Groundbreaking research on BCI’s–“brain-computer interfaces” has stirred up a lot of excitement in the science world. The possibility of technology that responds directly to your brainwaves is…
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As any English major will tell you, one of the joys of studying literature is that it provides one with plenty to read. Of course, I’ve found…
I believe it was Marge Piercy who said, “If you want to be a writer, be a reader.” I think there is much practical, as well as…
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Income is as Income Does?
Last week I was at the Lincoln Park Campus in McGaw Hall, my favorite building for intellectual stimulation. Home of the English Department, the Department of Modern…
Most UCWbLers may know or remember that Writing Groups Leaders do a lot of work with adult students from the School for New Learning. As part of…
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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…
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…
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…
Some have appropriated unto the process of writing a somewhat romantic picture. We imagine our favorite writers hunched over desks, grumbling to themselves through sips of whiskey…
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Family Affair (Scrawl S1 E16)
It’s a family affair on today’s Scrawl, as we welcome not one, but two special guests from the UCWbL! Writing Tutor/Fellow Martina Mihelicova reads some short fiction…