Academic Luminary Roland Fryer, Jr. to Speak at Adelphi University
Garden City, NY
February 7, 2007
Adelphi is pleased to welcome Roland Fryer, Jr., who will deliver the John Hope Franklin Distinguished Lecture "Toward a Unified Theory of Black America" on Tuesday, February 13, 2007, at 7:00 PM in the Ruth S. Harley University Center Ballroom, 1 South Avenue, Garden City, NY. The lecture, sponsored by the Center for African American and Ethnic Studies, is free and open to the public.
A rising star in the academic world, Roland Fryer combines the disparate fields of economics and African American studies to produce groundbreaking work that is attracting the attention of academics and anyone interested in what it means to be black in America today. He has developed mathematical tools that allow firms to establish a diverse workforce and maintain a race-neutral hiring process. Featured in Esquire’s “Genius Issue,” and in the best-selling book, Freakonomics, his work has also been profiled in Fortune Magazine, the New York Times, Washington Post, the Boston Globe, and Black Voices. He is currently an assistant professor of economics at Harvard University.
For more information about this and other events on campus, please visit www.adelphi.edu, or call the Cultural Events Hotline at 516.877.4555.
About Adelphi University: Adelphi University, chartered in 1896, was the first institution of higher education for the liberal arts and sciences on Long Island. Through its schools and programs—The College of Arts and Sciences, the Derner Institute of Advanced Psychological Studies, the Honors College, the Ruth S. Ammon School of Education, University College, and the Schools of Business, 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 more than 8,300 students from 40 states and 50 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 and active citizenship.
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