Meet ELSO teachers!
Meet ELSO teachers during an ELSO information session or at Resource Fair for Graduate and Professional Students.
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 throughout the summer.
Fall 2026 Pre-enrollment April 22-24
The fall 2026 pre-enrollment period for graduate and professional students is happening April 22 at 7:30am to April 24 at 11:59 pm. As you plan your fall 2026 course schedule, consider taking ELSO courses. In fall 2026, ELSO is offering the following classes:
Take a Break with ELSO April 30!
Celebrate the end of the year and Take a Break with ELSO Thursday, April 30 at 4:30-6:30 in the Big Red Barn. Join us for pizza, games, prizes, and relax with friends, new and old!
IGPS Karaoke Night
Join the International Graduate and Professional Student Organzation (IGPS) for Karaoke night, Thursday March 26 7:30-9:30pm at Lot 10!
ELSO Workshop: 2026 Spring Cornell Career Fair Days Friday March 6
ELSO's next workshop, 2026 Spring Cornell Career Fair Days, is Friday, March 6 from 2:30-4:00 pm in Caldwell Hall room 250. Come early for coffee, tea, and snacks!
Clearer Pronunciation with Clearer Vowels Workshop February 20
ELSO's next workshop, Clearer Pronunciation with Clearer Vowels, is Friday, February 20 from 2:30-4:00pm EST in Caldwell Hall room 250! Come early for tea, coffee, and snacks!
How to Critically Review a Paper Workshop February 6
The first spring 2026 ELSO Workshop: How to Critically Review a Paper, will be next Friday, February 6 at 2:30-4:00pm in Caldwell Hall room 250! Come early for tea, coffee, and snacks!
IGPS Welcome Event
The International Graduate and Professional Students Organization (IGPS) is hosting a welcome event to kick off the Spring semester!
ELSO Tutoring now open to Cornell Tech students
Cornell Tech students can now use English Language Support Office (ELSO) Tutoring!
Which ELSO Writing Course to Choose?
ELSO offers four writing courses. Are you wondering which one to choose? Here is some guidance.
Course Applications No Longer Required
Beginning Spring 2026, ELSO writing courses (ELSO 6515, ELSO 6535, ELSO 6565) as well as ELSO 6630 Preparing for the Academic Job Search no longer require instructor permission to enroll.
Heading into Winter Break
We realize that, for many of you, Fall semester has been even more challenging than the typical semester of graduate school. We hope that those of you who have been able to make time for ELSO courses, tutoring programs, workshops, write-ins, English conversation hours, and the Take a Break with ELSO social event have found…
Take a Break with ELSO December 4!
Take a Break with ELSO before winter break on Thursday, December 4 at 4:30-6:30 pm at the Big Red Barn! Join us for pizza, games, and relax with friends, new and old!
Help Support ELSO's Spring Take a Break Event
Graduate students, professional students, and postdocs are facing many challenges: cuts to research funding, loss of access to research data, a shrinking job market. Multilingual international post-graduates and those who were born outside of the U.S. face even more challenges: shifting visa policies, escalating racial tensions, and fears related to increased ICE activity. These students…
Coming soon, ELSO Write-Ins
Shortly after fall break, look for our new 2025 schedule for ELSO Write-Ins.
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).
New Guidance from ELSO on GenAI and Academic Integrity
Cornell’s Code of Academic Integrity states that “a student shall in no way misrepresent his or her work.” Sample violations include “knowingly representing the work of others as one’s own” and “using, obtaining, or providing unauthorized assistance on examinations, papers, or any other academic work.”
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. This service, established in 2016 by Melissa Myers, helps graduate students, professional students, and postdocs across the university communicate more clearly in the classroom, when giving conference presentations, and during the job search.…
Fall 2025 Add period starts soon!
The fall 2025 add period starts next Monday, August 18 at 9:00 am! There are still seats available in the following ELSO courses:
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.
ELSO Spring Break Tutoring Hours
Spring Break starts Saturday, March 29! There may not be any classes, but we know breaks are a great time to get work done. ELSO's two tutoring services have announced their availability below:
Take a Break with ELSO!
You are invited to “Take a Break with ELSO!” Come relax, see ELSO faculty and friends, enjoy pizza and games, and meet new people.When: Thursday, March 20, 4:30-6:30 pm
In-Person Write-In
ELSO Writing & Presenting Tutoring Service is sponsoring our first in-person write-in: Saturday, March 15, 1:30-3:30, Caldwell Hall, room 250, led by Zena Casteel.
Save the Date: ELSO's 10th Birthday Celebration!
ELSO turns 10 this year, and to celebrate, we're throwing a party!