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professor

[pruh-fes-er] / prəˈfɛs ər /


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Two universities where Arday said he had been a visiting professor denied he ever held those roles, while Cambridge removed a reference to one of his degrees from his staff page.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 6, 2026

When at the age of 37 he was appointed as a professor at the University of Cambridge, the prestigious institution said that he would help “address the underrepresentation of people from socioeconomically disadvantaged backgrounds.”

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 6, 2026

Brian Galle, a nonprofit law professor at UC Berkeley, said that while long-serving board members can bring institutional knowledge and consistency, the concern is that they lose their independence from management over time.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 6, 2026

Whether El-Sayed can effectively sell his message to undecided voters against Rogers now becomes a key question of the general election, said Corwin Smidt, a politics professor at Michigan State University.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 5, 2026

In 1662, he moved again, to the University of Messina, but in 1666 he became professor of medicine in Bologna and stayed there for the next 25 years.

From "The Scientists" by John Gribbin

The Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression, which is helping represent Prabhakar, argues that public colleges may establish curriculum requirements but cannot punish professors merely because administrators dislike ideas expressed in relevant course material.

From Salon Aug. 2, 2026

ETH geophysics professors Paul Tackley and Taras Gerya, together with their collaborators, are contributing to ESA's EnVision mission.

From Science Daily Jul. 25, 2026

They can help students, but they tell professors mainly what we already know.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 23, 2026

Math in particular has been a flash point at UC, where professors who have complained about declining student math skills say screening applicants with SAT scores could help bring in better-prepared first-year students.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 23, 2026

After about a half hour of touring the lower and upper quads, some of the dorms, and the Cramton Auditorium, it’s time to sit in on a lecture by one of Howard’s professors.

From "Pride" by Ibi Zoboi




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