<section><h2>50 years of honorary doctorates</h2><p><p>This academic year is all about our 50th birthday. Fifty might seem pretty young but our university has an old soul. After all, the roots of our project lie in the foundation of the French-speaking Université Libre de Bruxelles (ULB), 185 years ago.</p><p>Over the years, VUB has rewarded many honorary doctorates to top scientists and international personalities.</p><p>What do you know about VUB's honorary doctors? Let's see if you're an expert!<br></p></p></section><section><h2>"If we don't believe in freedom of expression for people we dispise, we don't believe in it at all" is a famous quote by:</h2></section><section><h3>Why was Jacques-Yves Cousteau rewarded with an honorary doctorate?</h3></section><section><h3>In 2013, VUB rewarded an honorary doctorate to Fatou Bensouda. Who is she?</h3></section><section><h3>Which famous actor received an honorary doctorate from VUB?</h3></section><section><h3>Which German Chancellor has received an honorary doctorate?</h3></section><section><h3>In 2013, for the first time, only women were honoured by VUB.</h3><p><b>Professor Cecilia Jarlskog (Lund University), professor Londa Schiebinger (Stanford University) professor Carol Gilligan (New York University) and Fatou Bensouda were all rewarded with an honorary doctorate. But who was the fifth woman who was rewarded?</b> </p></section><section><h3>Do you recognise this honorary doctor?</h3></section><section><h3>The South African political leader Nelson Mandela received an honorary doctorate from VUB in 1993.</h3><p><b>The then-president of South Africa was also there to be honoured. What was his name?</b> </p></section><section><h3>Which Belgian choreographer was rewarded with an honorary doctorate?</h3></section><section><h3>“All of your quotes are getting on my nerves” is a very special quote by one which of the following honorary doctorates?</h3></section><section><h2>You are our Honorary Doctor Expert</h2><p><p> <i>With this excellent score, we wonder if you’re actually a time traveller. From now on you are officially our Honorary Doctor Expert. Congratulations!</i></p><p> <i>The Vrije Universiteit Brussel will award five new honorary doctorates on 18 March 2020<b> </b><a href="http://www.vubtoday.be/en/content/vub-honorary-doctorates-connect-world" class="accent-link link" target="_blank"><b>>> </b><b>Find out who they are <<</b></a></i><b><i><br></i></b> </p> </p></section><section><h3>You are a semi-expert</h3><p><p> <i>Some honorary doctors you knew without hesitation, but others were like complete strangers to you. You’re a semi-expert and you’ve learned some new names today! That’s a reason to celebrate, don’t you think? ;-)</i></p><p> <i>The Vrije Universiteit Brussel will award five new honorary doctorates on 18 March 2020<b> </b><a href="http://www.vubtoday.be/en/content/vub-honorary-doctorates-connect-world" class="accent-link link" target="_blank"><b>>> </b><b>Find out who they are <<</b></a></i><b><i><br></i></b> </p> </p></section><section><h3>You need a honary doctorate book for dummies</h3><p><p> <i>It’s almost as if you’ve never heard of our honorary doctors before! Maybe you should do this quiz again; perhaps you were just a little tired after celebrating the academic opening. But hey, we don’t blame you, 50 is a special age after all.</i></p><p><i> The Vrije Universiteit Brussel will award five new honorary doctorates on 18 March 2020<b> </b><a href="http://www.vubtoday.be/en/content/vub-honorary-doctorates-connect-world" class="accent-link link" target="_blank"><b>>> </b><b>Find out who they are <<</b></a></i><b><i><br></i></b></p> </p></section><section><h3></h3><p></p></section>