doctorate
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Felicity Finch, who plays former Harper Adams student Ruth Archer on the BBC's The Archers programme, will receive an honorary doctorate.
From BBC ● Sep. 14, 2026
They were soon joined by another Polytechnique alumnus, Thomas Wolf, a wide-ranging talent who holds a doctorate in quantum physics and also worked as an intellectual property lawyer.
From Barron's ● Sep. 3, 2026
Now she’s getting her astronomy doctorate at Boston University.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 2, 2026
She also received an honorary doctorate degree of letters from Carson-Newman University in Jefferson City, Tenn., in 1990.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 31, 2026
Staggering from the examination room, Livingston sought out Lawrence to warn that he almost certainly would be refused his doctorate, due to his failure to demonstrate a grasp of basic nuclear physics.
From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik
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That is the entire story, and there are people with doctorates who cannot say it out loud.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 9, 2026
The International Mathematical Union awarded its Fields Medal on Thursday at a ceremony in Philadelphia to four people, including Yu Deng and Hong Wang, who both attended Peking University before earning doctorates in the U.S.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 24, 2026
"I'm not his spokesperson," he added, noting that he has doctorates in Zulu music and cultural tourism.
From BBC ● Sep. 14, 2025
Lifetime Achievement Award and honorary doctorates from Berklee College of Music and the University of Massachusetts.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 18, 2025
Comptons guests had come to the city to receive honorary doctorates from the University of Chicago.
From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik
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