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Adelphi University Presented Lecture by Sylvia Nasar, Author of the NY Times Bestseller "A Beautiful Mind"
Nasar 's book was the inspiration for the 2002 Academy Award winning movie
Garden City, NY
February 10, 2003
Adelphi University presented a lecture by Sylvia Nasar, the celebrated author of the New York Times bestseller A Beautiful Mind on Wednesday, September 18 in the University Center Ballroom. The lecture was sponsored by the Adelphi University International Initiatives Commission.
Sylvia Nasar is the author of A Beautiful Mind, the biography of mathematical genius John Forbes Nash Jr. which won the National Book Critics' Circle Award in 1988 and was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize in biography. The film of the same name was inspired by her book, and won the Academy Awards in 2002 for Best Picture, Best Director, Best Supporting Actor, and Best Screenplay; it was also awarded four Golden Globes and four Critic's Choice Awards, making it the most critically acclaimed movie of the year. The night before the lecture in the same venue there was a showing of the film, “A Beautiful Mind,” for all those interested in attending.
Nasar recently co-edited The Essential John Nash, a collection of Nash's scientific papers, and served as creative consultant on a PBS documentary about Nash. She is working on a book about 20th century economic thinkers, and is the first John S. and James L. Knight Professor at the Columbia University's Graduate School of Journalism.
Adelphi University, chartered in 1896, was the first institution of higher education for liberal arts and sciences on Long Island. Through its schools and programs -- The College of Arts and Science, the Derner Institute of Advanced Psychological Studies, the Honors College, University College/ABLE Program, and the Schools of Business, Education, Nursing, and Social Work -- the co-educational university offers undergraduate and graduate degrees, as well as professional and educational programs for adults. Adelphi University currently enrolls over 7,000 students from 37 states and 60 foreign countries. With its main campus in Garden City and centers in Manhattan, Hauppauge, and Poughkeepsie, the University maintains a commitment to liberal studies in tandem with rigorous professional preparation.
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