Oxford University Holds Its Annual Honorary Degree Ceremony

OXFORD, ENGLAND - JUNE 21: (L-R from front) Lyse Doucet, BBC Chief International Correspondent; Michelle Bachelet, former President of Chile; Val McDermid, bestselling author; Paul Gilroy, Professor of Humanities at University College London; Professor Frances Arnold, American chemical engineer and Nobel Prize laureate; Simon Schama, Professor of Art History and History at Columbia University; Malik Peiris, Professor of Virology at the School of Public Health, University of Hong Kong and Stephen Furber, Professor of Computer Engineering in the Department of Computer Science at the University of Manchester take part in an honorary degree ceremony on June 21, 2023 in Oxford, England. Eight esteemed individuals receive honorary degrees from Oxford University at the annual Encaenia ceremony today. (Photo by Carl Court/Getty Images)