Does the language that we speak determine how we think, or even our perceptions of the world? According to Lera Boroditsky, an Assistant Professor of Cognitive Psychology…
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Retired UCWbLing Editor
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Tune in to Scrawl
One of the best parts about working with the UCWbL is that we as tutors are given plenty of opportunities to exercise our creativity in support of…
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Learning to Fly
After weeks of shadowing, being shadowed and asking every other tutor within a five-mile radius if I could look over their shoulder at their online appointments, I…
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In the Business
This was it! Today was my first day being my own tutor. I was so excited I looked up my WCOnline schedule from home almost immediately after waking…
International Writing Centers Week (IWCW) kicks off on Valentine’s Day this year. To celebrate, the Collaborative for Multilingual Writing and Research (CMWR) is hosting a multilingual poetry…
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Story Club Chicago
Writing doesn’t always have to be about sitting with pen and paper or typing out into a word document. It can be enjoyed by listening to hilariously…
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Should Internet Access Be A Human Right?
The question whether Internet access should be considered a human right has gained new currency since the Egyptian government blocked access to it for over a week.
Attention all undergraduate LA&S students! Waiting for that opportunity to present your work? Have you considered Creating Knowledge?
Slam poets and buffs converge every Sunday around 7pm at the Green Mill Jazz Club in Chicago for weekly poetry slams. American poet Marc Smith has been…
I’ve been sitting on my first lead tutoring experience for a few days now, trying to figure out how exactly to classify it. Successful? Not so much?…