A free public event, titled "Lessons from the Past: Research Reveals Ancient Civilization's Water-Supply Secrets," will feature Kirk French, a lecturer in the Department of Anthropology at Penn State, from 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. on Feb. 27, in room 100 Thomas Building on the Penn State University Park campus. The presentation is the last in this year's Penn State Lectures on the Frontiers of Science series, a free minicourse for the general public with the theme "Water: The Next Frontier."