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A Promising Start to The Beating Art

The Beating Art, a new show on Radio DePaul, launched its debut this past Monday, Sep. 27 at 9pm by featuring two DePaul spoken word talents.  The…

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Outreach and Events Peer Writing Tutoring Research

Research Team Presents In-Service, Crowd Goes Wild

This morning the Research Team led the second in-service of the autumn quarter.  For the past year the Team has been assessing the effectiveness of UCWbL practices…

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Writing about Writing

Digicational: Check out the UCWbL’s Types of Writing.

Need some guidance on how to approach your Digication e-portfolio? Maybe you’re not sure which module is best for your needs. Or perhaps you are wondering about…

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Writing about Writing

The DePaul Class That Liberated Me as a Writer

I suspect all of us could say that there are classes we expected to be life-changing, others we thought of as, well, just classes. But life does…

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New Media

To Tag, or Not to Tag

There has been a great evolution in my mind concerning the concept of graffiti. When young, I associated it with a disrespectful ugliness that surfaced on trips…

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Writing about Writing

Overlooked Writing Genres That Are Secretly Awesome

Want to get the creative juices flowing, but not interested in writing the Great American Novel or being the next e.e. cummings?  Why not a try a…

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Peer Writing Tutoring

Alice’s Adventures in UCWbLand

“The Hatter opened his eyes very wide…but all he said was, ‘How is a raven like a writing desk?’ ”

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Outreach and Events Writing about Writing

Banned Books Week

Join the UCWbL in celebrating Banned Books Week! On Monday, September 26, from 10 am to 1 pm we’ll be reading from a selection of frequently banned,…

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Outreach and Events Peer Writing Tutoring Research Writing about Writing

Research Team In-Service

Attention, UCWbLers! Research Team here! Have you ever wanted to know how students feel about your work as tutors? Have you ever wondered how many tutorials the…

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Writing about Writing

What Experience “Made a Writer Out of YOU?”

As we approach The National Day of Writing on October 20, it seems timely to look back on the experiences that brought us to cultivate our skills…