Perry Samson of the University of Michigan will be giving a public talk at UNL on Wednesday, November 9th at 4:00 pm in the city campus student union auditorium. The presentation is entitled Deliberate Engagement of Laptops in Large Lecture and will focus on a new classroom technique using instructional technology. The presentation is free and open to the public. A flyer promoting the event is available here.

Jason Wright of Penn State University will be giving a public talk at UNL on Friday, October 21st at 7:30 pm. The presentation is entitled Exoplanets Abound! and will be given in the city campus student union auditorium. The presentation is free and open to the public. A flyer promoting the event is available here.