Fito Páez
Rodolfo “Fito” Páez is a musician from Rosario, an essential cultural figure in the city, whose work has transcended borders and generations. On Friday, December 5, 2025, he was honored with the highest title of the Universidad Nacional de Rosario (UNR): Honorary Doctorate. The emotional ceremony took place at the University Cultural Center (ECU) with a 12-song concert. “We are grateful for your life story, that unique way of making people feel the world and its things, which moves, challenges, and inspires this community,” remarked Rector Franco Bartolacci. In his acceptance speech, Páez repeatedly expressed his gratitude, dedicating the distinction to his aunt Charito, his mother, and his father; he spoke about the impact of artificial intelligence on musical creation. “You can’t monetize human expression, you can’t commodify everything. They can make us all idiots, but they’re not going to create a Spinetta through AI, a Liliana Herrero isn’t going to appear through AI. What I feel is being recognized is precisely that: there has to be a truly exceptional creator.”
Luis Moreno Ocampo
Luis Moreno Ocampo is an Argentine lawyer recognized for his key role in Argentina's democratic transition and in international criminal justice worldwide. On Tuesday, September 2, 2025, he was honored with the title of Doctor Honoris Causa of the Universidad Nacional de RosarioThe event took place in the University Cultural Center and was packed with attendees. “It is an honor to welcome Luis to our home because, at a very delicate moment for the Argentine university system, we are honoring with this event an academic and professional career, but also much of what we aspire to be as an institution. It allows us to make a declaration of principles,” said Rector Franco Bartolacci. Moreno Ocampo served as deputy prosecutor in the Trial of the Military Juntas in 1985, where the top leaders of Argentina's last civil-military dictatorship, which took place between 1976 and 1983, were tried for the first time. He concluded with a keynote address entitled “Justice and the Protection of Our Rights in 1976, 1985, and 2025.”
Alicia Stolkiner
Alicia Stolkiner is a psychologist and a leading figure in public health, recognized for her valuable work in the field of mental health, in which she incorporated the rights perspective as a fundamental axis of her career. On June 12, 2025, she was honored with the title of Doctor Honoris Causa of the Universidad Nacional de Rosario at an event held at the Faculty of Psychology. Stolkiner is a national leader in the fields of Mental Health, Human Rights, Psychology, and Interdisciplinary Work. She holds a degree in Psychology from the School of Public Health (UBA, 1985). She holds a Master's degree in Clinical Psychology (UNAM).
Ricardo Antunes
Ricardo Antunes is a Brazilian sociologist recognized for his outstanding academic career, his commitment to critical thinking, and his contributions to the analysis of the world of work. On Tuesday, June 10, 2025, he was honored with the title of Doctor Honoris Causa at a ceremony held at the Faculty of Humanities and Arts. The ceremony was led by the Vice Dean of Humanities, María Cristina Perez, and the Secretary of the Academic and Learning Area, Romina Pérez, in charge of the laudatio. The prestigious Brazilian intellectual expressed his gratitude: "I can tell you with great emotion that from now on I will say, as I always say: I have been a professor at UNICAMP for 40 years. But I am also a professor, Doctor Honoris Causa from today at the Universidad Nacional de Rosario”. He presented his master class: “The Privilege of Servitude,” a critical analysis of work in the digital age.
Eli Adashi
Eli Adashi is an American-Israeli physician and scientist who led important research programs in reproductive medicine. On Friday, March 7, 2025, he was recognized with the title of Doctor Honoris Causa in a ceremony held at the Faculty of Medical Sciences. The ceremony was held online, as the honoree resides in the United States, and was presided over by Rector Franco Bartolacci, the Dean of the Faculty and sponsor of the doctoral student, Jorge Molinas, and Honorary Professor Roberto Tozzini. The laudatio recognized Eli Adashi for his specialization in reproductive endocrinology, his 800 publications, his contributions to reproductive medicine, and his participation in various global health initiatives that have established him as a leader in his field. Finally, Dr. Eli Adashi gave a keynote address entitled "In Vitro Gametogenesis."
