"Be a Generalist for a Couple of Years"
In the annual DeMott Lecture Aug. 30, Harold Varmus ’61, the Nobel Prize-winning director of the National Cancer Institute who majored in English at Amherst, discussed his views on science and offered some tips for the Class of 2014. Watch a video of hi
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