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Muhammad Yunus

Posted on May 4, 2021 (July 3, 2025) by Mark Atli

Dr. Muhammad Yunus’ lifelong dedication to empowering the world’s poor made him one of his generation’s most celebrated economists and the recipient of the 2006 Nobel Peace Prize (jointly awarded with Grameen Bank).

Posted in Alumni, Alumni ProfilesTagged Awards, Human and Civil Rights, Social Sciences

Abel Vera (Center)
Peru to U.S., 2017

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