professor
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"If you look at the finances of some of the broadcasters, they're losing money," says Kieran Maguire, associate professor of football finance at the University of Liverpool.
From BBC ● Oct. 18, 2026
"With Japan's population shrinking by more than 900,000 a year... we have no choice but to rely on foreign workers," said Menju, a visiting professor at the Kansai University of International Studies.
From Barron's ● Oct. 17, 2026
A former Massachusetts Institute of Technology professor forced to leave his job over sexual-harassment allegations won a defamation lawsuit against his accuser, with a jury ordering her to pay him $6 million in damages.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 17, 2026
The research was conducted in the laboratory of Yang Dan, a professor of neuroscience and of molecular and cell biology at UC Berkeley.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 17, 2026
But after all, Mr. Monroe is a college professor and Mrs. Monroe is a lawyer, so we think of it as a rather special household.
From "Bunnicula" by Deborah Howe and James Howe
The breach caused the company, Instructure, to temporarily take Canvas offline and interrupted classes, assignments and finals preparations for hundreds of thousands of students and professors as hackers threatened to release their personal data.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 17, 2026
The university's Faculty Senate, a governing body comprised of professors and other academic staff, will vote on a resolution of no confidence next week, according to reports.
From BBC ● Oct. 6, 2026
Mr. Dillon, a former federal prosecutor, is a partner at Dillon PLLC, where he represents students and professors in campus misconduct cases.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 4, 2026
My English teachers and literature professors were probably too tired to parse such nuance, and I don’t blame them.
From Salon ● Oct. 3, 2026
Our classmates tease us about how smart we are: "You'll both end up being doctors or professors or something. Your kids will be geniuses."
From "You Bring the Distant Near" by Mitali Perkins
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