Questions tagged [email]
Questions on using e-mail for communicating literature and collaborating with peers. Also related to academic advertising or announcements.
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Contact authors about a related finding
My colleagues and I recently published a resource paper with a finding that could suggest a mechanism for a disease-to-gene correlation from a 2014 study. I'd like to inform the authors. But, the ...
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How to address any professor in formal letter [duplicate]
When we write to any professor, we write Dear Professor X. If we write only Professor X, is it weird?
Professor X,
Best Regards,
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Regarding email to someone whom I met at conference
Recently I had been to a conference and I was highly impressed by a Professor who was also the session chairman in my particular session. I want to write an email to him to build contact with him and ...
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best words to respond to a request for cv after graduation [duplicate]
Last summer I did an internship in an industry for 9 weeks. It was a great experience and my supervisor was a very formal and professional lady. On my last day, she asked about my graduation date and ...
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The assistant professor doesn't answer e-mails [closed]
I'v already read the similar questions here, but i'm sure those are not applicable in my case.
The assistant reminded us during the last session that we can contact him via email, he is only ...
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how to remind professor of a gift?
I answered a challenging question in one of my courses, I sent my answer through an email. The professor replied that I won a gift card for buying stuff from the university.
It has been 2 months he ...
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How to politely request payment for extra hours of TA service rendered?
My TA letter indicates 90 hours working. However, I worked for 120 hours due to the volume of the students. Now my work is finished I want to let them know by writing an email to the professor. I want ...
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Choosing an email address/provider for academic work as you change positons
I'm an on-again-off-again academic, I guess you could say: I've switched positions in and out of academia several times over the past decade. When I write academic papers (or even Free Software in the ...
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Best way to respond to a request for CV after graduation
I did a summer internship in an industry for 9 week. It was a great experience and my supervisor was a very formal and professional lady. She rarely smiled but appreciated my work every now and then. ...
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Research Director not responding to email - should I call him? [duplicate]
I'm posting this question because normally he is a very punctual person, often responding within a matter of hours if our time zones match up. However, I sent an email last week and a follow-up one on ...
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How to deal with bad department chair?
As students we have the right to choose our semester subjects (for the new semester beginning in 2019)
So we went send an email to the department chair indicating what subject we would like to take. ...
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professor pushing me to get result when nothing is right! [duplicate]
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My professor assigned me a project as part of a course. The project is part of another student's thesis and has several flaws. I explained the problems of the project to my professor. ...
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Paper with multiple authors
If I have a question about a paper which has multiple authors, who should I email? The professor whose lab the paper came out of maybe? The first author named on the paper?
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How do I reply to a professor's email who wants to chat with you?
I contacted a potential advisor for a PhD program. He replied to me that he was not in a position to accept any PhD students at this time. But he also wrote to me:
"I'd also be happy to chat about ...
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Professor not replying to emails
My professor assigned a final paper due the 12th, and while our exam period extends to the 23rd of December, all my exams were scheduled on the 11th and 12th and a couple before. As this was one of my ...
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What's wrong with my e-mail to potential PhD supervisors?
I recently sent some e-mails to potential supervisors asking information for a PhD with them, I obtained no answers. I share my doubts and then copy the standard mail I sent.
I sent it to 5 ...
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Writing to prospective advisors who co-authored a paper
I wrote an enquiry mail about graduate positions to a Professor who is working in the field I am interested in. I cited a paper authored by the professor in my e-mail. The paper is co-authored by ...
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Alternatives for when your institution doesn't provide you an e-mail address
I study in an institution that never provided me or any other student with an institution e-mail. I feel that this is highly prejudicial to my academic success because a) it forbids me to access ...
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Academic dean (interim graduate program director) not responding to e-mails
This question goes along with this post here:
E-mails being ignored by university
Interestingly, my situation is also at a college institution in California. However, rather than note that it might ...
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Contact info for a professor's letter of recommendation [closed]
Is it okay if the applicant provides a professor's official email and the professor uploads the letter of recommendation (LOR) from the same official email, but mistakenly mentions their personal ...
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Emails being ignored by University
I am a graduate student in the U.S., specifically California although I am not sure it matters.
After three months in the American university system I am almost convinced there is an organizational ...
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Email Professor asking if I can talk about the research we conduct
I attended a networking event and met a distinguished professor at another major university. I am studying to attend graduate school for one of the Ph.D's that the university actually offers, and the ...
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Calling a professor regarding an advertised postdoc position
I have sent an email to a professor regarding a postdoc position that I saw advertised in the careers web page of her university. The email was very polite and extensively detailed. However, it has ...
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I am currently in graduate school but need to ask my previous professors for a letter of recommendation. I am worried this will be awkward
I just started grad school this semester. But as part of my stipend contract, I am required to continue to apply to scholarships (although I don't need to win them). I have not been in grad school ...
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Does it violate academic social norm to email someone around midnight?
I do this often because this is when I wrap up the stuff for my day. But I wonder if it is considered intrusive.
I imagine a scenario where a phone that is linked to gmail rings due to my email, and ...
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How to request the supervisor email from a researcher
I am trying to contact a professor in another university in a different country for a potential collaboration. I only got the email that he uses on his papers, which he doesn't open as much because I ...
