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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Email to co-supervisor for first time [duplicate]
Can someone please help me how can I introduce myself to co-supervisor for the first time. I also want to update him with the Literature review. Will it be okay if I write to him and the main ...
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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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reminding email to hr for scholarship claim [on hold]
i sent an email to hr asking about scholarship they provided to under graduates employees.
she informed to her assistant to generate and provide gsp enrollment no. to me but she did not provide, i ...
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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 ...
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No reply from PhD supervisor after meeting
I met up with a potential supervisor two weeks ago and they were very keen on my topic (on literature). They took a hard copy of my draft proposal to read and told me I will be contacted in a week. ...
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How to ask professor to explain something again?
I had a class last week and I was 10 minutes late. I missed part of the class, and I want to write an email to my professor to arrange a time to meet.
I prepared this email:
Dear .....
I’ve ...
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I emailed the professor a research idea, he responded: “Just go ahead”. Is this an ok?
I'm an undergraduate in CSE doing research this summer under the guidance of a professor. After an initial repeating of a previous experiment, I've been reading relevant research papers for three ...
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Is it acceptable to ask for course notes ahead of time?
I am taking a course in Computer Science next semester (it is currently a vacation period for my university) and I would like to email my future lecturer and ask them for the set of course notes for ...
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How do IT administrators create the email accounts for students? [closed]
I was wondering, as yearly, universities get lots of students per year, how are all of the email accounts created? Are they created one by one?
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email asking professor for help [duplicate]
I have been rejected by a particular university for MS two times now. I really want to get into it to work with a professor. I am thinking of emailing him to ask him what I can do to improve myself to ...
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Help writing a follow-up letter asking a professor to act as an academic reference
I need your help on how to write a follow-up letter requesting a professor to act as an academic reference.
I wrote to the professor a couple of weeks ago but so far I have not had any response. The ...
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How to write an apology letter for a professor?
A couple of months ago, I defended my Master's thesis and got graduated. One of the referees, a professor of mine with a history of verbal contentions between us, did me an overt injustice and despite ...
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About forwarding email to professors
I have two advisors for phd from differnt countries. I recieved an email from first professor. I just forwarded his email to second professor for his information. I used the native language of the ...
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How can I proceed if my email is not working, and I am in the middle of creating proofs for my new accepted paper
I received an acceptance letter for my article and the letter said that the manuscript will be transferred to the production department and work will begin on the creation of the proof. They also said ...
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What to reply a PhD supervisor who says my chances of getting selected in this scholarship program are not very high?
I sent an email to a professor and asked him if there's any PhD position available in his group. I also told him that I want to apply for SINGA scholarship program if he agrees to supervise me.
The ...
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How to get the word out about an academic competition?
I'm hosting an academic competition, and I need to get the word out to any peers that may be interested in participating. My advisor told me to search for academic mailing lists, but I can't find any. ...
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A Last Minute Meeting Request at the End of the Year
The class and year has ended. I wanted to meet with a professor who served as a great mentor with me during this year. I wanted to thank her in person and discuss pedagogy. I unexplainably dissed ...
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How formal should I be when sending an email to the University's staff?
I'm about to write an email to the department of an English speaking University (I'm not a native speaker) to clear up some doubts I have regarding enrollment. I have never spoken to them before. How ...
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Uncertain graduate study plans due to timing problems with visa and professor's funding
I applied for the university of Alberta.Fortunately I have got funding opportunity through my prospective professor's grant. I have applied for a visa expecting to go with the January intake, and ...
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Have sponsor, need supervisor for PhD application: how to get email response?
I have a sponsor to do my PhD but the problem with supervisors. I keep sending emails to them and no one replies to my email.
Could you let me know how can I encourage them to look at my email? for ...
