Addresses and laureations 2023

Monday 12 June 2023 – afternoon ceremony

• Graduation address: Ester Ruskuc, Vice-Principal (Strategy, Policy, and Planning)
• Laureation address: Dr Kenneth Wood, School of Physics and Astronomy, for Professor Anneila Isabel Sargent FRSE

Tuesday 13 June 2023 – morning ceremony

• Graduation address: Professor Mark Chaplain, School of Mathematics and Statistics
• Principal’s Medal: Simone Korsgaard Jensen

Tuesday 13 June 2023 – afternoon ceremony

• Graduation address: Professor Brad MacKay, Deputy Principal
• Laureation address: Dr Daniel M Knight, School of Philosophical, Anthropological and Film Studies, for Professor Michael Herzfeld

Wednesday 14 June 2023 – morning ceremony

• Graduation address: Professor Frank Gunn-Moore, School of Biology
• Laureation address: Professor Ineke De Moortel FRSE, Master of the United College, for Professor Simon Tavaré FRS

Wednesday 14 June 2023 – afternoon ceremony

• Graduation address: Dr Rebekah Widdowfield, Vice-Principal (People and Diversity)
• Laureation address: Robert Fleming, Director of Development, for Sam Torrance OBE

Thursday 15 June 2023 – morning ceremony

• Graduation address: Dr Lorna Dargan, Director of Careers
• Laureation address: Professor Alan Sutherland, School of Economics and Finance, for Professor Carmen Reinhart
• Principal’s Medal: Isabelle Molinari

Thursday 15 June 2023 – afternoon ceremony

• Graduation address: Professor Aileen Fyfe, School of History
• Laureation address: Dr Sam Haddow, School of English, for Professor Margaret Bennett

Friday 16 June 2023 – morning ceremony

• Graduation address: Professor Dame Sally Mapstone FRSE, Principal and Vice-Chancellor
• Laureation address: Niall Scott, Vice-Principal (Communications), for Dr Kirsty Wark FRSE
• Laureation address: Professor Richard White, School of Earth and Environmental Sciences, for Professor Sir Alex Halliday FRS

Friday 16 June 2023 – afternoon ceremony

Graduation address: Professor Tobias Jung, School of Management
Laureation address: Caroline McWilliams, PhD Candidate, School of History for Ronald William Renton

Tuesday 28 November 2023 – morning ceremony

• Graduation address: Bishop Wardlaw Professor Josep Call FBA FRSE
• Laureation address: Dr Bede Williams, Deputy Director of Music, for Dame Evelyn Glennie

Tuesday 28 November 2023 – afternoon ceremony

• Graduation address: Professor Dame Sally Mapstone DBE FRSE
• Laureation address: Rev Dr Donald MacEwan, University Chaplain, for Rufus Norris

Wednesday 29 November 2023 – morning ceremony

• Graduation address: Bishop Wardlaw Professor Kathryn Rudy FBA FRSE
• Laureation address: Professor Philipps O’Brien, Head of the School of International Relations, for Margaret Atwood

Wednesday 29 November 2023 – afternoon ceremony

• Graduation address: Professor Gareth Miles, AVP Dean of Science
• University Medal: Ben Stuart, Director, Residential and Business Services, for Gordon Moir