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professor

[pruh-fes-er] / prəˈfɛs ər /


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Sehgal is the lead author of the new study, which was conducted in the laboratory of Albert Higgins-Chen, an assistant professor of psychiatry at the Yale School of Medicine.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 14, 2026

For a Chinese firm, Singapore offers a base near the mainland and a "neutral address" that global customers and investors accept, said Winston Ma, adjunct professor at New York University's School of Law.

From BBC ● Nov. 13, 2026

“Problematic content on Meta platforms, which is primarily Facebook and Instagram, has increased after Meta rolled back its kind of fact-checking and anti-hate speech policies,” said Magdalena Wojcieszak, UC Davis professor of communication.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 13, 2026

"Building a model in the abstract is one thing," said Michael Beyeler, an associate professor of computer science and psychological and brain sciences at UC Santa Barbara.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 12, 2026

“I’m afraid not, though I’ve done as much as I can. Practically speaking, I can’t give you an answer. Even a math professor would have a tough time with this one.”

From "The Secret History" by Donna Tartt

Business-school professors Janet Gao of Georgetown, Jun Oh of Purdue and Joseph Pacelli of Harvard used AI to do a deep dive into an online database containing the résumés of 2.9 million American workers.

From MarketWatch ● Nov. 3, 2026

The professors accordingly have aimed the tax at net worth, not at income.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 29, 2026

Various groups, including university professors, artists and opposition parties, have announced their support or attendance.

From Barron's ● Oct. 24, 2026

The ten-member research team was led by Peter Dodds and Chris Danforth, professors in UVM's College of Engineering and Mathematical Sciences.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 24, 2026

She moldered in humid rooms with droning biology and composition professors.

From "Bone Gap" by Laura Ruby


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