professor
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"While that sounds like a good thing, for Central America that leads to a lot less rainfall and potentially drought conditions," said Liz Stephens, professor of climate risk and resilience at the University of Reading.
From BBC • Jun. 11, 2026
Dahlia also speaks with Andrew Weissmann, law professor at New York University and a veteran federal prosecutor, about President Trump’s latest nomination for attorney general and the state of the $1.8 billion anti-weaponization fund.
From Slate • Jun. 11, 2026
He was a young economics professor at Chittagong University in Bangladesh visiting a village during a nationwide famine.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 11, 2026
“Money isn’t everything, even though it obviously helps,” said Andrea Godfrey Flynn, a marketing professor at the University of San Diego.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 10, 2026
“If you’re asking that, then, well, yes. I am absent from a class. But it doesn’t matter. Perhaps I can get my professor to credit today as a field trip.”
From "The Brightwood Code" by Monica Hesse
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