Daniel Innerarity
Daniel Innerarity is a Spanish philosopher, a renowned specialist in democracy and artificial intelligence, with growing influence in current debates on politics and governance. On Wednesday, December 4, 2024, he was awarded the title of Doctor Honoris Causa of the Universidad Nacional de Rosario at an event held at the UNR Government Headquarters under the patronage of the dean of the Faculty of Political Science and International Relations, Cintia Pinillos. Innerarity is an institutionalist, winner of the III Eugenio Trías Essay Prize and assures that beyond the "bankings" political parties "are systems of intervention in political life sustained over time." The laureate presented a conference entitled "Artificial intelligence and democracy."
Oscar Oszlak
Oscar Oszlak is a graduate in Economics and Public Accountant from the University of Buenos Aires, noted for his fundamental contributions to studies on the State, administration and public policies. In an event held on November 4, 2024 - at the beginning of the XVI National Congress on Democracy - at the Faculty of Political Science and International Relations, he was recognized with the title of Doctor Honoris Causa of the Universidad Nacional de Rosario. The dean of that faculty, Cintia Pinillo, was the one who proposed the tribute to Oszlak, considering him “one of the most outstanding political scientists in Latin America.” The rector of the UNR, Franco Bartolacci, said: “You have been part of our family for a long time. You have no idea how much it exalts the UNR that today we can formally say that you are our Professor.” After the oath, Oszlak gave a lecture entitled: “Personalized Government: Utopia or Reality?”
Ana Maria Fernandez
Ana María Fernández is a doctor in psychology and psychoanalyst, specialist in gender studies, graduated from the University of La Plata. On September 20, 2024, she was awarded the Title of Doctor Honoris Causa of the Universidad Nacional de Rosario, sponsored by the Dean of Psychology, Soledad Cottone, in the SUM of that faculty. Her research and numerous publications have insisted on assuming the difficult but fruitful tension between psychoanalysis, feminisms, especially gender studies and biopolitics, to think about the potentialities of desire at stake. At the end of the tribute she shared the conference entitled: “The cruel, the obscene, the violent: the logics of capital are reinvented.”
Carlos Scolari
Carlos Scolari is a Social Communicator, graduated from the career of the Universidad Nacional de Rosario, a prominent communication scientist and the graduate with the highest recognition achieved by the School of Social Communication. He was awarded the Title of Doctor Honoris Causa on September 17, 2024 at the University Cultural Space (ECU), in a recognition promoted by the Faculty of Political Science itself. Scolari taught at the UNR, at the University of Vic and the Pompeu Fabra University in Spain. He was a visiting professor, lecturer and organizer of workshops at universities in Latin America. His most notable scientific contributions have been in the semiotics of interfaces and interaction processes. “The emotion is very great, it is an honor, a pleasure to be here. I thought it was a recognition that comes to you in old age, but I feel young,” confessed Scolari, who gave a lecture entitled “Communication in ten sentences.”
Solano Benitez
Solano Benítez is an architect from Paraguay recognized for his numerous contributions to Latin American culture, he was awarded the title of Doctor Honoris Causa of the Universidad Nacional de Rosario. The event took place on Friday, June 28, 2024 at the SUM of the Faculty of Architecture and Planning with the presence of the Rector Franco Bartolacci and the architects Marcelo Barrale, Jorge Latranzi and Enrique Franco who proposed the distinction. Solano Benítez has an extensive and qualified background due to his contributions to the research and experimentation of new architectural construction applications from the public university and the private sector. He was also recognized for his efforts to exalt low-cost architecture, to extend the life of materials discarded by the industry, and to promote the work of his country's bricklayers.
Josep Brugada Terradellas
Josep Brugada Terradellas is a doctor, renowned Spanish cardiologist, director of the Pediatric Arrhythmia Unit at the Sant Joan de Déu Hospital in Barcelona. In 1992 he described a disease that causes sudden cardiac death that today bears his name, Brugada Syndrome. He has published more than 500 articles in the most important international journals in medicine and cardiology, and his work has been recognized with numerous awards worldwide. On May 29, 2024, he was awarded the Honoris Causa Doctorate from the UNR in an event that took place at the Ernesto ''Che'' Guevara Amphitheater of the Faculty of Medical Sciences.
