Hillary to Receive Honorary NYU Degree

Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton and  Nobel Prize winner Albert Fert will be honored at New York University's commencement next month.

The school said Monday that Clinton will receive an honorary Doctor of Laws degree at the May 13 ceremony. Fert, a physicist, will receive an honorary Doctor of Science degree.

John Patrick Shanley, who has won a Pulitzer Prize, a Tony and an Oscar, will receive an honorary Doctor of Letters degree.

Also being honored are health advocate Jessie Gruman and journalist Helen Thomas.

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