"Her life’s work is most deserving of this recognition, and she will inspire our students," SMU President R. Gerald Turner said Taylor Hill/WireImage Opal Lee, or as she is affectionately known ...
The University of Wyoming will confer its highest award, the honorary doctoral degree, upon two individuals who will be recognized during UW commencement ceremonies May 11. They are Greg Hill, ...
CLIMATE ACTIVIST GRETA Thunberg and environmentalist Duncan Stewart have been awarded with the Honorary Freedom of the City of Dublin. Lord Mayor Caroline Conroy had put Thunberg forward alongside ...
You can call him "doctor." Sort of. Roger Federer was one of seven recipients given honorary doctorates by the University of Basel on Friday. The Faculty of Medicine awarded the 36-year-old with ...
The Swedish climate campaigner Greta Thunberg was detained in central London on Tuesday together with twenty other protestors, Greta and other activists had gathered to protest outside a major oil ...
Climate change activist Greta Thunberg has been highly critical of global leaders over their action to limit global warming. But speaking to the BBC's Andrew Marr ahead of the COP26 climate summit ...
President Mung Chiang has been selected to receive an honorary Doctor of Science from Dartmouth during its commencement ceremony on June 9. Chiang is among nine recipients being recognized for their ...
In 2016, Lee — then 89 — traveled 1,400 miles in a symbolic walk from Fort Worth to Washington, D.C., to urge Congress and the Obama administration to declare Juneteenth a federal holiday.
George Lucas is set to be celebrated at the Cannes Film Festival in May. Best Things The Halo TV Show Has Done So Far 'Unprecedented' ruling against Crumbleys opens up a 'Pandora's box' in ...
DALLAS — Opal Lee, best known for her campaign to establish Juneteenth as a national holiday, will receive an honorary doctorate from SMU. The “Grandmother of Juneteenth” successfully ...
Greta Thunberg briefly interrupted by man on stage at climate protest in Amsterdam The interruption happened after Thunberg invited a Palestinian and an Afghan woman to speak at a climate protest ...