professorship
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The visiting professorship was established in 1990, with previous incumbents including Sir Ian McKellen, Dame Myra Syal and Dame Diana Rigg.
From BBC ● Jun. 16, 2026
Earlier this year, he left a professorship at Yale for the state-run University of Science and Technology of China.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 14, 2026
Fitting, then, that she would accept a prestigious guest professorship this year at a German art school.
From New York Times ● Apr. 6, 2024
The third plaintiff, Paul Marik, said he had been forced to resign a professorship at Eastern Virginia Medical School and as director of the intensive care unit at Senara Norfolk General Hospital in Virginia.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 26, 2024
Ernest called MIT’s bluff, informing Evans that he was welcome to hire experienced cyclotroneers from Berkeley to do the job, but warning that the good ones would demand at least an assistant professorship to move.
From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik
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