CAMBRIDGE, MA (KTRK) -- Harvard University will honor R&B singer Rihanna with its Humanitarian of the Year award later today.
The 29-year-old singer will be at the university this afternoon to accept the Peter J. Gomez Humanitarian Award.
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The Harvard Foundation says Rihanna's contributions to woman and children made her a strong candidate for this year's award.
She has built a state-of-the-art oncology and new cle-air medicine center to help diagnose and treat breast cancer in Barbados.
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The institution also said Rihanna's scholarship program helps girls and children in the Carribean come to the U.S. for college, giving impoverished students access to an education.
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