academics

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The research was conducted by First Art, a group of scientists, as well as academics from the universities of Southampton and Swansea, among others, with support from the National Trust and the Bradshaw Foundation.

From BBC • Jun. 1, 2026

What’s Next: A Brookings Institution survey found a third of academics and Fed watchers agree Fed officials should give fewer speeches, but about half find the quarterly economic projections useful.

From Barron's • May 18, 2026

UCL's dinosaur evolution team includes five academics along with research fellows, postdoctoral researchers, and more than 10 PhD students.

From Science Daily • May 15, 2026

High-profile academics at Harvard and Columbia stepped down earlier this year because of their Epstein ties.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 2, 2026

In all of my previous examples of bad writing I picked on easy marks: deadline-pressured journalists, stuffy academics, corporate hacks, the occasional inexperienced student.

From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker