Volume 50 is out now! Read the full issue here: compositionforum.com/issue/50/ This issue includes: - A retrospective - 6 articles - 2 program profiles - 6 reviews Thanks for reading & sharing! If you want to know more about submissions, click here: compositionforum.com/submissions.php.

Excited to announce that registration for Rice VCS 2023 is open! This year’s theme is “Because the data doesn’t speak for itself," with a focus on the human side of data visualization. Learn more (and register) here: vcs.rice.edu

“This idea of writing as a vehicle for discovery is common among teachers, but it seems to be largely absent from the most dire predictions about the fate of college writing.” A thoughtful reflection on writing and thinking. ⁦Rice Program in Writing and Communication⁩ houstonchronicle.com/opinion/outloo…

ChatGPT - what can it do? What can it NOT do? What can educators do? Learn more by browsing this open source slide deck. docs.google.com/presentation/d… #highered #edtech #chatgpt #education #teachered #k12

I thought about what rules I would like to set for dealing with #ChatGPT in my courses. The result is a short document that deals more generally with the use of aids (media and tools): csp.uber.space/phhd/rulesfort… Feedback welcome! :) #gpt3 #highered #academictwitter #twittercampus

Experiments in writing space, I have very quickly taken to writing in the gallery spaces I am writing about. Making a writing settlement with table/chair/laptop. It alters your ways of being, which impact on ways of seeing. I have began at Herbert Art Gallery & Museum _alicherri

We at the PWC always enjoy reviewing this annual list! npr.org/2023/01/01/114…

We're excited to announce our speakers and workshop leaders for #RiceVCS 2023! Our keynote speaker this year is Jon Schwabish. Dr. Schwabish is founder of the data visualization and presentation skills firm, PolicyViz, and a Senior Fellow at the Urban Institute.

Some semesters you’re just not doing the innovative pedagogy thing, and that’s cool! Rock what you know! Phone it in! Know your worth! Protect your peace! Also the assignments and readings that are “same old, same old” to you are still new to the students, so be kind to yrself ❤️

It's supposed to be a "Graphical Syllabus," but every time I say it in my head it's a "Graphical Abstract." If science articles can have graphical abstracts, why not a science course? #GraphicalSyllabus #AcademicTwitter

Wanting to attend #AWP23 in person or virtually but need assistance covering costs? Check out our work-exchange program! Participants will receive a waived registration for a few hours of their time. For more information, visit the work-exchange page: awpwriter.org/awp_conference…

The PWC's Burke Nixon reviews Keith Gessen's RAISING RAFFI, an essay collection about parenting and fatherhood: commonwealmagazine.org/parenting-pend…

The PWC's e cummins munoz will be featured at a panel on "Immigration, Inequality, and Climate Change Human Realities and Policy Options" at Rice's Fondren Library today at 5:30pm. RSVP at the link below! riceconnect.rice.edu/fondren/FoFLau…

Writing advice from Jane Austen's EMMA: Avoid "long sentences of refined nonsense."

PWC lecturer Burke Nixon on Nick Hornby's DICKENS AND PRINCE:

Love this post from Literary Hub. Burke Nixon of Rice Program in Writing and Communication: What Dickens and Prince Teach Us About Creativity themillions.com/2023/02/what-d…

“RETURN,” a brand-new sound and light composition by electronic music composer Yvette Janine Jackson, is set to debut at the James Turrell “Twilight Epiphany” Skyspace on Rice’s campus the evening of March 2. news.rice.edu/news/2023/new-… #art #publicart #JamesTurrell #Houston #Texas

Our first panel, Science in Multimedia, was all about how to use media (visual, written, oral, and more!) to convey science to the public and to other scientists. Thank you to Dr. Paige Jarreau, Ryan Nini, and Kimberly Mankiewics for traveling to Houston for our event!

For the next Mining Books, Dr. Bencomo and author Elizabeth Cummins Munoz will be discussing the book "Mothercoin: The Stories of Immigrant Nannies." Join us Tuesday (3/28) at 6 PM in the Blumberg.

A GIFT FROM THE BOWER - DiverseWorks. Looking forward to opening weekend performances at this very cool multidisciplinary art exhibition! Such a pleasure to be a small part of ⁦⁦Lina Dib⁩’s beautiful meditations on sound and nature. diverseworks.org/in-the-works/e…