alumna

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An alumna of what was then called North Texas State University and Howard University, Shepard also had a minor role in “The Wiz.”

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 17, 2026

Sara is an alumna of the University of Virginia and Columbia University's School of Journalism.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 3, 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

Heather von Zuben, a Goldman Sachs alumna who has been heading up Blackstone’s open-ended credit funds aimed at the private-wealth market, will lead the new unit as global head of retirement solutions.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 15, 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