Carleton
Americannoun
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Paulson holds a Ph.D. from the University of Chicago and a B.A. from Carleton College.
From Barron's • Mar. 13, 2026
Brian Hebert, an avocational paleontologist from Nova Scotia, located the small skull inside a fossilized tree stump during a field season led by Hillary Maddin, a professor of paleontology at Carleton University.
From Science Daily • Feb. 11, 2026
Fen Hampson, an international politics professor at Ottawa’s Carleton University, said Carney has decided “it’s time to take the gloves off and play hardball.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 25, 2026
"From the moment I found out, I was determined to find my older brother," says the 53-year-old nurse, who lives in Carleton St Peter in Norfolk.
From BBC • Jul. 12, 2025
During my second term, I was unfortunate enough to be put into the study of the Head of the House, a supercilious and obnoxious seventeen-year-old called Carleton.
From "Boy: Tales of a Childhood" by Roald Dahl
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