Bob Mankoff, cartoon editor for The New Yorker, will present “Laughing Outside the Box: Creativity and the Comic Imagination” on Monday, Feb. 16 at 7:30 pm in the Student Union Theater. Mankoff is one of the nation’s leading commentators on the role of humor in American business, politics and life. He speaks on the appreciation of humor, the creative processes required to produce it, and how humor works. In his presentations, Mankoff uses cartoons to explore the audience members’ potential for greater creativity.

Following Monday’s keynote presentation, Mankoff will give “A Creativity Interlude: Questions and Possibilities with Bob Mankoff” on Tuesday, Feb. 17 from 9 to 10 am.