This is from June 2008 when His Highness the Aga Khan was at Harvard to receive Honorary Doctor of Laws degree.

Dean Mohsen Mostafavi welcomed His Highness the Aga Khan (AB ’58) at the GSD on June 4 with a luncheon. Joined by his son, Prince Hussain; daughter-in-law, Princess Khaliya; and daughter, Princess Zahra, (AB ’94), His Highness the Aga Khan met with students and faculty participating in The Aga Khan Program for Islamic Architecture at Harvard University, M I T. Hashim Sarkis, Aga Khan Professor of Landscape Architecture and Urbanism in Muslim Societies at the GSD, cited the powerful impact the Aga Khan programs have had at the GSD, at Harvard, and MIT. His Highness the Aga Khan was in Cambridge to celebrate his 50th reunion and receive an honorary doctoral degree from Harvard University President Drew Faust for his outstanding service through the Aga Khan Development Network. The organization operates social, economic, and cultural entities, to particularly benefit the Third World.

Source: http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/news/aga_khan_6.4.08.html

Aga Khan Program for Islamic Architecture (AKPIA)

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AKDN News, more photographs at the source

The honorary degree recipients of the 357th Commencement Exercises at Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts June 5, 2008

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Prince Karim Aga Khan (L) and British author J.K. Rowling hold their honorary degrees during the 357th Commencement Exercises at Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts June 5, 2008. REUTERS/Brian Snyder

Prince Karim Aga Khan (L) applauds as fellow honorary degree recipient British author J.K. Rowling stands to receive her honorary Doctor of Letters degree during the 357th Commencement Exercises at Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts June 5, 2008. REUTERS/Brian Snyder

Prince Karim Aga Khan receives an Honorary Doctor of Laws degree from Harvard University at commencement ceremonies June 5, 2008, in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Photo by Robert Spencer/Getty Images

Boston Herald - The Aga Khan, left, and Harry Potter author J.K. Rowling, received honorary degrees during commencement exercises at harvard University today. The Aga Khan is the spiritual leader of 20 million Ismaili Muslims around the world.

NPR.org - The Aga Khan, left, and author J.K. Rowling, right, clap during Harvard University commencement exercises, Thursday, June 5, 2008 in Cambridge, Mass. Both received honorary degrees during the exercises. The Aga Khan is the spiritual leader of 20 million Ismaili Muslims around the world. Associated Press © 2008

The Aga Khan, left, receives an honorary degree from Marc Goodheart, secretary of the university, during Harvard University commencement exercises, Thursday, June 5, 2008 in Cambridge, Mass. The Aga Khan is the spiritual leader of 20 million Ismaili Muslims around the world. The Harvard-educated businessman and philanthropist is a descendant of the Prophet Muhammad.(AP Photo/Lisa Poole)

The Aga Khan (L) applauds after British author J.K. Rowling (R) received an honorary degree during Commencement exercises at Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA, 05 June 2008. British author J.K. Rowling received an honorary Doctor of Letters degree during the ceremony. EPA/MATT CAMPBELL

The Aga Khan (L) and British author J.K. Rowling (C) listen as Anthony Christopher Woods (R) delivers the Graduate English Address and speaks about his experience as an Iraqi War veteran during Commencement exercises at Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA, 05 June 2008. British author J.K. Rowling received an honorary degree during the ceremony. EPA/MATT CAMPBELL

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Page three and six.

http://www.commencement.harvard.edu/images/2008/gaz_1.pdf

Or visit this link

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The edited/recorded clip of the event is available here for download. You will need Real Player 11 to watch the video.

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Click here for complete event, posted at Harvard

Watch live event here:
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Kennedy To Receive Honorary Degree
Ailing senator will not be present tomorrow to accept accolade

Senator Edward M. Kennedy ‘54-’56 will be among 11 honorees receiving degrees from the University, according to a program circulated at Wednesday’s dinner for the distinction’s recipients. But unlike his 10 fellow recipients, he will not receive the degree at today’s Commencement exercises.

Kennedy was diagnosed with a malignant brain tumor two weeks ago, and is recovering from surgery at Duke University Medical Center in Durham, N.C., making travel difficult.

In a highly unusual arrangement, Kennedy will be awarded the honor at “an appropriate future occasion,” said a Harvard spokesman, who added that the senator had originally been slated to attend the event.

Also receiving degrees will be spiritual leader, the Aga Khan; Yale developmental psychologist James P. Comer; Princeton art historian Wen C; Fong, Columbia neuroscientist Eric R. Kandel; federal judge Damon J. Keith, women’s historian Gerda Lerner, Stanford computer scientist John McCarthy, University of Chicago biologist Janet D. Rowley, author and commencement speaker J. K. Rowling, and former Harvard Medical School Dean Daniel C. Tosteson.

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A large jet arrived at the Augusta State Airport Tuesday morning.

The magnificent Bombardier, with an olive green and scarlet banner on the tail, was a pleasant and unusual surprise at the airport, Maine Instrument Flight President Bill Perry said.

“It’s one of the larger models that’s landed here,” Perry said.

The jet, registered as LX-PAK, belongs to His Highness Prince Karim al-Hussayni Aga Khan, according to the Web site www.planepictures.net, which identifies the aircraft as having the same registration number as the jet at the airport.

The jet’s formal name is listed as the Aga-Khan Bombardier BD-700 Global Express.

Best known as the Aga Khan, the prince has served as the spiritual leader of several million Muslims worldwide since 1957, his Web site said.

Complete story at the source http://news.mainetoday.com/updates/028225.html

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O doutoramento foi atribuído pelo reitor Dr. Alan Finkel e pelo vice-reitor Richard Larkins, numa cerimónia em Melbourne. O multifacetado artista australiano - músico, novelista, actor, compositor de diversas bandas sonoras e argumentista - viu, assim, o seu trabalho recompensado pela universidade que se viu obrigado a deixar.

"A sua reputação e popularidade atravessam barreiras de idade e de cultura. Nick Cave tem elevado a imagem da Austrália a nível internacional, particularmente em termos de criatividade e capacidades artísticas da nossa nação", disse o vice-reitor Richard Larkins. Destacou ainda o facto de Cave ser um dos mais bem-sucedidos artistas em cerca de 30 anos de carreira, com um impacto de grande relevância na cultura contemporânea "alternativa".

Independentemente da pessoa se ter graduado ou não, a Monash University pode conceder o doutoramento como reconhecimento da contribuição de serviço público ou distinção na área do ensino ou das artes.