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I am a PhD student in electrical engineering.

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Should professors intervene if a student is wearing offensive clothing in their classroom?

professors harassment outward-appearance asked Mar 5, 2014 at 4:47

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Is it ethical/acceptable to give a lighter penalty to students who admit to cheating?

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How to stop feeling guilty about unfinished work?

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What is the origin of the "underwater basket weaving" meme in Academia?

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How to help reduce students' anxiety in an oral exam?

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Did Steve Mnuchin's OneWest Bank foreclose on a 90-year-old woman's house after a 27-cent payment error?

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How to motivate students you supervise to produce high-quality research when other graduate students in the program don't?

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A student posted my lab materials as a "project" on Instructables, and hid its origin as a lab assignment. How should I address this?

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How to ask for feedback from research students on my supervision abilities?

mentoring supervision assessment feedback asked Jul 30, 2014 at 20:59

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How to determine whether or not the y-axis of a graph should start at zero?

data-visualization asked Dec 1, 2015 at 21:12

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How do mobile carriers know video resolution over HTTPS connections?

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Are there 96 million workers in the US who want a job and can't get one?

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I believe I have solved a famous open problem. How do I convince people in the field that I am not a crank?

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Two years into my PhD program, and Mom is dying of cancer. Should I tell my advisor about it?

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Why do most people think it's a bad idea to read from slides?

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Identical projects by students at two different colleges: still plagiarism?

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A student in my course does well on exams, but doesn't do the homework: Go easy on them, or make them "pay the price?"

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What to remember when supervising female PhD students?

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Which review recommendation should I give to maximize the likelihood that a manuscript is rejected?

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Has anyone, based on great performance, ever been awarded a higher degree than the one they enrolled for?

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What is the point of listing 1000 authors for a single scientific paper?

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Will minor mistakes in my bachelor's thesis harm my future career as a researcher?

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How to handle requests for a race-based exam structure?

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Would it be rude to ask a famous professor who doesn't know me personally for a recommendation letter if I have published in a high ranking journal?

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Can I, as a reviewer, tell authors to get a native English speaker to proofread their paper?

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How to deal with students staying hours past the end of office hours?

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Should I omit some of my qualifications in my application materials to "surprise" with during an interview?

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TA talks to others about students, what to do?

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Is it frowned upon to go to office hours as a graduate student?

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Did NASA director Charles Bolden claim that an alien invasion will happen soon?

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How to deal with an advisor who wants a "friendlier" relationship with me than I do?

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Is it appropriate to send an email to a professor at the end of the semester thanking them for their teaching?

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How accurate are these nine charts of the economy under the Obama Administration?

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Does WordPress power 27% of the Internet?

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Prof's neurological health is declining rapidly. What can I (TA) do?

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Should I ask my online PhD interview panel whether my partner can sit in?

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Where should the line be drawn regarding political statements in a scientific report?

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Did a raid by a SWAT team from Joe Arpaio's office end with a house on fire and deputies laughing as a dog burned in it?

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Did a thief think he could conceal his identity from security cameras by putting lemon juice on his face?

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What are "fake", "shady", and/or "predatory" journals?

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