Focus Taiwan
Date: 2018/03/31
By: Chang Jung-hsiang and Kuan-lin Liu
Taipei, March 31 (CNA) National Cheng Kung University (NCKU) in southern Taiwan said
CNA file photo
Saturday that it will present an honorary doctorate degree to former Norwegian Prime Minister Gro Harlem Brundtland on April 3.
The degree will be awarded at the closing of the Gro Harlem Brundtland Week of Women in Sustainable Development, which included plenary sessions, symposiums, panel discussions and exhibitions on global issues related to sustainable development and public health, according to the university.
Brundtland, the winner of the 2014 Tang Prize for sustainable development, used NT$5 million (US$171,367), a part of the prize money she received, to establish the Gro Brundtland Award and to fund a one-week science forum at NCKU to recognize distinguished researchers in her field. [FULL STORY]
