A division of the Knight Institute for Writing in the Disciplines, ELSO's mission is to offer writing and speaking support to multilingual and international graduate and professional students that meets the needs of students across programs, from different linguistic backgrounds, and at all points in their graduate careers.
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New Guidance from ELSO on GenAI and Academic Integrity
The English Language Support Office has created guidance for students on using generative AI so that they can take steps before and during the writing process to avoid charges of inappropriate use.
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ELSO Expands Pronunciation Tutoring Service
The English Language Support Office is now offering a more robust Pronunciation Tutoring Service ever, with eight peer tutors on its staff.
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New Tutoring Service: GenAI Writing
This semester, the English Language Support Office is introducing a tutoring service focused on using Generative AI (e.g., ChatGPT, Copilot).
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Fall 2025 Add period starts soon!
The fall 2025 add period starts Monday, August 18 at 9:00am!
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Join the Write Together at Home Program!
The Write Together at Home Program provides graduate students, professional students, and postdocs with community, structure, and resources to support their writing. This online program is designed to help you establish writing practices and peer writing networks that will sustain your writing throu...
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Fall 2025 Pre-Enrollment starts soon!
The fall 2025 pre-enrollment period for graduate and professional students is right around the corner: from April 28 at 7:00am to April 30 at 11:59 pm. As you plan your fall 2025 course schedule, consider taking ELSO courses.
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ELSO Spring Break Tutoring Hours
ELSO's Writing and Presenting and Pronunciation Tutoring services will run through spring break!
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ELSO Goals
Our goals are for multilingual and international graduate and professional students to:
- value multilingualism, seeing it as a resource and point of pride
- be a part of and have a voice in the Cornell community and larger academic or professional community
- create community with multilingual and international graduate and professional students across fields
- engage in cross-cultural communication
Fall 2025 ELSO Info Sessions
New to Cornell? Have questions about ELSO programs? You are invited to attend an ELSO Info Session. During these online events, ELSO faculty will provide an overview of ELSO programs and answer your questions. Zoom links will be provided through the ELSO listserv.
ELSO Info Session Schedule:
Friday, August 15, 4:00-5:00 pm EST
Tuesday, August 19, 9:00-10:00 am EST
Friday, August 22, 2:00-3:00 pm EST