Award-winning actor and science communicator Alan Alda will visit UB on May 2 as the final speaker in the university’s Distinguished Speakers Series for 2017-18.

His talk will take place at 7:30 p.m. in Alumni Arena, North Campus.

Winner of seven Emmys, six Golden Globes and three DGA awards for directing, Alda is one of TV Guide’s 50 Greatest Television Stars of All Time, and is best known for portraying Hawkeye Pierce on the television show “M*A*S*H.”

From 1993 to 2005, Alda hosted PBS’ “Scientific American Frontiers.” A recipient of the National Science Board’s Public Service Award, Alda is a visiting professor and founding member of Stony Brook University’s Alan Alda Center for Communicating Science, where he helps develop innovative programs on how scientists communicate with the public. His new company, Alda Communication Training (ACT), based on The Alda Method™, teaches effective face-to-face and written communication.

Alda’s UB lecture is sponsored by the School of Management’s Alumni Association, Center for Entrepreneurial Leadership and graduate programs. A second lecture sponsorship includes the College of Arts and Sciences, the School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, and the Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, which are working together to take advantage of a SUNY pilot program that offers the Alan Alda Center for Communicating Science’s highly acclaimed training.

Tickets are $24 to $58 and are available through Ticketmaster and at the Alumni Arena box office.

Contributing Series Sponsors United University Professions, TIAA, the UB Alumni Association and the UB Office of Donor Relations are offering discount vouchers that provide significant cost savings on lecture ticket purchases. Discount vouchers are recognized only at the Alumni Arena box office and are not applicable to purchases made through TicketMaster or Tickets.com.

For more information, visit the series’ website.