doctorate
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Arday worked as a PE teacher before earning his doctorate at Liverpool John Moores University and going on to teach at Roehampton, Durham and Glasgow.
From BBC ● Aug. 1, 2026
While pursuing a computer-science doctorate at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, specializing in machine learning, Andrew Lai interned at Microsoft and Nvidia doing deep-learning research.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 30, 2026
Gong has since earned his doctorate from U-M and now works in Chicago as a machine learning scientist.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 28, 2026
Helton, who has a doctorate in education, said she is highly skilled and trustworthy.
From Salon ● Jul. 27, 2026
“She was the first Black woman to earn a doctorate in astronomy from the University of Michigan, and she’s the reason I decided to pursue a career in astronomy,” Ayana said, fiddling with her braids.
From "Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence" by Sonja Thomas
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The International Mathematical Union awarded its Fields Medal on Thursday at a ceremony in Philadelphia to four people, including Yu Deng and Hong Wang, who both attended Peking University before earning doctorates in the U.S.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 24, 2026
While most US undergraduate programmes are typically four years, graduate level programmes such as doctorates typically take longer to complete.
From BBC ● Jul. 16, 2026
I work for a company that employs people like me: writers with doctorates, a need for cash and very few marketable skills.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 9, 2026
At one point, he testified in court, he was enrolled in 19 universities at once, pursuing five doctorates simultaneously.
From New York Times ● May 21, 2024
Comptons guests had come to the city to receive honorary doctorates from the University of Chicago.
From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik
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