Emmy Award-nominated actress Mayim Bialik will be the Student Government Distinguished Speaker at Rochester Institute of Technology’s Brick City Homecoming and Family Weekend, which runs from Friday through Sunday, Oct. 19 to 21.

Bialik is best known for her roles in movies (including Beaches) and on the TV sitcoms Blossom (as Blossom) and The Big Bang Theory(as Amy Farrah Fowler) and has a doctorate in neuroscience. She's also a mother of two and wrote the 2017 book Girling Up: How to be Strong, Smart and Spectacular.

She will give a talk from 2 to 3 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 20, at Gordon Field House.

Tickets for the general public are $30 at the Brick City Weekend website and the University Arenas' Box Office.