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Is the phrase "thanks, but no thanks" appropriate in an email sent to a supervisor?

advisor etiquette interpersonal-issues asked Feb 9, 2018 at 21:29

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Whether and how to thank a girlfriend or boyfriend in the acknowledgements of thesis?

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How to prepare a presentation if there is a visually impaired person in the audience?

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How to detect if a USB port is 3.0 or 2.0?

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Arbiter ignored cheating, and I signed the scoresheet. Did I lose my right to object?

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Is it rude not to attend courses which have no attendance requirements?

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How can you find where the Earth is, if you were lost near Neptune?

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Guy who understands if a diamond is genuine by just looking at it

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In the year 2999, there are pills instead of food. What do commercials look like?

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How should I handle reviewing a paper that is very similar to something I am working on?

peer-review plagiarism asked May 26, 2015 at 14:55

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What should PhD students do if they submit a paper to two journals and a reviewer notices concurrent submission?

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Should I take threats from a former professor seriously?

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Advisor is using my ideas as grant proposal

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What should I call my mathematics thesis's 1st chapter that covers background concepts?

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May a man attend a workshop entitled “Young women in [domain]”?

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I am confused if this professor will fund me or not, I feel it is rude to ask directly

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Does writing matter a lot in research?

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Is it acceptable to report private incident of a PhD candidate to the university

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My supervisor misjudges my knowledge

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Is it OK for a professor to refuse access to individual test marks?

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Effective open-ended student evaluation questions

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What laws exist in India to protect students from harassment by teachers/professors?

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How to ask "Do you have any projects for me?" to a professor (who is not your own advisor)

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How does a dual degree (Computer Science/Maths) compare to a degree in a single area?

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I was pushed to submit a mediocre paper to a conference. To my surprise it was accepted. How to save face?

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Possible reasons for an author to withdraw authorship from an almost ready paper

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Can the supervisor ask a student to add them in an acknowledgment without any useful feedback

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How to leave a postdoc after just few months without compromising my future career opportunities in academia?

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Java - Not compiling error

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Can the word "subsubsection" be used in a thesis?

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High school student scooped by PhD student in the same lab

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How to tactfully request removal of my name from co-authorship?

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How damaging are writing errors like typos in faculty application documents?

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Is there any way to detect high tech (e.g. cell-phone assisted) academic dishonesty?

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