alma mater

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Prince William’s alma mater, Scotland’s elite University of St. Andrew’s, receives so many Americans it is now sometimes referred to as “mini-Nantucket.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 26, 2026

Women, considering they’re basically an intramural team from my alma mater, Wisconsin.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 13, 2026

Certainly West Point, Lincoln’s alma mater, wasn’t training such people.

From Slate • Feb. 9, 2026

In 2024, Ives and his wife committed External link $100,000 to their alma mater, Penn State, to establish the Dan and Robyn Ives AI Innovation Initiatives Fund.

From Barron's • Jan. 30, 2026

In 1956, the University of North Carolina at Greensboro, Virginia Tucker’s alma mater, admitted its first black students, Bettye Tillman and JoAnne Smart.

From "Hidden Figures" by Margot Lee Shetterly