Emily Johnston, a writing studies professor at UC Merced, has researched how the act of writing rewires the brain to build ...

THIS work enters the International Science Series as an abridged translation of the author's original book, which was written in Italian. As its title implies, it is throughout statistical, and as no ...

In the high-stakes world of college admissions, there’s one lesson every hopeful applicant should learn early: sometimes, what you leave out of your essay matters more than what you put in. As Sophie ...

For many students, essays can feel like distant, formal tasks with little room for passion. But what if your favorite superhero saga or indie graphic novel became the centerpiece of your next ...

I used to believe I taught the one genre that artificial intelligence couldn’t touch. For 15 years, I’ve guided college students through the deeply human work of personal narrative, helping them ...

Those seeking a job in the federal government will now have to write an essay in support of President Donald Trump's executive orders, according to a memo from the Office of Personnel Management.

An essential part of a real estate agent’s responsibilities includes being able to clearly communicate a pricing strategy for any property and identify current market trends. Comparative market ...

Humans have dominated the planet by telling stories; Yuval Noah Harari says we may soon no longer hold the pen Unlike the fictional Homo economicus, the hyperrational model used to explain our ...

Near the end of 2023, a popular YouTube creator known as hbomberguy released a video on plagiarism — a topic often confined to conversations in composition classrooms. The four-hour video, “Plagiarism ...

Cofounder of AI company Exa Jeffrey Wang wrote his college application essay about McDonald's. The Harvard graduate said he wanted to make his essay authentic and entertaining. Wang said he got into ...

Last spring, Makena, then a high school senior, was deep into cranking out some 70 essays for 20 college applications when her creativity started to wane. So, she turned to a high-tech brainstorming ...