mortarboard

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• Just over five years ago, Greg Sonnenberg, PhD, research associate in the Division of Gastroenterology and the Institute for Immunology, was tossing his mortarboard in the air at his now undergraduate alma mater, SUNY Buffalo.

  Blog text (6)

• Later that evening, when the guests had stumbled back to wherever guests go when they leave, she came out of the bathroom with her academic gown and mortarboard on.

  Fiction book (1993)

• He takes off his mortarboard to flash an American flag bandana.

  Fiction book (2000)

• At first, we only see the top of her mortarboard; as she lifts her head, we see that she's trying desperately not to laugh.

  Fiction book (2001)

• "Laughing, Memere hobbled through, the mortarboard lopsided on her head.

  Fiction book (2001)

• They were both wearing bulky royal blue academic gowns and mortarboards.

  Fiction book (1999)

• Kristen brought Frank a black robe and a mortarboard hat, which he put on while everyone cheered, honked, and clapped.

  Fiction book (1993)

• At a recent Fort Lewis College commencement, an older Indian student wore on his graduation mortarboard an eagle feather with tiny beadwork so perfect that the beads are called seed beads.

  Academic text (2004)

• As she walked across the stage, the tassel on her mortarboard swayed with every step, marking her graduation.

• The graduates proudly wore their mortarboards during the ceremony, each one personalized with unique decoration.

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