alumna

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The “Little House on the Prairie” alumna, 61, spoke out on Monday, issuing a statement of gratitude and reflection to the Instagram page of her lifestyle brand, Modern Prairie.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 27, 2026

She is an alumna of Columbia Journalism School and lives in New Jersey with her husband and their three boys.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 5, 2026

"In nonlinear optics, light can be reshaped to create new colors, faster pulses or optical switches that turn signals on and off," said Kunyan Zhang, a Rice doctoral alumna and first author of the study.

From Science Daily • Nov. 14, 2025

“As a UVA alumna, I’m going to have to go with Thomas Jefferson,” Ms. Spanberger said.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 13, 2025

Patients, with accompanying nurses, made their rounds of the stocked shelves, conversing in low tones, with the asylum librarian, an alumna of the asylum herself.

From "The Bell Jar" by Sylvia Plath