former student
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A former student at the university has been arrested and is in custody, according to police.
From BBC ● Jun. 4, 2026
“He was a hell of a writer,” said screenwriter and former student Brianna Brown in an emailed statement to The Times.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 13, 2026
In Delhi, Anand recalls a former student who moved to Canada two years ago.
From BBC ● Apr. 14, 2026
He becomes the host to a former student named Sabiha, who has fled her home because she is suspected—wrongly, she claims—of killing her husband in a fire.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 20, 2026
The alteration of the single amino acid was discovered by Vernon Ingram, a former student of Max Perutz’s.
From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee
