Audio Recordings

Talks by Honorary Degree Recipients, Commencement Weekend 2017

Read about Amherst’s honorees in our news story.
 


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Yanira Castro
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“The People to Come” 
Yanira Castro Negroni ’93, an innovative interdisciplinary artist who has been making work in New York for 20 years. 

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Esther Duflo
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“Science and the Fight Against Poverty” 
Esther Duflo, professor of poverty alleviation and development economics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology; co-founder and co-director of the Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab.


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Barrett Rollins
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“Brave-ish New World: A Practical Roadmap for Bringing the Benefits of  21st-Century Cancer Science to Everyone” 
Barrett J. Rollins ’74, chief scientific officer and faculty dean for academic affairs at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute in Boston, and professor of medicine at Harvard Medical School. See the PowerPoint file (18MB) from Dr. Rollins’ presentation.

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Peter Rubinstein
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“When Prophecy Fails: Implications for the Future” 
Peter J. Rubinstein ’64, director of Jewish community and the Bronfman Center for Jewish Life at 92Y in New York.