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Updated: 9:30 p.m. Sunday, May 26, 2013 | Posted: 9:27 p.m. Sunday, May 26, 2013

Affleck gets honorary doctorate from Brown

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Ben Affleck speaks after receiving an honorary degree at Brown University's 245th commencement in Providence, R.I., Sunday, May 26, 2013. (AP Photo/Michael Dwyer)
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Actor and director Ben Affleck raises his fist after receiving an honorary degree at Brown University's commencement in Providence, R.I., Sunday, May 26, 2013. (AP Photo/Michael Dwyer)
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Ben Affleck gestures before receiving an honorary degree at Brown University's 245th commencement in Providence, R.I., Sunday, May 26, 2013. (AP Photo/Michael Dwyer)
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Ben Affleck reacts as he receives an honorary degree at Brown University's commencement in Providence, R.I., Sunday, May 26, 2013. (AP Photo/Michael Dwyer)
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Actor and director Ben Affleck, lower left, receives an honorary degree at Brown University's commencement in Providence, R.I., Sunday, May 26, 2013. (AP Photo/Michael Dwyer)

The Associated Press

PROVIDENCE, R.I. —

Academy Award-winning actor and director Ben Affleck has received one of six honorary doctorate degrees from Brown University.

Affleck was among artists, writers, scientists and educators to receive the degrees from the Ivy League school at commencement exercises Sunday. He received a doctor of fine arts degree. The Massachusetts native directed, produced and starred in "Argo," which won this year's Oscar for Best Picture.

Others getting honorary doctorates were author and MIT Professor Junot Diaz; retired Stanford University bacteriologist Stanley Falkow; Tougaloo College President Beverly Wade Hogan; medical doctor and Robert Wood Johnson Foundation President Risa Lavizzo-Mourey; and Miami Dade College President Eduardo Padron.

The university conferred more than 2,400 degrees Sunday.

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