professor

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An accomplished saxophonist as well as a professor of physics at Brown University, Mr. Alexander posits that the music Coltrane made in his late performances was an exploration of applied relativity.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 28, 2026

"Musk and Altman are so big, so larger than life, and so unrelatable," says University of San Diego professor Sarah Federman, who specialises in conflict resolution.

From BBC • Apr. 28, 2026

“The normalization of facial surveillance is really problematic,” said Ari Waldman, a professor of law at UC Irvine.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 28, 2026

“The client’s trading generates commissions that help pay for these tools that the adviser benefits from,” said Effie Antonoudi, an assistant professor of financial planning at the University of Georgia.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 28, 2026

“As I explained in our last class, onions form the base of most Pakistani curries,” she intones like a college professor.

From "A Place at the Table" by Saadia Faruqi and Laura Shovan