Jaime Rodríguez-Arana Muñoz
Jaime Rodríguez-Arana Muñoz is a lawyer, Spanish jurist, recognized professor of Administrative Law at the University of Santiago de Compostela. In an event held on March 7, 2024 at the Faculty of Law, he was recognized with the title of Doctor Honoris Causa of the UNR with the sponsorship of the dean of that house of studies, Dr. Hernán Botta. Rodríguez-Arana Muñoz was highlighted both in the field of knowledge, the production of knowledge and also for his strong social commitment. Rector Franco Bartolacci highlighted: "The management of political and public administration is under discussion today throughout the world. There are substantive contributions in the works of Jaime Rodríguez-Arana Muñoz that allow us a particular approach to this problem. something that societies today demand and that demand transformations. In the name of Universidad Nacional de Rosario"I come to say thank you for your story, for those contributions and that testimony."
Norberto Puzzolo
Norberto Puzzolo is a plastic artist, photographer, Rosario exhibitor and one of the creators of "Tucumán arde", his works are part of public and private collections. On December 1, 2023, he was awarded the title of Doctor Honoris Causa of the UNR in an event that took place in the Faculty of Humanities and Arts and that was promoted by that house of studies, by the Faculty of Political Science, with the accompaniment of the Human Rights Area of the UNR and the Rosario Memory Museum. "It is a great emotion because it comes from the Public University and I feel doubly honored because I do not belong to the academic field," he expressed and considered that this degree, which is the highest awarded by the University, "humanly is the most important award I received." .
Bernard Vincent
Bernard Vincent is a French historian, professor at the École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales in Paris and considered one of the greatest current specialists in the history of Spain. On Thursday, November 23, 2023, he was awarded the title of Doctor Honoris Causa of the UNR in a ceremony presided over by the dean of the Faculty of Humanities and Arts Alejandro Vila, godfather of the honoree, and the Academic Secretary Romina Pérez. His research helped renew the history of the Moriscos and slaves in particular and of minorities in general. Among his production, the classic works “1492: The Admirable Year” (together with Domínguez Ortiz), “History of the Moriscos” stand out. Life and tragedy of a minority” and “Spain. “The golden centuries.”
Emilio Tenti Fanfani
Emilio Tenti Fanfani was born in Italy and is a naturalized Argentine, graduated in Political Science from the University of Cuyo, and is the main researcher at Conicet. He is one of the most prominent sociologists in the country and a recognized educator in the Latin American educational field. His publications are study material in the academic field, he is an intellectual who has made numerous contributions to think about the current problems of teaching. In an act held on Thursday, August 31, 2023 at the ECU, he received the title of Doctor Honoris Causa from the UNR. Tenti Fanfani thanked the honor of the recognition and in his presentation he expressed: "The correct question is what can the school contribute to improve the situation of the weakest, to contribute to the growth of the economy, for the incorporation of the new generations to the world of work, for the construction of a freer, richer and more just society? The school is the most effective institution for the development of knowledge in the members of a generation, and it is on that level that it should be considered”.
Gabriel Stiglitz
Gabriel Stiglitz is an Argentine jurist recognized internationally for his contributions to Consumer Law. Lawyer and Doctor graduated from the Faculty of Legal and Social Sciences at the National University of La Plata, he was awarded on September 21, 2023 with the title of Doctor Honoris Causa of the UNR in an event that took place at the Faculty of Law of Rosary beads. He is the author, co-author and/or director of several books and legal articles in publications in the country and abroad, translated into different languages; In 2016 he won the “Konex Award – Diplomas of Merit”, corresponding to the discipline “Civil Law”, which each year awards the most distinguished personalities and institutions in the branches of national endeavor with the purpose of sowing the future, so that the example of the best serves as a factor of emulation for youth.
Daniel Santoro
Daniel Santoro is a plastic artist, born in Buenos Aires and studied at the Prilidiano Pueyrredón School of Fine Arts. In an event held on August 28, 2023 at the SUM of the Faculty of Architecture, Planning and Design, he was awarded the title of Doctor Honoris Causa of the UNR for his artistic, cultural, discursive expressions that articulate aesthetics, history and politics. . He was sponsored by the Dean of Architecture Pedro Ferrazini. “We come to raise our commitment to protect art, which is the expression that saves societies, especially in the complex world we are living in, and above all, raise our voices to value what public education, universities, the national scientific system implies for the entire world,” highlighted Rector Franco Bartolacci.
