Struggling to carve out time for writing papers or grants? A bit behind on your latest thesis draft for your mentor? Need other students around to keep you accountable? If any of this sounds like you, ...

Jaclyn Wells, Ph.D., director of the UWC, recruits tutors who make people feel comfortable when sharing their writing. The tutors can assist before a draft is composed, such as providing help in ...

AI tools are changing how students approach academic work. From writing and research to presentation design and content planning, smart platforms are making it easier to work efficiently and produce ...

The one course all students take their first semester at Bowdoin is a First-Year Writing Seminar (FYWS). First-Year Writing Seminars balance significant intellectual work with instruction in writing ...

Late at night, a student sits at her desk while the soft glow of a laptop screen casts shadows across the room. Outside, the city street is quiet, but inside, her mind is racing. Fingers hover over ...

As AI cements itself firmly into classrooms, one large and lingering question concerns when and how students can use it appropriately. It takes only seconds to plug a writing prompt into a generative ...

A colleague of ours recently attended an AI training where the opening slide featured a list of all the ways AI can revolutionize our classrooms. Grading was listed at the top. Sure, AI can grade ...