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Let the disciplines cross

Computer science and creative writing meet in Cadence McGillicuddy's student writer-in-residence year. Published in Alumni Digest as verified reporting from Western University.

Computer science and creative writing meet in Cadence McGillicuddy's student writer-in-residence year.

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Cadence McGillicuddy is Western's student writer-in-residence. Official Western News image.
Cadence McGillicuddy is Western's student writer-in-residence. Official Western News image. Photo: Western News / official source page. Source image retained for editorial review; rights clearance is still required before any broader reuse.

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.

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