Robert Cox
Robert Cox was born in 1933 in the United Kingdom, arrived in Argentina in 1959 hired as a writer by The Buenos Aires Herald and later directed the outlet that became the first to report disappearances during the Argentine military dictatorship. He went to the rounds of the Mothers of Plaza de Mayo until in 1977 he was illegally detained. From that moment on, he and his family lived under threat and went into exile in the United States. In an act held at the Faculty of Humanities and Arts, he received the title of Doctor Honoris Causa from the UNR under the patronage of Dean Alejandro Vila. “I went to see what was happening when the majority of Argentines did not know and others did not want to know. It is like a movie that I have in my mind from all that time and getting here is like a conclusion to my life, ”he expressed emotionally during his speech.
Fabian Salvioli
Fabián Salvioli is a lawyer and professor of Human Rights at the University of La Plata, and is recognized for his doctrinal contribution at an international and national level in the field of Human Rights. He assumed duties as United Nations Special Rapporteur on the promotion of truth, justice, reparation and guarantees of non-repetition, on May 1, 2018. On June 21, he received the title of Doctor Honoris Causa from the UNR in a ceremony that was held at the ECU. The sponsorship was shared between the dean of Law, Hernán Botta, and the director of the CEI, Darío Maiorana. The honoree thanked and said: “When the recognition comes from the Public University it is very particular, it does not go unnoticed. I hope I can live up to this trust. I feel at home, so this recognition is also the recognition of the family”.
Ricardo Guibourg
Ricardo Guibourg is a lawyer and was distinguished with the title of Doctor Honoris Causa from the UNR for his extensive career in the legal field, his contributions to scientific research and academic activity in which he demonstrated his commitment to teaching philosophy of law. . The act of distinction was held at the Faculty of Law and was chaired by the Rector Franco Bartolacci and the dean of that house of studies Hernán Botta, godfather of the honoree. The distinction was broadcast on the UNRoficial YouTube channel. “The people who have dedicated our lives to law want to see it fair, effective, respected and above all known through something that, even with imperfections, can be called legal science. Obtaining this objective is difficult, but it is not impossible to generate in the legal field a kind of revolution comparable to the one that Galileo and Copernicus unleashed in the field of empirical sciences”, Guibourg expressed in his presentation.
Hector Vazquez
Héctor Vázquez is an anthropologist, teacher and researcher who was awarded the title of Doctor Honoris Causa of the Universidad Nacional de Rosario for his commitment to the Public University and the construction of a critical, emancipatory and Latin American anthropology. The ceremony took place on April 3, 2023 at the Faculty of Humanities and Arts and was presided over by Rector Franco Bartolacci and Dean Alejandro Vila, godfather of the honoree. In his presentation, Vázquez highlighted: “The fundamental purpose of emancipatory anthropology is to first highlight and then investigate the historical, cultural and socioeconomic situations of oppression existing in societies.” And he considered it essential to promote intercultural dialogue among Argentines: “Only in this way will we achieve the construction of a democratic, inclusive and pluricultural society.”
Beatrice Schmukler
Beatriz Schmukler is a sociologist, specialist in gender policies, private life and family democratization. She was recognized with the title of Doctor Honoris Causa from the UNR for her academic and territorial work on a subject that is a social and cultural issue that crosses world society, especially in Latin America where gender violence is present in a way systematic. The tribute was promoted by the Faculty of Political Science and International Relations and was carried out through a ceremony held virtually and broadcast on YouTube on March 27, 2023. Schmukler thanked the recognition: "I think my life has been dedicated to transform human relationships and I want the union of all gender identities. We are populations that necessarily have to continue linking but it is necessary to do it in a different way: through love and not in relationships of domination and violence”.
Emily Cuda
Emilce Cuda is a theologian and Vatican official for Latin America. She was recognized with the title of Doctor Honoris Causa for the academic work carried out, from the principles of the Social Doctrine of the Church, and from the reality of labor relations in Latin America, in defense of decent work, in line with the current pontifical magisterium of Pope Francis. The tribute was promoted by Darío Maiorana, director of the Center for Interdisciplinary Studies (CEI) and Lic. Gustavo Marini, Dean of the Faculty of Political Science and International Relations, and with the support of workers' organizations, a field that has been the focus of the theological reflection of Emilce Cuda throughout his theological career. The event took place on December 14, 2022 at the University Cultural Space (ECU). “Theology has to learn to dialogue with the secular world, without allowing the ideologization of the symbols of faith, used for political reasons against the people. The recognition of the Public University to theology is very important”, explained the honoree.
