Honorary Graduands and other awards 2023.
Recipients of Honorary Degrees and other awards to be made in 2023 and later
Professor James Fraser Stoddart | Professor of Chemistry Northwestern University | Doctor of Science | Monday 3 July 2023 11.00 am | |
Professor Justine Cassell | Computer Scientist | Doctor of Science | Monday 3 July 2023 3.00 pm | |
Dr Kate Ho | Co-founder and Chief Technology and Product Officer, Valla | Doctor honoris causa | Monday 3 July 2023 3.00 pm | |
Professor Richard Jonathan Parker, CBE | Director of Research and Technology 2001-16, Rolls-Royce Group | Doctor honoris causa | Tuesday 4 July 2023 11.00 am | |
Professor Sergios Theodoridis | Professor of Signal Processing and Machine Learning, University of Athens | Doctor of Science | Tuesday 4 July 2023 3.00 pm | |
Professor Alison Mary Phipps | Professor of Languages and Intercultural Studies, UNESCO Chair in Refugee Integration through Languages and the Arts, and Co-Convener of Glasgow Refugee, Asylum and Migration Network, The University of Glasgow | Doctor of Letters | Thursday 6 July 2023 3.00 pm | |
Professor Julie Fitzpatrick | Chief Scientific Adviser for Scotland and Scientific Director of the Moredun Research Institute | Doctor of Veterinary Medicine & Surgery | Friday 7 July 2023 3.00 pm | |
Dr Niall Thomas Connell | Formerly President of RCVS | Doctor of Veterinary Medicine & Surgery | Friday 7 July 2023 3.00 pm | |
Dr Sheila Margaret Voas | Chief Veterinary Officer for Scotland | Doctor of Veterinary Medicine & Surgery | Friday 7 July 2023 3.00 pm | |
Majid & Lynn Jafar on behalf of LouLou Foundation |
University Benefactor | Saturday 8 July 2023 3.00 pm | ||
Emeritus Professor Norma Margaret Dawson | Legal Historian & Honorary Professor at UoE | Doctor of Laws | Monday 10 July 2023 11.00 am | |
Ms Sinead Burke | Writer, academic and disability activist | Doctor honoris causa | Tuesday 11 July 2023 11.00 am | |
Dr Rebecca Saunders | Musician/Composer | Doctor of Music | Tuesday 11 July 2023 3.00 pm | |
Professor Carl Lindahl | Research Professor of English, University of Houston | Doctor honoris causa | Wednesday 12 July 2023 11.00 am | |
Dr Nick Barley | Director of the Edinburgh Book Festival since 2009 | Doctor of Letters | Wednesday 12 July 2023 11.00 am | |
Dr Christopher John Sansom | Author | Doctor of Divinity | Date TBC | |
Professor Leslie Gabriel Valiant | T. Jefferson Coolidge Professor of Computer Science and Applied Mathematics, School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Harvard University | Doctor of Science | Date TBC | |
The Rt Hon Lord Reed of Allermuir | President of the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom | Doctor of Laws | Date TBC | |
Abdulrazak Gurnah | Novelist and Academic | Doctor honoris causa | Date TBC | |
Dr Esther Mombo | Associate Professor in Church History, Gender and Theology, St Paul’s University, Kenya | Doctor of Divinity | Date TBC | |
Professor Stuart J Reid | Principal of the Royal Veterinary College | Doctor of Veterinary Medicine & Surgery | Date TBC | |
Emeritus Professor El Anatsui | Visionary Artist. Professor of Sculpture, University of Nigeria | Doctor honoris causa | Date TBC |
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