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How can one win a teaching award?

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My math professor is Chinese. Is it okay for me to speak Chinese to her in office hours?

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My math professor is Chinese. Is it okay for me to speak Chinese to her in office hours?

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The consequence of a good letter of recommendation when things do not work out

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I am currently debating whether to leave my PhD program- any advice?

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Should I change advisors because mine doesn't object to publishing at MDPI?

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Navigating career options after a disastrous PhD performance and a disappointed advisor?

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Should I write an email to a Latino teacher working in the US in English or Spanish?

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A journal has published an AI-generated article under my name. What to do?

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What are the steps to write a book?

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Somebody used recommendation by an in-law – should I report it?

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How to respond to subtle racism in the lab?

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How to reward students for learning from mistakes without penalizing those who didn't make mistakes in the first place?

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Is it okay to mention we're citing an article only because a reviewer told us to?

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Are others allowed to use my copyrighted figures in theses, without asking?

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An instructor is being added to co-teach a course for questionable reasons, against the course author's wishes—what can be done?

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I'm a little embarrassed by the research of one of my recommenders

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What is a social strategy I can use to respond to "How's your PhD going?"

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How to deal with people looking at their mobile phone during my presentation?

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What should I do if my student has quarrel with my collaborator

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What should I do if my student has quarrel with my collaborator

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How do I apologize to a lecturer who told me not to ever call him again?

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My supervisor wants me to switch to another software/programming language that I am not proficient in. What to do?

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My supervisor wants me to switch to another software/programming language that I am not proficient in. What to do?

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Journal keeps messing with my proof

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Should I report a review I suspect to be AI-generated?

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How to reply to reviewers who ask for more work by responding that the paper is complete as it stands?

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How to reply to reviewers who ask for more work by responding that the paper is complete as it stands?

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Is it fair for my PI to ask me to do administrative work like submitting reports for grants?

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"You are paid to answer my questions!" - how to handle silly questions?

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"You are paid to answer my questions!" - how to handle silly questions?

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How to reply to reviewers who ask for more work by responding that the paper is complete as it stands?

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Dress code for examiner in UK PhD viva

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Can I add an "author contributions" section to make clear that I did all the work on a paper?

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What can I do when someone else is literally duplicating my PhD work?

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Is it possible to work full time and complete a PhD?

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Submitting a paper as a nonacademic practitioner in a field

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How does one go about writing papers as a nobody?

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How does one go about writing papers as a nobody?

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How should I respond to a former student from my old institution asking for a reference?

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How does one go about writing papers as a nobody?

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Should I tell an editor that I believe an article I'm reviewing is not good enough for the journal?

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What happens if a math PhD student fails to find a proof that is the main objective of their thesis topic?

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Postdoc supervisor has stopped helping

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Are there any well-known political considerations for having a friend on the job market come for a visit and talk?

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How soon to fire rude and chaotic PhD student?

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How do you answer "Oh, you're a professor? What do you teach?"

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How to contact professors for PhD vacancies?

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Should I quit my PhD - workload, self-esteem and social life

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How soon to fire rude and chaotic PhD student?

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Is math a bad discipline for teaching jobs or is it just me?

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Why do people sometimes put authors with equal contribution in non-alphabetical order?

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'best poster' and 'best talk' prizes - can we do better determining winners?

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For applying to a STEM research position at a U.S. research university, should a resume include a photo?

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FOIA request for full NSF awards proposal and report

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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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I submitted a paper and later realised one reference was missing, although I had written the authors in the body text. What could happen?

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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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Sharing course material from a previous lecturer with a new lecturer

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Why do individuals with revoked master’s/PhD degrees due to plagiarism or misconduct not return to retake them?

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