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Software to use for creating posters for academic conferences?

If you get stuck in research, at what point in time should you ask for help?

When asking research-based questions, what are some good practices to maximize the rates at which people reply to emails?

What are some good project-management tools for academics?

What are some general good principles for creating a poster for a poster session?

When is it a good idea to let an academic department (or a professor) know that I have Asperger's (or ADD)?

What are some good questions to ask current graduate students when visiting schools?

What are some guidelines to keep in mind when selecting members of one's PhD committee?

What are some good practices when asking people to share their PowerPoint presentations from a conference/talk?

How do I not get impatient when other people ask me to describe my research?

What is the purpose of the weekly research meetings that advisers often have with their research group?

Should someone who wants tenure (or a research position) have hobbies totally unrelated to their work?

What are some good practices for applying to the NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program?

How many weeks of break (per year) should a graduate student reasonably expect to have?

Guidelines to follow if my adviser suggests that I work on dead-end projects

What role do professors on a graduate student's PhD committee serve?

What are some good writing tablets for taking notes that are heavy on math/physics? [closed]

Who determines whether or not a professor receives tenure?

What to do if undergraduate research has stalled for a long time?

What are the advantages and disadvantages of having multiple advisers?

What are some practices for getting a name change so that people can find me more easily?

How intensive is the process of interviewing people for faculty openings?

On giving gifts to LOR writers

How do professors usually discover “new” research interests?

How do academic position job search committees evaluate potential for intellectual leadership?

What percent of assistant professors generally receive tenure, and how does this percent vary depending on both school and field?

How are the personal assistants for professors usually funded?

Etiquette and guidelines for sending pre-published work to other people?

What happens to the reviews that people write for journal articles after they're sent back to the author?

When meeting a professor for the first time, is it always a good idea to ask about their research interests?