Overview
- The University of Buenos Aires formally conferred its highest honor, Doctor Honoris Causa, on Alejandro Dolina in a ceremony that celebrated his work as a writer, musician, broadcaster and public intellectual.
- The ceremony, held on Friday, September 4, 2026, took place in the Faculty of Social Sciences auditorium and was attended by more than 700 people including UBA rector Ricardo Gelpi and senior faculty.
- In his acceptance speech Dolina defended the role of public universities as spaces for reflection and collective formation and urged governments to prioritize opening schools and universities over trivial projects.
- University officials emphasized that the honor recognizes cultural knowledge created outside the academy and noted Dolina’s lasting influence on students and on Argentine cultural language and imagery.
- The award continues a recent UBA pattern of honoring popular figures such as Mirtha Legrand, Charly García, Graciela Borges and Carlos 'Indio' Solari and signals a broader institutional embrace of cultural producers.