Laureation Address: Alan Cumming
Honorary Degree of Doctor of Laws. Laureation by Bishop Wardlaw Professor Kathryn Rudy, School of Art History and St Andrews Institute of Mediaeval Studies.
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Graduation Address: Professor Christopher Baddeley, School of Chemistry
“It is your generation that, given appropriate resources, have the talent, expertise and powers of persuasion to identify and deliver solutions.”
Laureation Address: Professor Philip Rees CBE FBA
Honorary Degree of Doctor of Science. Laureation by Professor Nissa Finney, School of Geography and Sustainable Development.
Graduation Address: Dr Catherine Eagleton, University Librarian and Director of Collections and Museums
"Curiosity is what has brought you here, and it is what will carry you forwards..."
Laureation Address: Dr Eugene Koonin
Honorary Degree of Doctor of Science. Laureation by Professor Malcolm White, School of Biology.
Graduation address: Professor Richard White, School of Earth and Environmental Sciences
“Take the time to step back from what can seem to be an avalanche of information and misinformation ... and approach everything as objectively as you can.”
Laureation address: Sara Parkin OBE
Honorary Degree of Doctor of Laws. Laureation by Professor Sir Ian Boyd, School of Biology.
Graduation address: Professor Phillips O’Brien, School of International Relations
“I encourage you to harness the wind of your time and place for the greater good, to make the brightest future you can for yourselves, and for humankind.”
Laureation Address: Professor Cynthia Enloe
Honorary Degree of Doctor of Letters. Laureation by Professor Anthony Lang, School of International Relations.
Principal’s Medal: Amar Singh Bhandal
Presented by Professor Dame Sally Mapstone FRSE.