professor
The most senior rank for an academic at a university or similar institution.
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Check out this recent bioRxiv preprint with ISTA PhD student Ksenia Khudiakova, Professor Nick Barton, and colleagues, showing that sign epistasis extends the effects of balancing selection on genetic diversity. DOI:…
Whoever “Zelda’d” the poor professor isn’t the only one keeping secrets! A new episode of our limited series Polaris University is available now on Dodoborne.com or wherever you get your podcasts! #daggerheart #t…
🔗 L'università di torino intitola un'aula al professor franco reviglio "Figura che ha segnato la vita accademica e istituzionale dell'Ateneo" #Piemonte #AnsaPiemonte
📸 Professor Melissa Lonegrass who attended the event in support of her colleagues Learn more here: law.lsu.edu/news/202... 2/2
lol, typically understated by Barry Posen: "Barry Posen, a professor of political science at MIT and former director of its Security Studies program, said Hegseth appears to “have a preference for people who look like…
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The most senior rank for an academic at a university or similar institution.
Professor is what you become after teaching for twenty to thirty years.
“Check out this recent bioRxiv preprint with ISTA PhD student Ksenia Khudiakova, Professor Nick Barton, and colleagues, showing that sign epistasis extends the effects of balancing selection on genetic diversity. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1101/2025.04.09.647826”
— Bluesky· May 2026“Whoever “Zelda’d” the poor professor isn’t the only one keeping secrets! A new episode of our limited series Polaris University is available now on Dodoborne.com or wherever you get your podcasts! #daggerheart #ttrpg”
— Bluesky· May 2026“🔗 L'università di torino intitola un'aula al professor franco reviglio "Figura che ha segnato la vita accademica e istituzionale dell'Ateneo" #Piemonte #AnsaPiemonte”
— Bluesky· May 2026“lol, typically understated by Barry Posen: "Barry Posen, a professor of political science at MIT and former director of its Security Studies program, said Hegseth appears to “have a preference for people who look like him.”" www.salon.com/2026/05/01/r...”
— Bluesky· May 2026“The Misuse of Popular Sovereignty in Lithuania https://www.europesays.com/2967068/ —Airė Keturakienė, assistant professor at Vytautas Magnus University (Kaunas, Lithuania), and Donatas Murauskas, associate professor at Vilnius university…”
— Bluesky· May 2026
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(US, Philippines, informal) A teacher or faculty member at a college or university regardless of formal rank.
As for Religion, I have not said, much lesse meant irreverently of it, or of the Professors thereof.
“📸 Professor Melissa Lonegrass who attended the event in support of her colleagues Learn more here: law.lsu.edu/news/202... 2/2”
— Bluesky· May 2026“🎹🎷Birthday of saxophonist (Edward) Kidd Jordan. With Professor Longhair here👇 youtu.be/la0UADkWk1Y?...”
— Bluesky· May 2026“Collingdale man charged in crash that killed former Swarthmore College professor in Upper Darby https://www.newsbeep.com/us-pa/184393/ UPPER DARBY, Pa. (WPVI) — An 18-year-old Collingdale man is facing charges after a former Swarthmore College professor…”
— Bluesky· May 2026“The tail. You forgot the tail. If the teacher/professor didn’t give you a directive or rubicon then it’s an 100 from the rest of us.”
— Bluesky· May 2026“Can we 'tame' AI? Professor of IT Matt Jones* explores how we can limit the risks of artificial intelligence while maximising its benefits... 🎥 Watch now: https://gres.hm/ai-taming *also of @swanseauni.bsky.social”
— Bluesky· May 2026
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(archaic) One who professes something, such as a religious doctrine.
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