Oscar Winner Cate Blanchett Gets Honorary Doctorate
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Oscar
winning
actress
Cate
Blanchett
received
an
honorary
doctorate
at
Macquarie
University
here
recently
for
her
contribution
in
the
field
of
arts,
philanthropy
and
community.
The
"Blue
Jasmine" actress
delivered
a
passionate
speech
when
she
accepted
the
honour
at
the
varsity
last
week.
She
hailed
the
arts
as
a
'driver
of
innovation
and
exploration'.
"The
arts
are
what
we
stay
alive
for,
what
we
work
for
all
week,
what
we
dream
about,
what
connects
us
and
indeed,
what
some
will
say
makes
us
human,"
she
said.
"Within
this
broad
church
is
housed
a
myriad
of
professions
--
professions
which
some
of
you
will
participate
in,
help
change,
shape
and
evolve
and
I'd
like
to
say
today
that
it
is
the
arts
that
have
always
been
the
driver
of
innovation
and
exploration,"
she
added.
The
48-year-old
who
has
sons
Dashiell,
Roman,
and
Ignatius
with
husband
Andrew
Upton,
also
stressed
on
the
value
of
studying
the
arts.