student

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Zora Neale Hurston was a student of the anthropologist Franz Boas, and her fieldwork in rural Florida informs this novel of passionate love and tempestuous weather.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 19, 2026

"A subtle but important insight from the paper is that a guess doesn't have to be the most likely answer; it simply has to be informative," said Donald Stephens, a doctoral student at Binghamton University.

From Science Daily • Jun. 19, 2026

One day an eighth-grade student told the pair that they were funny and suggested they become a comedy duo.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 18, 2026

Chief executive Kenny Oktavius told AFP he had been working on the technology since 2019, when he was still a student.

From Barron's • Jun. 18, 2026

“And so, for the first time ever, I’d like to give an honorable mention to the student who earned the second-highest grade point average,” Dr. Cohen says.

From "Keeping Pace" by Laurie Morrison