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VOL. 2 NO. 1, FALL 2009

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Cover Story

Why creative writing is a force on campus: Maintaining a balance between 'the mind and the heart' through storytelling

by George Lowery

The value of creative writing instruction is difficult to quantify. It may never ensure its students a steady paycheck or retirement plan, and the discipline itself is sometimes questioned.

Weill Hall

Its techniques are employed by scientists, engineers, lawyers and business people who, like the students in one of the nation's most selective creative writing programs, appreciate the power of words to influence and inspire as well as to communicate. Read more

VIEWPOINT

'Mischievous abandon' and solidarity

by Sana Krasikov

My junior year at Cornell, I signed up for my first writing course - The Art of the Essay. I recall the people and the peculiar madness and camaraderie of that first writing class at Cornell. Read more

Robot or sonnet? The power of creativity

by Laura Brown

Today there are more than 800 creative writing programs in the U.S., and creative writing courses are offered on almost every college campus. Read more

In our next issue:

Lillian ÒLilyÓ Wood Õ11 with students at The Point, a community development organization in the South Bronx this past summer that she worked with as part of the Cornell Urban Scholars Program.

New York City is not just a dense urban extension of Cornell's Ithaca campus - although several colleges and schools have actual brick-and-mortar presences in the city, there are countless other ways that Cornellians are part of the lifeblood of New York. From student internships and research to alumni networking and events, from Cornell Cooperative Extension programs (in all five boroughs) to the Big Red at Madison Square Garden - Cornell can be found in all walks of life in New York City.

In the winter issue of Ezra, we look at how New York City is truly an urban laboratory for students and faculty and the opportunities and experiences it affords that couldn't be replicated anywhere else. In that way, New York City offers new dimensions to many Cornell programs - dimensions that only the Big Apple can provide.