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Center for Academic Writing “Impulse”

Writing is the best way to talk without being interrupted.
Jules Renard

Writing is thinking on paper.
William Zinsser

When writing about science, don't simplify the science; simplify the writing.
Julie Ann Miller, former editor of ‘Science News’

Writing is a lot easier if you have something to say.
Sholem Asch
The reason one writes isn't the fact he wants to say something. He writes because he has something to say.
F. Scott Fitzgerald

Good writing is clear thinking made visible.
Bill Wheeler

A man who is ignorant of foreign languages is also ignorant of his own language.
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Only the educated are free.
Epictetus

One`s work may be finished someday, but one`s education never.
Alexandre Dumas

What sculpture is to a block of marble, education is to the soul.
Joseph Addison

Educating the mind without educating the heart is no education at all.
Aristotle
News
09.12.2017

“Writing Abstracts: Error Correction” Workshop by Zhenya Bakin

The Center welcomed a special guest  -  Zhenya Bakin, the former Director of the Academic Writing Center at Higher School of Economics, one of the first writing centers in Russia. Zhenya conducted a seminar on Abstract writing. The participants analyzed well- and poorly- written abstracts, discussed the most common mistakes and made a list of patterns for abstracts. The researchers appreciated approaches and techniques of the workshop delivery, which made them feel more confident about abstract writing. 


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