Duke University's plans to give an honorary degree to the head of a leading cancer charity are unchanged by controversy over the group's hastily retracted decision to cut off funding to Planned Parenthood.
The Herald-Sun of Durham reports that Nancy Brinker, founder and CEO of Susan G. Komen for the Cure, is one of six people scheduled to receive honorary degrees at Duke in May.
Komen has been embroiled in controversy after deciding to cut off grants to Planned Parenthood because the organization was being investigated by Congress. The cancer charity reversed its decision several days later.
University spokesman Michael Schoenfeld says Brinker is being recognized for her role in raising more than $2 billion for breast cancer research, diagnosis and treatment.
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