diff --git a/events.xml b/events.xml
index e756b3d..ceb9318 100755
--- a/events.xml
+++ b/events.xml
@@ -1092,7 +1092,7 @@ itself.</p>
 
 <p>Neal Walfield, a GNU Hurd developer, is from the University of Massachusettsi
 Lowell.  Neal spent the summer of 2002 at University of Karlsruhe working
-on ported the GNU Hurd to L4.</p>
+on porting the GNU Hurd to L4.</p>
 
     </abstract>
   </eventitem>