The University of Alpha Centauri is an institute of higher learning, located in the city of New Samarkand on Alpha Centauri III. (TNG novel: The Buried Age) Prior to 2267, a physician at the university suffered an overdose of cordrazine in unknown circumstances. Colleagues found her unconscious and took her for treatment at a local hospital. She disappeared a few days later, and five months later her body was discovered in a public lodge located in the city of Eglantine on Stygian III. (TOS - Crucible novel: The Fire and the Rose)