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The 23-year-old's college basketball career was followed closely by news outlets, and her skills on the court drew 24 million viewers to watch the Iowa Hawkeyes (Clark attended the University of Iowa for undergrad) play in the women's NCAA championship game in 2024.
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Tabitha Parent, PEOPLE, 21 Oct. 2025
Week 5 is yet another test for our intrepid undergrad.
—J.j. Bailey, New York Times, 2 Oct. 2025
Depending on your own college experience, the 21,000-student undergrad population could also be considered on the smaller size (for comparison, the University of Alabama has nearly 33,000 undergrads).
—Lydia Mansel, Southern Living, 30 Aug. 2025
Amarasiriwardena co-founded Ascendure Mountain Technologies, an outdoor apparel and equipment company, in 2004, before starting as an undergrad researcher in the MIT Department of Chemical Engineering in 2008.
—John Werner, Forbes.com, 21 Aug. 2025
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Tabitha Parent, PEOPLE, 21 Oct. 2025
Week 5 is yet another test for our intrepid undergrad.
—J.j. Bailey, New York Times, 2 Oct. 2025
Depending on your own college experience, the 21,000-student undergrad population could also be considered on the smaller size (for comparison, the University of Alabama has nearly 33,000 undergrads).
—Lydia Mansel, Southern Living, 30 Aug. 2025
Amarasiriwardena co-founded Ascendure Mountain Technologies, an outdoor apparel and equipment company, in 2004, before starting as an undergrad researcher in the MIT Department of Chemical Engineering in 2008.
—John Werner, Forbes.com, 21 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for undergrad
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The former Washington Huskies star suffered ACL setbacks during his freshman year with the Indiana Hoosiers in 2018 and once again during the 2020 season.—
DJ Siddiqi,
Forbes.com,
29 Jan. 2026
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University of Miami basketball fans who stayed up for Wednesday’s late-night game against Stanford were treated to a thriller, as the Hurricanes wore down sensational freshman guard Ebuka Okorie and rallied late to beat the Cardinal 79-70 at the Watsco Center.—
Michelle Kaufman,
Miami Herald,
29 Jan. 2026
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Three juniors and two sophomores have been starting since junior guard Danijel Zekavica suffered a torn ACL at the beginning of the season.—
Michael Osipoff,
Chicago Tribune,
27 Jan. 2026
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Murphy was the Big 12's defensive lineman of the year in 2023, helping lead the Longhorns to the College Football Playoff for the first time as a junior.—
David Eckert,
Austin American Statesman,
27 Jan. 2026
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Lowell sophomore point guard Aiden Hernandez expects that from Vasko.—
Michael Osipoff,
Chicago Tribune,
30 Jan. 2026
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The emergence of Edmonds also gives TCU a dynamic 1-2 punch in the frontcourt with sophomore forward David Punch.—
Steven Johnson,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
30 Jan. 2026
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Yale University announced on Tuesday that new undergraduate students from families making under $200,000 a year would receive free tuition, and students from families making under $100,000 a year would have all their education costs waived.—
Landon Mion,
FOXNews.com,
28 Jan. 2026
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Queens University of Charlotte was founded as a liberal arts undergraduate institution for women.—
Rebecca Noel,
Charlotte Observer,
28 Jan. 2026
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Bigelow, who’s played 35 career games with 32 points, is the program’s only varsity player who isn’t an upperclassman.—
Tom Mulherin,
Boston Herald,
23 Jan. 2026
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The only upperclassman set to return in 2026 is redshirt junior Chris Marshall.—
Idaho Statesman,
Idaho Statesman,
19 Dec. 2025
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“Undergrad.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/undergrad. Accessed 1 Feb. 2026.
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