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The Campanile at UC Berkeley, behind a flowering plant

Student Essay Awards

What Draws Us Away

Still Image of Mother Holding Child's Hand from Mabarosi, 1995

Isabelle Cherry wrote this poem for the Art of Writing Spring 2025 course “Writing the Limits of Empathy” taught by… Continue reading What Draws Us Away

When Legal Defiance Is Justified

Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and Other Marches in Selma, Alabama, 1965

Arianna Laolagi wrote this piece on legal defiance for the Art of Writing Spring 2025 Legal Studies course “Theories of… Continue reading When Legal Defiance Is Justified

Writing the Limits of Empathy: An Interdisciplinary Analysis of Material Detail, Anonymity, and the Role of Vulnerability in the Corpus of Writer 040427

Untitled, Prabhakar Kolte, Acrylic on Canvas, 2005

kj wrote this piece for the Art of Writing Spring 2025 course “Writing the Limits of Empathy” taught by Alan… Continue reading Writing the Limits of Empathy: An Interdisciplinary Analysis of Material Detail, Anonymity, and the Role of Vulnerability in the Corpus of Writer 040427

Reimagining Educational Justice: From Brute Luck to Democratic Equality

Poperty Tax Illustration (toy houses, coins, alphabet blocks spelling property tax)

Joy Ruppert wrote this piece on property taxes and public school funding for the Art of Writing Spring 2025 Legal… Continue reading Reimagining Educational Justice: From Brute Luck to Democratic Equality

I Live in Your Pocket Now: The Hidden Influences of AI

AI Illustration Blue

Lucas Walsh wrote this piece on our relationship with AI for the Art of Writing Spring 2025 course “Writing Robots,”… Continue reading I Live in Your Pocket Now: The Hidden Influences of AI

Smoothed Out: How Interface Hides the Structure

Pixelated Greys

Alankrita Malhotra wrote this piece on the ChatGPT interface for the Art of Writing Spring 2025 course “Writing Robots” taught… Continue reading Smoothed Out: How Interface Hides the Structure

Cuteness and Consumption: How Nobuyoshi Araki and Nan Goldin Anticipate Girly Photography as an Antidote in Postwar Japan (an excerpt)

Photos of Seated Young Girl in Yellow T-Shirt and Short Checked Skirt, Part of Tokyo Love Essay by Nan Goldin

This essay was a winner in the Art of Writing Fall 2024 essay contest. Students in all Fall 2024 Art… Continue reading Cuteness and Consumption: How Nobuyoshi Araki and Nan Goldin Anticipate Girly Photography as an Antidote in Postwar Japan (an excerpt)

L’Ecole des femmes: Les Représentations différent du mariage pour chaque personnage

Illustration of Seated Woman in 17th Century Yellow and Blue French Dress

This essay was a winner in the Art of Writing Fall 2024 essay contest. Students in all Fall 2024 Art… Continue reading L’Ecole des femmes: Les Représentations différent du mariage pour chaque personnage

Scalia v. Hercules

Supreme Court Building with Sculpture

Worsham captures opposing interpretative philosophies through the exploration of the landmark decision Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health. The majority opinion… Continue reading Scalia v. Hercules

Podcast Episode 3. OCD: What It Is, What It Isn’t.

Hand Washing Photo

An Angry Youth Production Angry Youth is a podcast series for the misunderstood, underrepresented, and disillusioned people of society. So-called… Continue reading Podcast Episode 3. OCD: What It Is, What It Isn’t.

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