professorship

Example Sentences

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As public funding for higher education has eroded, universities have increasingly turned to wealthy donors to underwrite major projects and supplement budgets by endowing professorships and research centers.

From Salon

The manuscript they’ve produced is apparently even superior to the recently published book that has put him in contention for the same professorship that George’s entire future is riding on.

From Los Angeles Times

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

Supporters say it’s confusing that some campuses offer joint programs or professorships between departments, colleges and schools, when undergraduates are on quarters and some graduate schools follow semesters.

From Los Angeles Times

He returned to the US, where he had held professorships at universities including Yale, New York and California Irvine.

From BBC