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professorship

[pruh-fes-er-ship] / prəˈfɛs ərˌʃɪp /


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He also held a clinical professorship at UCLA.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 23, 2026

In 2023, at age 38, he had been appointed to a professorship in sociology of education at the University of Cambridge, becoming the youngest Black professor in the institution’s 800-year history.

From Salon ● Aug. 23, 2026

After a decade teaching at the Bauhaus, which Hitler closed, he took a professorship at Düsseldorf Academy.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 8, 2026

"The visiting professorship is an electrifying opportunity for me to be in direct, robust creative dialogue with the next generation of thinkers and creative doers," the Australian star said.

From BBC ● Jun. 16, 2026

Ernest called MIT’s bluff, informing Evans that he was welcome to hire experienced cyclotroneers from Berkeley to do the job, but warning that the good ones would demand at least an assistant professorship to move.

From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik


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