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Research Writing about Writing

Digital humanities, the next big thing?

An article in today’s New York Times discusses what might be the next big thing in the humanities. With texts being digitally scanned and uploaded every day…

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New Media Research

Politics and the English Language

What would George Orwell think? While the origins of textual analysis dates back to ancient times, the use of computers to analyze texts is a recent development.

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New Media Writing about Writing

Get your research published… on Wikipedia

According to N.P.R., Wikipedia’s Public Policy Initiative has recruited professors from eight different universities (including Harvard and U.C. Berkeley) to incorporate Wikipedia into their courses on public…

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Writing about Writing

Do you know about Zotero?

As November rolls onward, DePaul University’s finals week approaches.  Those research paper due dates that were once safely tucked away on a calendar page far far away…

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Outreach and Events Research

Greetings from the IWCA/NCPTW Conference in Baltimore!

Every two years, the writing center community converges at the International Writing Center Association Conference and National Conference on Peer Tutoring in Writing. The 2010 conference is…

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Writing about Writing

Get Out and Vote

Election Day is here! Because the UCWbL values democratic processes, I’m posting some online resources that the undecided voter may find useful before heading out to the…