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One possibility is Grete (Luna Wedler), an aspiring botanist who, in 1908, becomes the first woman admitted to Marburg University, in Germany—an honor granted, begrudgingly, by an all-male panel of professors.—
Justin Chang,
New Yorker,
8 May 2026 -
Site visits and work in the studio will be part of her creative research, as well as dialogues with religious communities and congregations, university professors and artisans.—
Sandra Salibian,
Footwear News,
7 May 2026
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The psychiatrist supervisor oversees doctors and other medical professionals who provide psychiatric care, while also delivering mental health services.—
Angela Rodriguez
May 3,
Sacbee.com,
3 May 2026
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The goal, doctors say, is to count their survival in years, not days.—
Karen Weintraub,
USA Today,
3 May 2026
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Possibly this was the case at élite law schools in the nineteen-nineties, where even the most obdurate deans could not afford to ignore their militant students indefinitely.—
Kelefa Sanneh,
New Yorker,
4 May 2026
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Many move around the country, going from deans to vice presidents, and on to president, and by that time they are conditioned to stay within the traditional behaviors of corporate expectations, where regularity is valued, and disruption is thought to create corporate liability.—
Matthew G. Andersson,
Hartford Courant,
3 May 2026
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Another barrier previously cited by board members has been difficulty finding qualified instructors with an Arabic certification endorsement having passed the Arabic world language test, particularly those who can also commit to a four-year program covering a wide range of skill sets.—
Angie Leventis Lourgos,
Chicago Tribune,
3 May 2026
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In a digital landscape where Pilates instructors often fit a specific mold, her lessons were gaining traction for all the wrong reasons.—
Tereza Shkurtaj,
PEOPLE,
2 May 2026
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But the bans, which have been touted by researchers, educators and policymakers as a way to boost children’s attendance and academic achievement and to combat mental health issues and online bullying, aren’t delivering on all those promises, the findings reveal.—
Claire Cameron,
Scientific American,
4 May 2026
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Teachers reported that the bans did make educators happier at work and led to less device usage by students during class.—
Lauren Lumpkin,
Washington Post,
4 May 2026
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“Profs.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/profs. Accessed 9 May. 2026.
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