Harvard Honours Rihanna for All Her Work, Work, Work, Work, Work

Rihanna’s going to Harvard! Harvard University announced today that Rihanna has been named the school’s 2017 Humanitarian of the Year.

She’ll be receiving the award for her many humanitarian efforts, including creating scholarships for Caribbean children and building a breast cancer diagnosis and treatment facility. S. Allen Counter, the Harvard Foundation’s director, released the following statement:

“Rihanna has charitably built a state-of- the-art center for oncology and nuclear medicine to diagnose and treat breast cancer at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Bridgetown, Barbados. She has also created the Clara and Lionel Foundation Scholarship Program [named for her grandmother and grandfather] for students attending college in the U.S. from Caribbean countries, and supports the Global Partnership for Education and Global Citizen Project, a multiyear campaign that will provide children with access to education in over 60 developing countries, giving priority to girls and those affected by lack of access to education in the world today.”

Rihanna will be on campus next Tuesday to receive the award.