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Let the disciplines cross
Computer science and creative writing meet in Cadence McGillicuddy's student writer-in-residence year.
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The context
Where the work begins
Cadence McGillicuddy's appointment makes a quiet argument for the value of an education that does not stay in one lane. Code and narrative are not competing identities here; they are two ways of noticing structure, sequence and surprise.
The takeaway
What follows
The residency gives that overlap a public room: a place to write, to experiment and to let one field change the questions asked by another.
Source reporting
Let the disciplines cross
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