At the same event, the university’s honorary medal will be awarded to author Salman Rushdie, whose most famous work is The Satanic Verses, published in 1988, which angered Muslims widely.
Prime Minister of the Ministry of Transport Sanna Marin (sd.) will be awarded an honorary doctorate from New York University (NYU) today.
Marin gives a speech at the dedication ceremony on behalf of all those getting married at the ceremony.
Along with Marin, a Nobel laureate in chemistry will be awarded honorary doctorates Carolyn Bertozzia dancer Misty Copeland and former president of the University of Maryland Freeman A. Hrabowski.
At the same event, the university’s honorary medal for the writer will be awarded For Salman Rushdie. The 75-year-old Rushdie’s most famous work is the 1988 novel The Satanic Verses, which angered Muslims widely.
For example, the then religious leader of Iran, Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini sentenced Rushdie to death.
Rushdie was stabbed last August during a speech in the United States.
The event starts at 18:00 Finnish time. It is held at the traditional Yankee Stadium in the Bronx, New York. It is a baseball stadium originally built in 1923, which was opened in 2009 completely renovated. The main users of the stadium are the baseball team New York Yankees and the soccer team New York City FC.