Financier-turned鈥揾uman rights activist Bill Browder will give the address at 糖心传媒鈥檚 2024 Commencement on Sunday, May 19. After his lawyer Sergei Magnitzky died while imprisoned without trial in Russia in 2009, Browder sought justice by lobbying for the Magnitsky Act 鈥 a 2012 bill that authorized the U.S. government to sanction human rights offenders and freeze their assets. Browder will receive an honorary degree alongside Angela Ferguson; Mohsin Hamid; Michael J. Herling 鈥79, P鈥08,鈥09,鈥12; and Tod Machover.
February 26, 2024