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“Nye was the commencement speaker at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute where he was awarded an honorary doctor of science degree. [x]
In 2011, he received an honorary doctor of science degree from Willamette University. [x]
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Nye was the commencement speaker at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute where he was awarded an honorary doctor of science degree. [x]
In 2011, he received an honorary doctor of science degree from Willamette University. [x]
In 2013 he received an honorary doctor of pedagogy degree from Lehigh University. [x]
In 2008, he was awarded an honorary doctorate by Johns Hopkins University [x]
In May 2008, he also received the 2010 Humanist of the Year Award from the American Humanist Association. [x]
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