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Honorary Degrees

Ella, Nosbusch, Grant to receive honorary degrees from UW–Madison

Posted on March 28, 2022

Three global leaders with careers of extraordinary accomplishment will be awarded honorary degrees at spring commencement this May at the University of Wisconsin–Madison. The recipients are Krishna Ella, a groundbreaking vaccine scientist and entrepreneur; Keith …

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Broadway star, prominent psychologist to be speakers at commencement

Posted on April 9, 2021

John Gottman, Ph.D., an alumnus of UW–Madison, is world-renowned for his work on marital stability and divorce prediction. He will be awarded an honorary doctoral degree during spring commencement. As is the tradition for recipients …

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V. Craig Jordan, Michael G. Moore to receive honorary degrees

Posted on April 9, 2020

Update: Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, spring commencement ceremonies at Camp Randall and the Kohl Center are being postponed. The honorary degrees for V. Craig Jordan and Michael G. Moore are now scheduled to be conferred …

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Steve Miller, Tom Brock to receive honorary degrees

Posted on February 20, 2019

The 2019 recipients of honorary degrees from the University of Wisconsin–Madison are both rock stars — one literally, the other in microbiology. The honorees are legendary musician Steve Miller, a 2016 Rock and Roll Hall …

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Chazen, Jerome

Fahey, David

Fahey, Thomas-Greenfield, Chazen to receive UW-Madison honorary degrees

Posted on March 8, 2018
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