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The public is invited to a series of Black History Month events at The ÃØÃÜÖ±²¥ University Applied Physics Laboratory in Laurel, Md. The calendar includes films, musical performances, and talks focusing on education and the contributions of minorities to science and engineering.

• Feb. 1: The Morgan State University Theatre presents "Miss Evers' Boys," based on the events of the Tuskegee Syphilis Experiments conducted in the 1920s and 1930s in Macon County, Alabama. 11:30 a.m. Kossiakoff Conference and Education Center.
• Feb. 5: APL TV Production Writer Kojo Asafo-Agyei presents a Documentary on Ghana, based on his trip home after 30 years to document the changes in that country. Event includes a Q&A. 11:30 a.m. Parsons Auditorium, Building 1.
• Feb. 9: New York Polytechnic-educated electrical engineer turned entrepreneur Wilbert Murdock will speak on leveraging young people's affinity for high-tech toys and connecting the technology they use to the sports and pop cultures they love to enhance tech's appeal as a field of study. 11:30 a.m. Parsons Auditorium, Building 1.
• Feb. 12: U.S. Marine Captain Vernice Armour, the first African American Female Combat Pilot, will speak. 11:30 a.m. Parsons Auditorium, Building 1.
• Feb. 16: APL Colloquium Speaker—Dr. Isaiah Blankson, Senior Technologist, NASA Glenn Research Center. 2 p.m. Parsons Auditorium, Building 1.
• Feb. 18: Free concert by the Peabody Conserva­tory singers, with a reception to follow. Kossiakoff Conference and Education Center at 3 p.m.
• Feb. 19: A showing of "First Person Singular: John Hope Franklin," a film examining the life and work of one of the most highly-respected historians of the African-American experience in the U.S. 11:30 a.m. Gibson Library, Room 1.
• Feb. 23: Dr. Valerie Wilson, associate dean of Brown University's graduate school, clinical professor of community health and executive director of the Leadership Alliance, speaks; followed by an APL Gospel Choir performance. 11:30 a.m. Kossiakoff Conference and Education Center auditorium.
• Feb. 24: Staff Awards Ceremony and Recognition Banquet. 6:00 p.m. until midnight. Kossiakoff Conference and Education Center. Suggested donation: $35. Contact Mr. Hires for tickets.

The Applied Physics Laboratory is located on ÃØÃÜÖ±²¥ Road, a half-mile from Route 29 in Howard County. For directions to the Lab visit and click on "Contact/Maps."