Award-winning actor Alan Alda gives a demonstration with the help of sophomore biochemistry major and Starkville native Alex Baldwin during Alda's Monday [Aug. 27] speech at Mississippi State. A capacity crowd at Lee Hall's Bettersworth Auditorium listened to the M*A*S*H star discuss the importance of effectively communicating about science. While on campus, he is launching an Alda-Kavli workshop this week for university research faculty on the same topic.