Hilda Sabato
Hilda Sabato is a historian, she developed a large part of her academic career at the National University of Buenos Aires, and works as a senior researcher at the National Council for Scientific and Technical Research (CONICET). She specializes in Argentine and Latin American political and social history of the 11th century. On Friday, November 2022, XNUMX, she received the title of Doctor Honoris Causa from the UNR in an act that took place at the Faculty of Humanities, whose dean was godfather of her recognition. The honoree recalled her various participations in the UNR, and noted that she built a history with the institution. "I want to thank the Superior Council of the University, the Rector and the Dean for making this very important moment possible for me." At the end of the ceremony, she gave a master lecture called "History and our present: from the Nation to the tribe."
Orlando Veracruz
Orlando Veracruz is a singer-songwriter from Santa Fe consecrated in Argentine folklore. He was born in 1944 in Santa Fe and has lived in Santo Tomé ever since. His artistic career began with young people from his town who transcended popular singing, the work that he embraced as a child led him to a solo career due to his regionalism and his social denunciation. In an act held on November 10, 2022 at the ECU, he was distinguished as Doctor Honoris Causa of the UNR, in a ceremony presided over by the Dean of the Faculty of Law Hernán Botta, godfather of the honoree. “You do not know the honor that you confer on me. In this oath my soul left me, ”he said with joy as he raised the title and medal. True to his profession, instead of giving a speech, Veracruz hung up his guitar and performed several of his most heartfelt compositions accompanied by other musicians and folklore dancers.
Ana Falu
Ana Falú is an architect, Conicet researcher and recognized for her work on women's rights to the city, housing and habitat. In an act that took place on Friday, November 4, 2022 at the Faculty of Architecture, she received the title of Doctor Honoris Causa from UNR. The ceremony was presided over by the Vice Chancellor Darío Masía and the dean of this house of studies Adolfo del Río, godfather of the doctoral student. “This is a recognition of the contributions that many and many have been making to feminism and from feminism, to the discipline and profession of architecture, planning, design, urbanism. This deeply honors me ”, she expressed before the keynote address“ Genealogy of a gender approach in architecture and urbanism ”.
Joan Subirats Humet
Joan Subirats Humet is a Spanish politician, Doctor in Economic Sciences, Professor of Political Science and researcher at the Institute of Government and Public Policies. Within the framework of the XV National and VIII International Congress on Democracy of the UNR, he was honored with the title of Doctor Honoris Causa. The act was held at the opening of the meeting on Monday, October 31, 2022 at the Faculty of Political Science and International Relations and was chaired by the rector Franco Bartolacci, godfather of the honoree. Subirats is a specialist in issues of governance, management and analysis of public policies, he is currently Minister of Universities in Spain. "There is nothing more difficult than trying to innovate, and to change things, whoever wants to do it will have to face all those who do well in the old order, political innovation has few friends and many enemies," he said in his presentation to encourage the study of the possibilities of change and carry them forward.
Emiliano Galende
Emiliano Galende is a doctor, psychoanalyst, teacher and researcher at universities in Argentina, Uruguay, Chile and Spain. In an act that took place on October 13, 2022 at the ECU, he received the title of Doctor Honoris Causa that was delivered by the godmother of the doctoral student, the Dean of the Faculty of Psychology Soledad Cottone and the General Secretary of the Guillermo Montero University. . “I feel part of this house of studies. It is here where I was born to the profession and sowed the first seeds of all my work”, said Galende, who graduated from the Faculty of Medical Sciences of the UNR in 1965.
Fabio Zanon
Fabio Zanón is a reference for classical guitar in Brazil and a conductor, he studied at the University of Sao Paulo and later obtained his master's degree at the Royal Academy of Music where he is currently a Visiting Professor. Since 2013 he has been the artistic-pedagogical coordinator of the Campos do Jordão International Winter Festival. With the patronage of the Faculty of Humanities and Arts, on Saturday, September 4, 2022, he was distinguished with the title of Doctor Honoris Causa of the UNR in an act that took place in the Auditorium of the Parque de España Cultural Center. “It is essential to think about the place of art, music and culture in a world as difficult as the one we are living in, with so many inequalities, violence, ecocide, poverty”, he reflected.
vincent de gaulejac
Vincent de Gaulejac is a French sociologist, author, professor of Sociology at the Faculty of Social Sciences at the University of Paris – Diderot, and a reference for his contributions in the field of Clinical Sociology. In a virtual ceremony held on June 22, 2022, he was recognized with the title of Doctor Honoris Causa from UNR with the patronage of the Faculty of Humanities and Arts. The current of clinical sociology that De Gaulejac represents tries to articulate the social and psychic dimensions, the uniqueness of paths and experiences, using the life story approach. “The conference that I prepared is called 'I love the University' and it is based on those experiences that I lived in this space”, he expressed from France.
