as in dean
a teacher especially of the highest rank at a college or university
a professor of chemistry Professor Williams will be teaching the class.
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Kenji Yoshino, a constitutional law professor at NYU School of Law and director of its Meltzer Center for Diversity, Inclusion, and Belonging, believes that’s the right approach for our times.
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Lila MacLellan, Fortune, 5 Aug. 2025
Psychosis may actually be a misnomer, says Dr. James MacCabe, a professor in the department of psychosis studies at King’s College London.
—Robert Hart, Time, 5 Aug. 2025
Todd Wolfson, the current president of the American Association of University Professors and a professor at Rutgers University, said the political intrusion into higher education is happening in other Southern states as well.
—Lily Kepner, Austin American Statesman, 30 July 2025
At Flatbush Avenue, the train could improve the commutes of the thousands of students who attend Brooklyn College nearby, and even increase enrollment there, said John Mollenkopf, a professor at the Graduate Center of the City University of New York.
—New York Times, 29 July 2025
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Lila MacLellan, Fortune, 5 Aug. 2025
Psychosis may actually be a misnomer, says Dr. James MacCabe, a professor in the department of psychosis studies at King’s College London.
—Robert Hart, Time, 5 Aug. 2025
Todd Wolfson, the current president of the American Association of University Professors and a professor at Rutgers University, said the political intrusion into higher education is happening in other Southern states as well.
—Lily Kepner, Austin American Statesman, 30 July 2025
At Flatbush Avenue, the train could improve the commutes of the thousands of students who attend Brooklyn College nearby, and even increase enrollment there, said John Mollenkopf, a professor at the Graduate Center of the City University of New York.
—New York Times, 29 July 2025
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Honoree Fleming, a retired college dean, was shot dead in October 2023 while walking near her favorite trail near the Vermont State University campus in Castleton, Vt., the Associated Press reported at the time.—
NWA Democrat-Gazette,
Arkansas Online,
8 Aug. 2025
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Blake Fabrikant has seen the benefits of phone-free schools as the dean of students at The Sharon Academy, a small independent high school in Sharon, Vt.—
Charlotte Alter,
Time,
4 Aug. 2025
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After removing the orb interloper, doctors treated the man with corticosteroids—both oral and eye drop forms—to help with the inflammation.—
Beth Mole,
ArsTechnica,
13 Aug. 2025
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Since the 2014 inspection, FDA records show, the agency has received thousands of reports from doctors and others noting concerns about the drugs that Sun makes at the Halol factory and at other plants.—
Megan Rose,
ProPublica,
12 Aug. 2025
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“Professor.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/professor. Accessed 21 Aug. 2025.
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