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dean

[deen] / din /


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In court documents Morales, the former dean and the Board of Trustees denied all allegations in the lawsuit.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 23, 2026

The 2023 lawsuit against Morales also named Jake Zhu, the former dean at Cal State San Bernardino’s Palm Springs campus who reported to Morales.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 23, 2026

Spalding’s husband, Matthew, is that graduate school’s dean, and Samson has taken classes with one or both of them, according to a State Department official.

From Salon Jul. 21, 2026

The trial judge had previously ruled that reports by experts including Dr. Andrea Baccarelli, the dean of Harvard University’s public health school, cherry-picked results and were unreliable.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 13, 2026

How her dad kept that coat so dean is still a mystery to me.

From "When You Reach Me" by Rebecca Stead

Now she is besieged by an array of faculty, unions and deans.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 10, 2026

She says she has “asked the deans to convene students and faculty to establish classroom principles that foster intellectual openness.”

From The Wall Street Journal Apr. 19, 2026

The deans urged the California Supreme Court to allow test takers who sat through the exam and were unsuccessful to obtain provisional licenses under the supervision of experienced attorneys.

From Los Angeles Times Mar. 3, 2025

In 1431, the ecumenical Council of Basel ordered the deans and rectors of churches to expel "frivolities" and "profane abuses" from holy buildings, but implicitly allowed them to take place in the squares outside.

From Salon Dec. 24, 2024

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

From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik




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