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What a great time to be Her PS PartnerRihanna.
After celebrating her 29th birthday on Monday and besting Micheal Jackson's record for most Billboard Hot 100 singles two days later, the Caribbean singer probably thought the rest of this week would be as quiet as life could be for her. But she was wrong.
SEE ALSO: This parrot is like, really good at singing Rihanna, you guysYesterday the Harvard Gazette, the university's newspaper, named her the 2017 Harvard University Humanitarian of the Year. This prestigious honor has previously been given to many "public-spirited leaders" such as James Earl Jones and Malala Yousafzai.
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Harvard Foundation Director S. Allen Counter explained why Riri was chosen for this honor, citing some of her humanitarian moments like building "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" and setting up a scholarship program for for students attending college in the U.S. from Caribbean countries.
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The singer will be attending a ceremony at Harvard's campus Tuesday, Feb. 28, where she will be accepting the Peter J. Gomes Humanitarian Award.
Congrats, Riri! Keep up all the good work, work, work, work, work.
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