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Alice Huang, now in her late 40s, pursued a master’s degree in media management from Hong Kong Baptist University in the late 2000s, said a graduate in the same program.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 12, 2026
To investigate this process, Knight worked with James Grove, PhD, who was a graduate student at the time.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 9, 2026
Tsutomu Watanabe, the professor at the University of Tokyo's graduate school of economics, said: "Pay raises are still largely insufficient and not benefiting everyone."
From Barron's ● Nov. 8, 2026
Transportation analysts believe Raman, who has a graduate degree in urban planning from MIT, will be more aggressive in addressing transit issues than Bass, whose background was in healthcare and community organizing.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 6, 2026
He was almost the cause of my not being admitted to graduate school by writing me a recommendation which—though it was a glowing one—repeatedly referred to me as “Jerry.”
From "The Secret History" by Donna Tartt
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It’s no surprise that a vast majority of employers overwhelmingly support expanding public investment in CTE, noting they prefer high-school graduates equipped with real-world skills.
From MarketWatch ● Nov. 9, 2026
Both graduates of the Birmingham City academy, the brothers were regular selections in England youth line-ups.
From BBC ● Nov. 6, 2026
The 22-year-old cinema and media studies student graduates in December, and she’s admittedly “a little freaked out” by what awaits her.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 5, 2026
And economists studying recent college graduates, the group supposedly first in line for replacement, found that their unemployment did not spike this summer.
From MarketWatch ● Nov. 3, 2026
You are one of our more accomplished graduates, you know.
From "The Interrupted Tale" by Maryrose Wood
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According to a profile in the Harvard Crimson, Raman studied classical dance with renowned Bharatanatyam dancer Leela Samson in Chennai, India, and toured with her dance company after she graduated in the early aughts.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 8, 2026
"At the time, I wasn't sure what salary I was even going to be on when I graduated," she said.
From BBC ● Nov. 6, 2026
Raman, 45, an urban planner who graduated from Harvard and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, has promised to bring more transparency to the city’s homelessness-program spending.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 5, 2026
In an open letter to colleagues last week, Lockhart said forcing O'Neill from office was the "only one credible option" and any kind of "graduated response" would be "insulting to those who have trusted us".
From BBC ● Nov. 3, 2026
It was considered “the most expensive, most beautiful, and largest high school in the nation” and an excellent educational facility and academically graduated a high percentage of students who went on to top universities.
From "March Forward, Girl" by Melba Pattillo Beals
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She returned to Texas for college, graduating from Texas College in Tyler.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 11, 2026
Young people graduating today face a notoriously difficult job market.
From MarketWatch ● Nov. 9, 2026
Brown, 73, was introduced to political activism from a young age and was recruited into local politics even before graduating from Yale.
From BBC ● Nov. 2, 2026
Shortly after graduating, he returned to the institution as a fellow.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 30, 2026
She didn’t feel bad about missing all the horrible stuff—the tributes, the look back at the shattered graduating class.
From "A Heart in a Body in the World" by Deb Caletti
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