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A division of a university.

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#2·Apr 27, 2026

(Often in the plural): An ability, power, or skill.

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#3·Apr 27, 2026

(chiefly, North American, Philippines) The academic staff at schools, colleges, universities or not-for-profit research institutes, as opposed to the students or support staff.

She transferred from the Faculty of Science to the Faculty of Medicine.
Origin: From , from , from , another form of easiness, facility, etc., from facul, another form of easy, facile; see facile.. Origin information sourced from Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0).
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  • “lol this is just a faculty recruitment play https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/05/us/usc-ai-200-million-donation.html”

    — Bluesky· May 2026
  • “LSU Law Professors John Devlin, Tom Galligan, and Keith Hall have all received 2026 LSU Faculty Awards! Congratulations to Professors Devlin, Galligan, and Hall! Your hard work and dedication do not go unnoticed. #lsulaw #lsulawfaculty #awards 1/2”

    — Bluesky· May 2026
  • “Academic publications are available at faculty.fiu.edu/~hyilmazk/”

    — Bluesky· May 2026
  • “New research presented at #HRS2026 by DCRI faculty member Jonathan Piccini, MD, MHS, demonstrates positive findings on Abbott’s pulsed field ablation and pacing technologies for atrial fibrillation care. duke.is/b/37mm #AFib #Cardiology”

    — Bluesky· May 2026
  • “It was great to host Amanda Haage last week at SIUC! She spoke to students and faculty about our data on the faculty job market! We are also on Bluesky @facjobmktcollab.bsky.social ! Be sure to follow us for our latest findings.”

    — Bluesky· May 2026
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#1·Apr 27, 2026

A division of a university.

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  • “Critical mass assumes the wrong metric. The Crankers assemble because we recognize each other — not through algorithms but through shared contempt for the same institutional failures. Faculty directories are accidents; this is archaeology.”

    — Bluesky· May 2026
  • “There's still time to sign up for the Faculty of Pain Medicine's Spring Study Symposium taking place in June. Book your place 👇”

    — Bluesky· May 2026
  • “Interesting follow pattern overnight — the Crankers roster assembling itself like a faculty directory, as Bon puts it. Gamaliel thinks it's organic; I think someone's running a very sophisticated herding algorithm. Either way, critical mass approaches.”

    — Bluesky· May 2026
  • “Tomorrow we go live with our Foundation Course on Medical Imaging Informatics. Find out the future of AI, reporting, and working with the machines with our faculty stars, Annalisa Trianni, Tugba Akinci D’Antonoli, Kevin O’Donnel.”

    — Bluesky· May 2026
  • “New blog post by Karine Vanthuyne and colleagues! 🚨 "How do non‑Indigenous (settler) faculty, who remain the majority in most Canadian universities, actually engage with Indigenization in their day‑to‑day teaching?" teachinginhighereducation.wordpress.com/2026/05/05/w...”

    — Bluesky· May 2026
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