PhD

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After receiving his PhD and completing a postdoctoral program, Armin was in between jobs when he received a research grant in November.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 12, 2026

When Hostin enthused that she has “a PhD in ChatGPT” and regularly uses the LLM for personal and marital counseling, Swisher held up a warning finger: “Please don’t do that.”

From Salon • Jun. 10, 2026

PhD fashion students at DMU put on a workshop teaching pupils how to sew and mend damaged clothes.

From BBC • Jun. 4, 2026

One of his projects, focused on adaptation to climate change, has already been axed, and he cannot hire any more PhD students, with a giant question mark over his funding.

From Barron's • Jun. 1, 2026

That said, Kamen was very much Rubens superior in the academic pecking order, for the latter was a freshly minted PhD still seeking a faculty position in the Chemistry Department.

From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik