FemaleScienceProfessor

A colleague of mine recently got an e-mail from a student with a question about the Science Class For Non-Scientists that he will be teachin...

This term I have gotten to know a lot about the medical and personal situations of some of my undergraduates. I have received scanned report...

It may seem like I am obsessing about student email lately, perhaps because I am. The most likely reason for this obsession is that I am tea...

In recent weeks, I have commented on (a.k.a. been obsessed with) the fact that I got a barrage of early email from students taking my class ...

In the comments on yesterday's post, there were some excellent suggestions of ways to email a potential advisor about getting together a...

An email I received before a conference this fall, from a student who has discussed applying to graduate school at MyU to work with me: Dear...

In a country in which presidential campaigns last two years and Christmas decorations appear in stores in October, is it surprising that stu...

To: seminarspeaker1@otherU.edu From: gradstudentorganizer@FSPU.edu Subject: your visit Cc: FSP Dear [First Name of Professor @ Another U], T...

It is so gratifying to know that other professors ( Angry Professor , for example) also get exciting offers of international travel. Here is...

Letter to FSP: You are an anomaly. Why be so bitchy about that? Give it up. Men AREN'T trying to "hold you down." You are a wo...

At this time of year, potential grad students send email messages to potential graduate advisors. I've been getting these emails for mon...

This post is not a criticism, it is mostly a question (just to start off on a defensive note..). I sent an email message to a professor in G...

Today I got email from a young professor I've met once or twice, saying: "My colleagues X and Y keep telling me that I have to cont...

This is probably a classic old professor rant, but what are students thinking when they send text-message-like emails to prospective graduat...