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Ex NYU president to receive honorary degrees at AUW

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Published: 13:36, 29 January 2020   Update: 15:18, 26 July 2020
Ex NYU president to receive honorary degrees at AUW

Professor John Sexton, a U.S. national, who served as the fifteenth President of New York University (NYU) will be the Commencement Speaker at the Eighth Commencement of the Asian University for Women (AUW) in Chittagong, Bangladesh on Saturday, May 9, 2020.

Professor Sexton will be awarded an honorary Doctor of Humane Letters at the Commencement.

Besides, three others will receive honorary degrees from the Asian University for Women during the Commencement Proceedings.

They are- Andrea Schenker-Wicki, a Swiss national, who serves as the President of the University of Basel, will receive a Doctor of Laws; Gita Gopinath, who was born in Kolkata and serves as the first female Chief Economist of the International Monetary Fund (where she is on leave from her position as John Zwaanstra Professor of International Studies and Economics at Harvard University) will receive a Doctor of Laws; and Meesha Shafi, the noted Pakistani actress and singer who made her film debut in the Hollywood production of A Reluctant Fundamentalist, will receive a Doctor of Arts.

The Eighth AUW Commencement will be chaired by AUW Chancellor Mrs. Cherie Blair, CBE, of the United Kingdom and AUW Chairman of the Board of Trustees Dr. Dipu Moni (who is also the Bangladeshi Minister of Education). Professor Nirmala Rao, OBE, FAcSS, Vice Chancellor of AUW, will address the program.


 
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