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How should I deal with becoming discouraged as a graduate student?

Upset by male classmates openly comparing female students according to physical appearance

How to avoid procrastination during the research phase of my PhD?

Postdoc overwhelmed by incomplete work

How to stop hopping the learning chain and actually begin somewhere?

How do you cite a Github repository?

How do you come to terms with the fact that you might never be among the best in your research community?

What does the typical workflow of a journal look like?

How honest should one be with their students when talking about the realities of academia?

I slept with my advisor's daughter and she is blackmailing me now. What can I do?

How does the admissions process work for Ph.D. programs in the US, particularly for weak or borderline students?

How hard do early-career academics in the United States work, really?

With Beall's List gone, how can I tell if a journal is spam?

Taking an academic pseudonym?

How to supervise a bad PhD student

How do you get a bad transcript past Ph.D. admissions?

Googling my name reveals silly things from when I was younger. I am embarassed. How will this affect me in my future academic career?

Why are research papers written in language that's difficult for undergraduate students?

Why do students go for a PhD even when chances of getting academic jobs on its completion are slim?

How to come up with research ideas?

I was caught cheating on an exam, how can I minimize the damage?

Why can't universities work around the proposed reclassification of tuition remission as taxable income, by not charging tuition?

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