Jorge Manzanares Robles
Jorge Manzanares Robles is Spanish, Doctor of Pharmacology, recognized for his research on the biomedical use of cannabis and cannabinoids. In an act that took place on Tuesday, June 7, 2022 in the University Cultural Space (ECU), he received the distinction of Doctor Honoris Causa from the UNR that was delivered by the Vice Chancellor Héctor Darío Masía and the dean of the Faculty of Dentistry Gabriela Pisterna , godmother of the honoree. "I will do everything possible to reach the mark of quality, honesty and academic value that this public institution deserves", he expressed gratitude and gave a conference entitled "The role of pharmacology to normalize behavior in psychiatric disorders and addictions".
Humberto Tommasino
Humberto Tommasino is Uruguayan, Doctor of Veterinary Medicine and Technology and a Latin American benchmark for university extension. In a very well-attended event that took place on Friday, April 28, 2022 at the University Cultural Space and with the patronage of the Faculty of Humanities, Tommasino was honored with the title of Doctor Honoris Causa from UNR. "I wanted to thank this distinction that although it is personal, it is really collective, because what I carry in my backpack are collective constructions, with teachers, with graduates, with social movements of the popular sectors with whom we have been working for 40 years, it is a tribute to them”, he expressed before giving his conference called “Critical extension, political path of a university in transformation”.
Juan Carlos Volnovich
Juan Carlos Volnovich is a doctor, psychoanalyst, specialist in psychiatry, and a tireless worker in the fight against patriarchy. He was a member of the Platform Group and reviewed the psychoanalytic discipline itself, its institutions and knowledge from gender studies and contemporary feminism. In an act held on April 25, 2022 in the University Cultural Space and with the patronage of the Faculty of Psychology, he was recognized with the title of Doctor Honoris Causa of the UNR. Volnovich recalled: "Che and the triumph of the Cuban revolution in 1959 were a decisive event that changed my life forever, the rosariazo of 1969 and other similar protest movements were in charge of waking me up from my dogmatic sleep to let me know that the future that he had dreamed was just there, that it was not as far away as he supposed and that a better world was possible”.
"Chiqui" Gonzalez
María de los Ángeles “Chiqui” González is from Rosario, a teacher, a creator, she held key places for the collective and popular cultural transformation of the city and the province. She was Secretary of Culture of Rosario (2006 - 2007) and Minister of Innovation and Culture in Santa Fe (2007 - 2019). During her journey through the municipal public administration, she was in charge of the design of Rosario's “Childhood Triptych”, made up of the Children's Farm, the Children's Garden and the Island of Inventions. As Minister, she inaugurated the "Triptych of the Imagination" in Santa Fe. In an emotional act in front of the Faculty of Humanities, she received the title of Doctor Honoris Causa from the UNR. “As I have always sworn in all the positions I have assumed, I am going to do it for several things: for the homeland of my childhood, the memory of the disappeared, and for the popular imagination,” she said.
Raul Barboza
Raúl Barboza is an accordionist, composer, disseminator of national culture and chamamé throughout the world. He was born in 1938 in Buenos Aires and has been living in Paris for 30 years, from where he continues to leave his mark on the history of Argentine popular music. On Thursday, March 3, 2022, he received the title of Honoris Causa from the UNR with the patronage of the Faculty of Humanities, remarkably moved, Barboza thanked the recognition: "I started when I was very young, at the age of ten, as a way to have fun What I know is that both my mom and dad never forced me to be or not be something. From then on I kept playing always”.
Rosa Tarlovsky by Roisinblit
He received his degree as an obstetrician at Universidad Nacional del Litoral and was Chief Midwife of the Maternity School of Obstetrics of Rosario. During the last military dictatorship, her pregnant daughter was kidnapped and her grandson was kidnapped by an Air Force agent. Rosa's fight to recover her grandson led her to actively participate in Abuelas de Plaza de Mayo where, since 1989, she was named vice president. Promoted by the faculties of Medical Sciences and Psychology, the distinction of Doctor Honoris Causa of the UNR was carried out on December 13 in an event that took place virtually in which she stood out for her career and actions in favor of peace, justice and the defense of human rights.
