There will be a real life Battleship competition from 7-9 p.m. on Thursday at the Campus Recreation Pearson Hall Pool 31.

Teams of three will take part in a life-size battleship tournament where the goal is to sink your opponent’s cane in the allotted time to become the last team standing. Points will be awarded throughout the night, and the highest scorers will battle for the win. This event is free and open to all. Registration is required. Participants must register with their teams at Pool 30 by Wednesday.

Kelly Link will read her work Thursday night from 5-6 p.m. in the Women’s Studies Lounge on the eighth floor of Anderson Hall. The co-founder of Small Beer Press, Link is the author of the story collections “Get In Trouble,” “Stranger Things Happen,” “Magic for Beginners” and “Pretty Monsters.”

Her short stories have been published in The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, The Best American Short Stories and Prize Stories: The O. Henry Awards. Link has edited numerous anthologies including “The Year’s Best Fantasy and Horror,” “Steampunk!” and “Monstrous Affections.” Link was invited as part of the MFA Creative Writing Program. Her reading is free and open to all.

The Innovation and Entrepreneurship Institute will lead its TechConnect workshop tonight from 5:30 to 8 p.m. in the MBA Commons on the seventh floor of Alter Hall. The workshop offers the opportunity to work with real world technologies, identify entrepreneurial partners and develop strategies to build a business or apply for translational research funding. This two-day workshop continues tomorrow at 5:30 p.m.

This event is free and open to all. Refreshments will be served.