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Q & A with Nancy Brinker

(05/13/12 2:44am)

Ambassador Nancy Brinker, founder and CEO of Susan G. Komen for the Cure, will receive an honorary degree from Duke at its commencement exercises on Sunday, May 13. Brinker founded Susan G. Komen for the Cure after promising her dying sister that she would do everything she could to end breast cancer, and since then the foundation has raised almost $2 billion for research, advocacy and global programs for women in more than 50 countries. Susan G. Komen for the Cure came under attack in February after pulling funding for breast cancer screenings from Planned Parenthood, allegedly caused by political motives. After massive public backlash, especially through social media, Brinker apologized to the organization and restored the funding. Brinker discussed her honorary degree from Duke, the power of social media and how far breast cancer research has come.