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Musician Sting whose given name is Gordon Matthew Thomas Sumner, has received an honorary degree from Ivy League school Brown University on its 250th commencement, for his contribution to the environment. The Rhode Island school presented the degree to the musician who formed the pioneering British rock band The Police with Stewart Copeland and Andy Summers in 1977 and co-founded an environmental organisation, the Rainforest Fund, to protect the world's rainforests, on Sunday, reports hollywoodreporter.com.