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PhD student hiring a LaTeX expert to typeset thesis?
Awarded Oct 7, 2021 at 15:25
What are legitimate reasons for students to use their personal, rather than university, email accounts?
Awarded Oct 4, 2021 at 10:34
Should religious (or other kind of) titles be used when citing authors?
Awarded Sep 28, 2021 at 14:42
Math Ph.D. does not know what to do with life?
Awarded Sep 14, 2021 at 12:03
Why don't poorer countries suffer a complete brain-drain?
Awarded Sep 7, 2021 at 20:26
Does "minor revision" mean "accepted with minor revision"?
Awarded Aug 12, 2021 at 14:49
When does a statistical consultant become a co-author or collaborator?
Awarded Jul 8, 2021 at 16:10
Is a seemingly decent paper with a citation to a poor article from predatory journal a concern?
Awarded Jun 6, 2021 at 19:05
Is this psychological abuse? Should I switch supervisors?
Awarded May 28, 2021 at 15:11
Is including references of journals with low or no reputation considered bad practice?
Awarded May 17, 2021 at 7:32
Free web hosting for academics
Awarded May 8, 2021 at 14:50
How important is it that your PhD advisor is an experienced, well-known faculty member?
Awarded Apr 26, 2021 at 8:42
Latin abbreviation for "see there"
Awarded Apr 13, 2021 at 20:59
Is it offensive to ask my PhD advisor for permission to record our research/technical discussions?
Awarded Apr 6, 2021 at 20:26
Wrong PhD better than no PhD?
Awarded Mar 9, 2021 at 16:57
How can I motivate the teaching assistants to grade more strictly?
Awarded Jan 27, 2021 at 16:42
Is "flowery language" frowned upon in engineering and STEM related research?
Awarded Jan 21, 2021 at 23:27
Do I have to include my pronouns in a course outline?
Awarded Jan 13, 2021 at 1:46
What to do when I can prove a conjecture of a paper I'm peer reviewing
Awarded Jan 4, 2021 at 14:48
Is it counterproductive to read very long text books during an MSc program?
Awarded Dec 22, 2020 at 7:33
Can I (should I) change the name of this distribution?
Awarded Dec 18, 2020 at 20:15
Why do most tenure at an institution less prestigious than the one where they began teaching, and than where they received their Ph.D?
Awarded Dec 7, 2020 at 8:55
My research supervisor left the university and no one told me
Awarded Oct 4, 2020 at 23:16
Does any country have free college & open admissions?
Awarded Sep 24, 2020 at 14:11
How to proceed after being threatened and treated poorly by university faculty after reporting physical assault?
Awarded Sep 15, 2020 at 15:48
Found and corrected a mistake on someone's else paper -- praxis?
Awarded Sep 14, 2020 at 20:07
What standards should I apply when evaluating a PhD thesis from a weaker university?
Awarded Sep 8, 2020 at 10:02
My professor is not teaching his online course himself, but uses publicly available videos instead. Is this appropriate?
Awarded Sep 1, 2020 at 17:41
Do teachers generally refer to hard-to-comprehend books?
Awarded Aug 12, 2020 at 20:47
What good is engineering research with no practical relevance?
Awarded Jul 3, 2020 at 0:35
Professor didn't write a letter because I didn't waive my right to view it. How to let him know that I have changed this?
Awarded Jun 17, 2020 at 14:57
Are the Hardy-Littlewood “rules” unethical?
Awarded Jun 13, 2020 at 13:41
When someone cites one of your papers, is it a good idea to send an email to the authors to show appreciation?
Awarded Jun 8, 2020 at 5:42
Is it acceptable for a student to connect with a professor on LinkedIn?
Awarded Jun 3, 2020 at 9:25
Why do people in academia tend to write their email address with "(dot)", "(at)", instead of ".", "@"?
Awarded May 28, 2020 at 14:32
Has there ever been a strike of peer reviewers?
Awarded May 19, 2020 at 6:35
Master thesis advisor gave me an ill-defined question. I worked on it for a year!
Awarded May 9, 2020 at 3:27
How to ignore a presenter's bad english?
Awarded May 4, 2020 at 23:03
Mentor says I cannot be first author of my paper because I am an undergraduate
Awarded May 4, 2020 at 17:03
How can I decline the request to help a fellow student cheat?
Awarded May 4, 2020 at 4:36
Advisor to spend some funds to buy things that make group members feel better working at home. Is it selfish to request a tablet and stuff?
Awarded Apr 6, 2020 at 2:25
Professor I am working with asked for my code
Awarded Apr 1, 2020 at 21:50
What is the best way to deal with cranks?
Awarded Mar 10, 2020 at 11:05
How to manage publications on a local computer
Awarded Mar 10, 2020 at 10:05
Is there a way to edit author name after publication for trans people (at least online)?
Awarded Mar 5, 2020 at 11:20
Is it ethical to ask students to proofread a textbook?
Awarded Mar 4, 2020 at 20:25
Does a prestigious internship (at google) help for PhD programs in Computer Science?
Awarded Feb 24, 2020 at 4:40
Does the International Math Olympiad help research mathematics?
Awarded Feb 16, 2020 at 10:45
My teaching evaluations arrived and female students statistically gave me worse scores than male students. Is there any possible explanation?
Awarded Jan 4, 2020 at 7:30
Academic freedom to select textbooks and use multiple-choice tests on occasion in my courses?
Awarded Dec 6, 2019 at 1:30
Am I being exploited by my supervisor?
Awarded Dec 2, 2019 at 6:55
How much do Springer-Verlag authors make per book sold?
Awarded Nov 23, 2019 at 1:15
Hiring a PhD student who left another PhD position
Awarded Nov 8, 2019 at 18:00
As an international instructor, should I openly talk about my accent?
Awarded Nov 6, 2019 at 0:00
Inadmissible theorems in research
Awarded Oct 18, 2019 at 4:25
Encountering former, abusive advisor at a conference
Awarded Oct 11, 2019 at 16:15
Advisor asked for my entire slide presentation so she could give the presentation at an international conference
Awarded Oct 10, 2019 at 8:35
What can I do if I don’t completely understand a paper?
Awarded Oct 2, 2019 at 2:25
Should I be an author on another PhD student's paper if I went to their meetings and gave advice?
Awarded Sep 25, 2019 at 18:55
Are lay articles good enough to be the main source of information for PhD research?
Awarded Sep 17, 2019 at 19:40
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