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The Care and Maintenance of your Advisor

Some interesting advice on developing a productive relation with your advisor, from Nature.

Published September 6, 2023By Karen E Smith
Categorized as Advice, Featured, Finding your advisor, Mentoring, Sent Post, The blog formerly called "Associate Chair's Blog"

By Karen E Smith

Professor of Mathematics Chair, Department of Mathematics University of Michigan

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