellness in FWS
Students will research and write about health and wellness in these First-Year Writing Seminars.
Food & Food Culture in FWS
Students will research and write about food and food culture in these First-Year Writing Seminars.
Useful Resources for FWS Instructors
The KNIGHTLYnews is an online forum where FWS instructors and other teachers of writing can swap and share ideas for best classroom practice.
Climate Change and Environmental Sustainability in FWS
Students will research and write about climate change and environmental sustainability in these First-Year Writing Seminars.
Welcome, Class of 2028!
The John S. Knight Institute welcomes the Class of 2028 to our community of Big Red Writers!
Knight Prize & Award Winners 2023
Congratulations to our 2023 prize and award winners!
Peter Loewen named dean of Arts and Sciences
Coming from the University of Toronto, where he was the director of the Munk School of Global Affairs and Public Policy, Loewen began his five-year appointment as the Harold Tanner Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences Aug. 1.
Implosion!
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 will share a writing strategy from their own writer’s toolkit.
Knight Faculty Recognized for Creative Responses to Generative AI
The Vice Provost for Academic Innovation and the Center for Teaching Innovation (CTI) recognized Knight faculty Tracy Carrick and Melissa Myers for their creative pedagogical work with generative AI.
Encourage Students to Visit the Writing Centers!
The KNIGHTLYnews is an online forum where FWS instructors and other teachers of writing can swap and share ideas for best classroom practice.
I write like I mean it!
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 will share a writing strategy from their own writer’s toolkit.
My Writing Space
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 will share a writing strategy from their own writer’s toolkit.
Submit your writing tip for a chance to win!
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 will share a writing strategy from their own writer’s toolkit.
Repetition, Moves, Maneuvers!
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 will share a writing strategy from their own writer’s toolkit.
Podcasts!
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 will share a writing strategy from their own writer’s toolkit.
Skill, Material, or Inquiry? Using AI purposefully in the classroom
The KNIGHTLYnews is an online forum where FWS instructors and other teachers of writing can swap and share ideas for best classroom practice.
Love Letters!
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 will share a writing strategy from their own writer’s toolkit.