Oscar Lupori
He is a professor at the UNR and at the age of 84 received the title of Doctor Honoris Causa for his extensive academic career, his well-known fight for human rights, and his work with community organizations and social movements. With the sponsorship of the Faculty of Psychology, Lupori was distinguished in an act that took place on September 24, 2021 at the Faculty of Political Science and was broadcast live on the YouTube channel. At the end he gave a conference entitled "University and Pueblo" in which he recalled the values of the University Reform: "Knowledge should not remain locked in a classroom but be in constant relationship with the outside".
Jairo
He is a popular Argentine singer-songwriter, a fervent defender of democracy and human rights, a cultural reference point for the country and Latin America. In recognition of his extensive career, who completed 40 years of dedication to music, the UNR named him Doctor Honoris Causa and this distinction also meant his return to face-to-face events after a year and a half of the pandemic. The ceremony was held at the University Cultural Space (ECU) on September 16, 2021 with limited attendance according to the protocols and also broadcast on YouTube.
Hermes Binner
Hermes Binner trained as a doctor at the UNR, was mayor of Rosario and governor of Santa Fe. The Superior Council decided to grant, for the first time in its history, a post-mortem Doctor Honoris Causa title in recognition of his tireless work and dedication to strengthen the health system of the city and the region. On July 1, 2021, in a ceremony attended by family, colleagues, friends and broadcast online, honors were paid by naming Hermes Binner to the Área Salud university dining room. In addition to specializing in Anesthesia and Occupational Medicine, it was at the university where he began in politics, forever embracing his vocation for the public sphere.
Alberto Campo Baeza
Alberto Campo Baeza is an architect and was distinguished for his more than 30 years of experience embodied in publications that account for his project processes, theoretical reflections and result in a didactic contribution in the early years of his career, where the explicit conceptual background and clarity constructive are essential. Sponsored by the Faculty of Architecture, the distinction was made in times of pandemic through a ceremony that was broadcast online on June 24, 2021 and culminated in a presentation called Manifesto in favor of beauty. "This manifesto wishes to convince of the need to cultivate the fine arts and teaching in relation to the cultivation of intelligence. Because beauty is inextricably linked to reason and truth", closed the Spanish architect.
claudio hummes
Claudio Hummes is a Brazilian archbishop and cardinal of the Catholic Church, currently prefect emeritus of the Sacred Congregation for the Clergy in the Roman Curia and president of the Ecclesial Conference of the Amazon. He is known as the "worker bishop" for his work in defense of workers. In the act that took place via zoom on June 18, 2021, Cardinal Hummes was recognized for "giving his life to the forgotten of the world" and for his defense of the Amazon ecosystem. The distinction was sponsored by the Faculty of Humanities and Arts and during the transmission an emotional letter written in handwriting by Pope Francis was read.
Celsus Amorim
Celso Amorim was Minister of Foreign Relations of Brazil in the governments of Itamar Franco and Lula da Silva, as well as Minister of Defense in the first government of Dilma Rousseff. Amorim has always promoted and defended Latin American integration, understanding that the relationship between Argentina and Brazil is the backbone of regional integration. In 2009, he was indicated by the American magazine Foreign Policy as "the best Minister of Foreign Affairs in the world". proposal of the Faculty of Political Science, on June 3, 2021 the UNR awarded the title of Doctor Honoris Causa in an act that was carried out virtually and was attended by the President of the Nation Alberto Fernández.
Ticio Escobar
Ticio Escobar is a curator and art critic, professor, and cultural promoter. Born in Paraguay in 1947, he was the founder of the Museum of Indigenous Art, president of the Association for the Support of Indigenous Communities, director of Culture of Asunción and Minister of Culture of Paraguay between 2008 and 2013. Author of the National Law on Culture of Paraguay and co-author of the National Heritage Law. He wrote numerous books on the theory of art and culture, received international awards, including the Bartolomé de las Casas Award for his support of indigenous causes in America. He is currently the director of the Center for Visual Arts / Museo del Barro. The UNR granted the honoris causa distinction on March 19, 2021 at the request of the Faculty of Humanities and Arts.
