alma mater

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I wouldn’t call it a pendulum swing, but at your alma mater, there’s real discussion happening right now at Dartmouth about what the purpose of different parts of the university are.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 7, 2026

During a 2024 commencement address to his alma mater at the University of Pennsylvania engineering school, Ternus relayed a story about making the Cinema Display, the first Apple product he worked on a quarter-century ago.

From Barron's • Apr. 22, 2026

We have no heirs and plan to leave our assets to an endowed scholarship at my alma mater, plus a smaller gift to a local university program.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 8, 2026

To some donors, their love for their alma mater may outweigh any tax benefit.

From Salon • Apr. 5, 2026

He was returning now after an absence of thirteen years to his old alma mater, Pennsylvania College, in Gettysburg.

From "The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War" by Michael Shaara