HONORARY DOCTORATES
UJ honours iconic figures during the 2022 Summer Graduation series
The University of Johannesburg (UJ) is pleased to announce that it honoured six luminaries who were conferred with Honorary Doctorates, during the Summer Graduation series. Included in the group of six recipients are two Nobel Prize laureates – one in Literature (2021) and another in Chemistry (2013). They will joined students who painted UJ’s Kingsway Campus with the colours of their academic regalia, when they received their degrees.
businessman, bio-scientist, and media proprietor. He is the inventor of the drug Abraxane, which became known for its efficacy against lung, breast, and pancreatic cancer. Dr Soon-Shiong accepted his Honorary Doctorate virtually on Wednesday 12 October 2022. Joining Dr Soon-Shiong was Professor Khaled Ben Letaief. He is an internationally recognised leader in wireless communications and networks with research interest in big data analytic systems, mobile cloud and edge computing, tactile Internet, 5G systems and beyond. Professor Letaief accepted his Honorary Doctorate in person. The third recipient of a Honorary Doctorate was Professor Michael Levitt, a Nobel Prize recipient in Chemistry (awarded in 2013). He is a South African-born biophysicist and a professor of structural biology at Stanford University. Prof Levitt was one of the first researchers to conduct molecular dynamics simulations of DNA and proteins and developed the first software for this purpose. His conferral was held virtually on Thursday 13 October 2022. In addition, an Honorary Doctorate was awarded to world-renowned
that will help contribute towards an improved livelihood for their families. Their success will further contribute towards the upliftment of their communities and society at large. University confered Honorary Doctorates on six outstanding individuals who, through their excellent work and personal sacrifices, have made sterling contributions to humanity in the social, economic, and scientific fields in our country, on the African continent, and globally. The first of the recipients is Dr Patrick Soon- Shiong, a Chinese-South African transplant surgeon, billionaire
UJ confired Honorary Doctorates on the following six outstanding individuals: • Dr Patrick Soon-Shiong • Professor Khaled Ben Letaief • Professor Michael Levitt • Ms Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie • Professor Robert Doyle Bullard • Professor Abdulrazak Gurnah During this Graduation series, 465 undergraduate qualifications will be awarded, as well as 390 postgraduate qualifications, including 325 Master’s degrees and 65 Doctoral degrees. Not only are these qualifications a personal triumph for the students, but they are also a momentous achievement
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