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The Knight Institute coordinates the First-Year Writing Seminar Program, which serves the vast majority of first-year students at Cornell. It also has developed advanced-writing initiatives: it coordinates Writing in the Majors, and supports expository writing courses in the Department of Literatures in English. The Knight Institute is also home to the Writing Workshop, which offers tutorial-based writing classes and tutoring services for writers at all levels, disciplines, and stages of the writing process. In all, more than thirty-five academic departments and programs offer courses associated with the Knight Institute's programs.
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The KNIGHTLYnews is an online forum where FWS instructors and other teachers of writing can swap and share ideas for best classroom practice. Weekly posts are designed to help teachers develop lesson plans and writing assignments, and respond to classroom challenges by introducing new teaching tools and sharing emerging pedagogical ideas. Posts also direct readers…
Graduate Writing Service tutors can offer you valuable feedback on your writing. For graduate students, postdocs, and faculty across Cornell!
A new biography reveals how Harlem Renaissance writer Jean Toomer’s vision of a new American race shaped both the creation of his modernist novel "Cane" and his struggle with racial identity. The study, by Cornell College of Arts and Sciences literature scholar George Hutchinson, reexamines Toomer’s legacy and complex views on race.
Cornell Writing Centers will start tutoring on Monday, June 22, 2026. Appointments are required during the summer.
The KNIGHTLYnews is an online forum where FWS instructors and other teachers of writing can swap and share ideas for best classroom practice. Weekly posts are designed to help teachers develop lesson plans and writing assignments, and respond to classroom challenges by introducing new teaching tools and sharing emerging pedagogical ideas. Posts also direct readers…
For first-year students, the Knight Institute offers First-Year Writing Seminars (FWS) in one of the country's largest and most diverse programs in writing in the disciplines.
Graduate and undergraduate tutors offer one-on-one consultations for writers seeking feedback on all kinds of written work at any stage of the planning and drafting process.
The English Language Support Office (ELSO) offers language, writing, and speaking support to multilingual and international graduate and professional students.