professorship
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In 2023, at age 38, he had been appointed to a professorship in sociology of education at the University of Cambridge, becoming the youngest Black professor in the institution’s 800-year history.
From Salon ● Aug. 23, 2026
"The visiting professorship is an electrifying opportunity for me to be in direct, robust creative dialogue with the next generation of thinkers and creative doers," the Australian star said.
From BBC ● Jun. 16, 2026
LeCun said he wasn’t going to leave New York or quit his professorship.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 25, 2026
In 1973, he was awarded a lifetime research professorship by the American Cancer Society, and a year later was elected to the National Academy of Sciences and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 8, 2025
For Segre, a friend and collaborator of Enrico Fermi’s who was heading home to a professorship at Italy’s poverty-stricken University of Palermo, these pieces of radioactive shrapnel were priceless.
From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik
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