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Emailing professors: Guidelines on choosing papers
Barry Rountree, Computer Scientist, LLNL of Quora claims 80% hit rate for the following e-mail template: (I emphasize a phrase in bold.)
Here’s your email: Dear Dr. Q, I would like to schedule a ...
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Is it possible to sit in a class without registering it? [closed]
I wanted to know that whether it is possible to sit in a grad-level course or undergrad course without registering?
What should I do before going to the class? should I talk to the professor?
Is it ...
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When can I know the updated status from reviewer or editor after i submit a revised manuscript to that publisher? [duplicate]
I have submitted a revised manuscript to an international journal of quantum chemistry at 8 August. My articles status still remain under review, I also don't know my article get accepted or rejected, ...
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Is it rude to ask the lecturer whether there is any “effective prerequisite”?
Situation: My university has an online course registration system. Students (including me) choose courses in the system and submit their requests at certain time.
Sometimes, the course information is ...
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How to ask my professor to assign a paper to publish?
I am a masters student. This semester I had a course with my supervisor. This course was not directly related to my thesis. During the term, the professor assigned me an in-class project (which was ...
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How do I address a colleague in an 3-way email with a student?
In my department, professors go by their first names with students and each other. My colleagues in some other departments go by their title and last name. To convey their preference, when referring ...
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Is it rude to send a self-correction followup email to professor?
I was wondering if I was rude to a professor.
I am a Japanese student at a Japanese university and I'm planning to apply for a British graduate school. Then, I contacted a professor at the graduate ...
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Contacting a Potential Supervisor about Funding (after agreeing on project)
I am in the process of contacting a potential supervisor to pursue a PhD in his group. We have agreed on the project and that I am a good fit for the project. However, there remains the funding issue. ...
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How to ace the final home take exam? [closed]
I am an international grad student studying at a Canadian university.
I have a home-take exam. It is the first time that I am taking this type of exam.
How should I prepare for this exam? Will it be ...
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when and how can I write a thank you letter for my professor?
I took a course with my supervisor this semester. the class is finished.
I really enjoyed every moment in class. I could ask all of my questions very easily and he always was available to answer them....
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How should I politely address an email to two professors, one who holds a PhD and one who does not?
I am planning to request an override via e-mail for a class which is taught by two professors; one of them holds a PhD, while the other hold a master's; I have never met either of them. Usually my ...
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How to ask professor to post more example?
My professor always posts solved problems on the course website but for the last chapter, he did not post any solved problems. Although we have our textbook, I think solved problems help me understand ...
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Answering form letter graduate school application emails
As a professor in a North American university, I receive a number of what I consider to be form letter graduate school application emails from outside the country. These emails generally feature some ...
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Should I email or text the professor as a apology if it seems that he is ignoring my email
There is a professor that I work with in remote. We are in touch primarily via email about research collaboration. Recently, I'm trying to brainstorm a research idea for my master thesis. I'm new to ...
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Email to potential PhD supervisor
I am a PhD applicant and I am preparing to send an introductory email to a potential supervisor.
I have two questions:
I am self-funded. Should I mention this in the initial email?
Is the following ...
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Is it ever appropriate to cold-email post-docs that have graduate from your program?
For context there is a graduate student who has graduate from my program (at my school) working in my subfield (high energy theoretical physics) but he graduated before I joined the program so I never ...
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Contacting journal editor asking for final decision after all reviews were submitted weeks ago?
Should I email the editor of a journal to ask for a final decision on an article when I know that all reviewers' comments were submitted weeks ago? The online article submission interface shows me ...
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Ghosted? PI of >1 year not responding to emails for new mentor?
I'm currently an undergrad who has been working at this lab for 1 year. In the beginning, I was pretty slow with research and I still make mistakes sometimes. For instance, it took me 4 months to get ...
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How to ask for more details from a US university professor without being rude if he says I should apply through the university?
I'm a BSc holder looking for grad. studies. I contacted a professor from a good US university (not Ivy League) about his work and publications which I liked very much. I told him about my research ...
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Is it appropriate to email a professor during summer for a difficult question?
Tl; dr : Does a math professor get annoyed or think of it as a waste of time if he is emailed a difficult math question from an undergraduate student whom he is fairly acquianted with? Or is he ok ...
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Reply to a professor's response to my email or not?
So I sent a thank you email to a professor who wrote me a reference letter. I updated her on the results of my applications. She replied back in a really nice email congratulating me and giving me ...
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how should I write my first email to co-supervisor? [closed]
My supervisor introduced me to a professor who has (already) accepted to be my co-supervisor, and wanted me to contact him and make an appointment. I want to write an email, but I do not know exactly ...
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Sending a thank you e-mail to a professor as an external intern
I'm new to Stack Exchange and I apologize if my etiquette on posting a question on this platform is "wrong".
So I took a course last year with a professor who was exceptional on her subject that gave ...
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How to ask a, probably angry, PhD supervisor for a letter of recommendation after graduation from uni?
I was on good terms with my PhD supervisor throughout my studies. After graduation, I gave a talk at a symposium and my PhD supervisor was in the audience. I was planning to add a few sentences of ...
