A clip of Christian Drosten, at the World Health Summit in Berlin, calling for media to suppress “disinformation” went somewhat viral on X recently. “We shouldn’t have [just] anybody who has some academic degree talking about the heart of the issue in the middle of a pandemic,” Drosten said. In contrast to such untrustworthy “anybodies,” […]
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Biden Awarded Honorary Doctorate For Work As Honorary President
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Joe Biden was recently awarded an honorary doctorate degree from Howard University, a rare honor bestowed upon him just three years after he became Honorary President. Source Views: 0
Man Awarded Honorary Doctorate After Posting Wordle Score Where He Got It In 3 Guesses
INNSMOUTH, MA—Local man Jordan Smith was awarded an honorary doctorate degree from a local university after he posted his Wordle score to social media. Representatives from the college quickly contacted him and offered him the Ph.D. when they saw that he got the answer in just three guesses. “Look at this guy — he got […]
U.S. Congressman Gus Bilirakis Awarded Honorary Doctorate in Greece
US Representative Gus Bilirakis stated it was a “Tremendous honor to receive the honorary doctorate” at the ceremony on Tuesday. Credit: Nikos Apostolopoulos/ University of West Attica The University of West Attica, one of Athens’ premiere educational institutions, offered an honorary doctorate to Greek-American Congressman Gus Bilirakis at a ceremony in the Greek capital on […]
Kol Ami Rabbi Denise Eger Receives Honorary Doctorate from Ben-Gurion University
Congregation Kol Ami Rabbi Denise Eger is receiving an honorary doctoral degree from Ben-Gurion University (BGU) of the Negev Beer-Sheva. The university announced on March 17 that it will be presenting the degree to Eger because of her work as a Jewish leader, AIDS and LGBTQ activist, author and founding rabbi of the West Hollywood Reform […]
Harvard President awarded honorary doctorate from University of Haifa
Harvard President Lawrence Bacow received on Monday an honorary doctorate from the University of Haifa (UH) in recognition of his “global leadership in higher education, redefining the critical role universities play in developing and sustaining communities, and his advocacy for the importance of diversity within education.” President Bacow received the honor during a virtual ceremony […]
Technion to award Pfizer CEO honorary doctorate for coronavirus vaccine
Browse > Home / News / Technion to award Pfizer CEO honorary doctorate for coronavirus vaccine February 4, 2021 Agencies Read on for article The Technion-Israel Institute of Technology will award an honorary doctorate to Pfizer CEO and chairman Dr. Albert Bourla for his “extraordinary achievement” in leading the record-time development of a vaccine against […]
‘One of the things I’m most proud of is my doctorate’: Jill Biden responds to WSJ op-ed
During her husband’s vice presidency, Jill Biden continued to teach English at Northern Virginia Community College and plans to keep teaching after moving into the White House. She was affectionately known to her students as “Dr. B.” But the op-ed, written by author Joseph Epstein, called on the seasoned educator to drop the “doctor” title, […]
Google founder hopes Alphabet spells innovation
Alphabet CEO Larry Page speaks at the Fortune Global Forum in San Francisco, Monday, Nov. 2, 2015. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu) Google founder Larry Page is hoping his newly created company called Alphabet becomes synonymous with innovation. In a Monday night appearance, Page described Alphabet as a way to give engineers and scientists the independence they […]