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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How do I convince older academics to switch to MS Teams rather than using email? [closed]
I'm a postdoc and the most junior member in a multidisciplinary academic project. Currently the team's main form of communication is via email, which has become more and more chaotic recently. It's ...
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How to respond to a student email demanding quick feedback?
My group of new masters students submitted their 1st essay. I explained in our 1st group meeting that I may take up to 2 weeks to return essay feedback to all of them. (I said this explicitly to ...
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Should I send an email thanking a professor or would they be bothered there's no other content? [duplicate]
If I send an email to ask a professor for a PhD position, and the professor replies, do need I need to reply with something like "Thanks very much for your concern", "Thanks very much ...
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How should I email a tutor about missing a group formation class? [duplicate]
I was stuck in traffic despite leaving early and couldn't make it to class on time. We were supposed to form groups in this class for a research project. I'm not sure how to email the tutor about this....
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Missed the application deadline for a TA job. Should I contact them?
I missed the application deadline for a TA job by a day.
How should I contact the hiring committee while still looking professional and not make it awkward for anyone? Any suggestions?
The reason ...
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How much time should I wait for a professor response before contacting another one in the same university?
I send an email for a professor that I'm interested to work with him. He asked for my cv. I sent my cv in the same day. He didn't reply. I sent a reminder next day then there was two days off. How ...
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Professor previously wrote letter, and now he's not responding to my emails [closed]
Last year I applied for PhD programs. I got together four letter writers two from my current MA program and two from a previous MA program. I was rejected from every PhD program that year, and I was ...
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How to Address a PhD Student in an Email: Mr. or Dr.?
I am preparing to send an email to a PhD student and am unsure of the appropriate title to use in my greeting. Is it more appropriate to address them as Mr./Ms. or as Dr., considering they are still ...
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Is this professor being unnecessarily harsh or did I actually make a mistake?
As a first-year PhD student, I've been receiving feedback on my dissertation plan from my supervisor and other professors. One of these professors recommended that I contact a professor from a ...
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Is it common to email researchers to "sell" your work?
I recently read a paper with a research direction similar to mine. The paper builds an extension for a class of models that is very similar to the one I've been developing, but the paper doesn't ...
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Potential PhD supervisor recommended me to the Director of another university research group, is this a good or bad sign?
So one of the potential PhD advisors at a university let's say X whom I emailed didn't reply but recommended me to another professor who is the Director of another university's say Y's research group. ...
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Getting research award and then ghosted?
I am being offered a research award at a university in a western europe country, and it's a quite known one as well in that country (well you can say in Europe as well). The research award is not from ...
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What title should I use to greet both a professor and an associate professor in an email?
I am wondering how to write email to both a professor and an assistant professor in the same email.
Shall I use "Dear Professor … and …" or "Dear Professor … and Assistant Professor … &...
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Co-authors don't answer anymore and we still want them to be authors, what affiliations and emails should I use?
We are 4 co-authors for a paper. The four of us contributed significantly to the article, though, since approximately 6 months, two of them do not reply to the emails. Thus, we are two remaining ...
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What does this reply imply after a missed application deadline?
I missed the deadline to apply for admission in PhD programs of the University of Toronto by a month (because of my job restrictions!). So I mailed the University's PG office asking whether there can ...
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