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Harrison Ford gets an honorary doctorate and addresses the class of 2026

NPR | By Ayesha Rascoe

Published May 17, 2026 at 8:02 AM EDT

Harrison Ford now has an honorary doctorate from Arizona State University, and his speech was cheered by the ASU Class of 2026.

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Ayesha Rascoe

Ayesha Rascoe is a White House correspondent for NPR. She is currently covering her third presidential administration. Rascoe's White House coverage has included a number of high profile foreign trips, including President Trump's 2019 summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un in Hanoi, Vietnam, and President Obama's final NATO summit in Warsaw, Poland in 2016. As a part of the White House team, she's also a regular on the NPR Politics Podcast.

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