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Most people associate sabbaticals as a perk reserved for tenured professors and Fortune 500 executives.
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Aparna Rae, Forbes.com, 30 July 2025
McElroy, a Black woman, is a tenured University of Texas professor and former journalist at several outlets, including the Statesman and New York Times.
—Lily Kepner, Austin American Statesman, 30 July 2025
Jane Wu was a tenured faculty member in neurology, molecular biology and genetics at Northwestern’s Feinberg School of Medicine for nearly two decades.
—Kate Armanini, Chicago Tribune, 4 July 2025
National Institutes of Health head Jay Bhattacharya was a tenured professor at the medical school, while Surgeon General nominee Casey Means — also a prominent voice in U.S. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s Make America Health Again movement — graduated from there.
—Sriparna Roy, USA Today, 21 July 2025
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Aparna Rae, Forbes.com, 30 July 2025
McElroy, a Black woman, is a tenured University of Texas professor and former journalist at several outlets, including the Statesman and New York Times.
—Lily Kepner, Austin American Statesman, 30 July 2025
Jane Wu was a tenured faculty member in neurology, molecular biology and genetics at Northwestern’s Feinberg School of Medicine for nearly two decades.
—Kate Armanini, Chicago Tribune, 4 July 2025
National Institutes of Health head Jay Bhattacharya was a tenured professor at the medical school, while Surgeon General nominee Casey Means — also a prominent voice in U.S. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s Make America Health Again movement — graduated from there.
—Sriparna Roy, USA Today, 21 July 2025
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“Tenured.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/tenured. Accessed 10 Aug. 2025.
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tenured
adjective
ten·ured
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: having tenure
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