diff --git a/events.xml b/events.xml
index feb44f7..a468589 100755
--- a/events.xml
+++ b/events.xml
@@ -1015,7 +1015,7 @@ lent to you for the duration of this class.</p>
 
   <eventitem date="2002-10-26" time="3:00PM" room="MC2066"
   title="The Hurd Interfaces">
-    <short>Marcus Brinkmann, Hurd developer, talks about the Hurd server interfaces, at the heart of the Hurd microkernel</short>
+    <short>Marcus Brinkmann, a GNU Hurd developer, talks about the Hurd server interfaces, at the heart of a GNU/Hurd system</short>
     <abstract>
 <p>The Hurd server interfaces are at the heart of the Hurd system.  They
  define the remote procedure calls (RPCs) that are used by the servers, the
@@ -1043,7 +1043,7 @@ lent to you for the duration of this class.</p>
 
   <eventitem date="2002-10-26" time="4:30PM" room="MC2066"
   title="A GNU Approach to Virtual Memory Management in a Multiserver Operating System">
-    <short>Neal Walfield, Hurd developer, talks about Virtual Memory Management in the Hurd microkernel</short>
+    <short>Neal Walfield, a GNU Hurd developer, talks about a possible Virtual Memory Management subsystem for the GNU Hurd</short>
     <abstract>
 <p>Virtual memory management is one of the cornerstones of multiuser
 operating systems.  Most systems available today place all of the