Oxford University’s honorary degrees for 2008 have been announced. The economist, Montek Singh Ahluwalia, will receive a degree of doctor of civil law, while philosophy professor Thomas Nagel will get a degree of doctor of letters. Cell physiologist Professor Bert Sakmann, Professor of Aeronautics and Astronautics Sheila Evans Widnall, and Crystallographer Professor Ada Yonath, will be given doctor of science degrees, while soprano Dame Carolyn Emma Kirkby will get a degree of doctor of music. The honours will be awarded at Encaenia on Wednesday 18 June 2008.by Andreas Televantos
