several years, raising awareness about Ray’s world-changing ideas and inventions, more specifically how humans will relate to technology and the universe in the coming 4060 years.
Kurzweil has received sixteen honorary degrees from as many institutions:
Type of degree
College
Year awarded
Honorary Doctorate of Humane Letters
Hofstra University
1982
Honorary Doctorate of Music
Berklee College of Music
1987
Honorary Doctorate of Science
Northeastern University
1988
Honorary Doctorate of Science
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
1988
Honorary Doctorate of Engineering
Merrimack College
1989
Honorary Doctorate of Humane Letters
Misericordia University
1989
Honorary Doctorate of Science
New Jersey Institute of Technology
1990