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The Words Matter Program offers
Caltech students frequent opportunities for close contact with
accomplished writers. Funded by the Presidents office and guided
by a committee of students, faculty, and administrators, the WM project
has three components: a writer-in-residency program, a science-writing
symposium, and a small-grants initiative.
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WM invites prominent authors to
campus for brief residencies of several days. Since
our undergraduates have very diverse interests, WM aims to reach the
broadest range of student audiences by including different writers
who deal with a range of concerns in different genres. Each
writers visit features intensive engagement with students.
In addition to giving public lectures and readings, authors visit
classes, meet with relevant student groups,
and participate in other programming.
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WM sponsors an annual symposium on
science writing. The symposium features a discussion among several
notable science writers, followed by a question/answer session with
the audience. This public event is held in conjunction with Caltech's undergraduate science-writing
requirement.
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WM also makes a limited number of
small grants to support special requests from faculty members or student
groups to bring other (typically lesser-known) authors to campus for
one-time readings or class discussions.
The Words Matter project is intended
to foster a culture of literacy at Caltech, to cultivate students
interest in writing in its varied forms, and to celebrate the many ways in which words do, indeed, matter.
For more information about the Words Matter
project, please contact us at words@caltech.edu
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