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Rutgers Center for Cognitive Science: RUCCS has been thriving at Rutgers since 1981 and now has 18 jointly-appointed faculty plus 30 affiliated faculty in various departments. Interested graduate students in affiliated departments may pursue the Certificate in Cognitive Science, with research grants available. RUCCS also supports a regular colloquium schedule featuring, in recent years, speakers such as Lauri Karttunen, Daniel Grodner, and Robin Clark. Center for African Studies: The Center for African Studies provides research support for faculty and graduate students working in almost any discipline related to the languages, cultures, politics, and development of the African continent. Rutgers Language Institute: The Rutgers Language Institute provides services such as conversation practice to students learning languages and support to teaching assistants in foreign languages. Languages covered include Chinese, Arabic, Russian, Korean, and Swahili, just to name a few. African Anaphora Project: The African Anaphora project aims to collect linguistically rich data on anaphora on a wide array of African Languages. It is supported by a grant from the NSF. Rutgers Optimality Archive: The Rutgers Optimality Archive provides a repository for researchers in all areas of Optimality Theory. Papers may be posted there and downloaded by anyone interested in doing and sharing research. Facilities for Graduate Students: In addition to the resources and facilities available throughout Rutgers, the Linguistics Department provides a phonetics lab, a small computer lab, a special collection library, and wireless internet access throughout 18 Seminary Place.
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