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dean

[deen] / din /


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Bay is now dean of the USC Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 15, 2026

Prabhakar said her department chair, dean and a college vice president supported her explanation of the story’s academic purpose.

From Salon Aug. 2, 2026

As a Yale Sterling Professor and a former dean of Yale Law School, this issue is important to me.

From Slate Jul. 30, 2026

“Anthropic makes fantastic products,” said Vishal Misra, the vice dean of computing and AI at Columbia University’s engineering school.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 29, 2026

The dean of the university spoke, as did the president of the chamber of commerce.

From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown

This forces department chairs, deans, provosts and research vice presidents to own the veracity of every proposed publication.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 3, 2026

As part of the role, monarchs are responsible for approving the appointment of archbishops, bishops and deans on the recommendation of the prime minister.

From BBC Mar. 22, 2026

“Provisional licensure would allow candidates with offers of employment contingent on bar passage to retain them,” the deans wrote.

From Los Angeles Times Mar. 3, 2025

“We understand that the initial departure from the nationally used MBE was prompted by budgetary considerations caused in part by the need to rent large spaces for test-takers,” the deans wrote.

From Los Angeles Times Mar. 3, 2025

The cost of cyclotrons already was raising the hackles of academic deans and presidents.

From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik




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