Drexel student becomes youngest professor in history
Posted by Jordan Osecki on 22 Apr 2008 at 10:34 am | in: The Drexel Beat
Alia Sabur is 19 years old and is becoming the youngest person in world history to be a university professor. She will be teaching at Seoul’s Konkuk University as a full-time professor in the Graduate School Department of Advanced Technology Fusion.
Sabur is recognized as the youngest professor in history by the Guinness Book of World Records. Sabur broke the record set in 1717 by Colin Maclaurin, a Scottish mathematician and close friend of Isaac Newton, who became a professor at age 19.
Sabur went to college after 4th grade, earning a B.S. in Applied Mathematics from Stony Brook University at the age of 14. She earned her MS and PhD in Materials Science and Engineering from Drexel.
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The Triangle should check its facts. Alia does not have a PhD, despite what has been reported by NBC and Fox News.
She even lists herself as “ABD” on her online resume (All But Dissertation) but does not correct reporters in interviews. The whole thing is a media circus and a real mockery of academia.