professor

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They can usually direct their donations toward funding a specific mission – perhaps in memory of a favorite professor, supporting cancer research or to support extracurricular activities such as sports.

From Salon • Apr. 5, 2026

“People underestimate how improbable the improbable is,” says Christian Busch, a University of Southern California business-school professor and the author of “The Serendipity Mindset.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 4, 2026

But at 17, his father, a professor, was sent to prison for writing that religion and government should be separate, Shahabi said.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 4, 2026

Today, as a professor in an immersive media design program, I still teach usability as one principle among others in building robust and meaningful interactions.

From Slate • Apr. 4, 2026

She’s heading to campus today, so her hair is straight and she’s wearing her professor clothes: black pants and a pale blue top with small silver studs in her ears.

From "Keeping Pace" by Laurie Morrison