Travis Thompson, a well-known autism clinician, researcher and author of several books, including “Straight Talk About Autism” (2008) and “Freedom from Meltdowns: Solutions for Children with Autism” (2008), will present a free, public lecture on “Autism: Early Intervention and Brain Development” Wednesday, Nov 4 at 7 p.m. in the Minnesota State University Moorhead Science Lab 104. Click headline to read more.
Mixed Blood Theatre presents “Theory of Mind,” a new play about a young man with autism, at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 5 at Minnesota State University Moorhead’s Weld Hall Glasrud Auditorium. It’s free and open to the public. Click the headline to read more about this moving play.
Lisa Bratsch, who graduated from Minnesota State University Moorhead this spring, has been fighting brain cancer since August. On Saturday some of her many friends at MSUM put on a dance to raise money for her and also to enhance cancer awareness. The Dragons Dance Team, of which Bratsch was a member, staged a “Thriller” dance at halftime of the MSUM-St. Cloud State University game. For the full story by Forum reporter Jon Knutson, go to http://www.inforum.com/event/article/id/258211/
A talk on “First Nations Day: Indian Homelands, Tribal Citizenship and the U.S. Constitution,” takes place at 2 p.m. Wednesday in the Comstock Memorial Union (CMU) room 205 and again at 6 p.m. in the Comstock Memorial Union room 216. Click on the headline to find out when other activities take place this week.
MSUM vs. NDSU Nov. 4; Library children’s book sale Nov. 4 & 5; Red River Women’s Studies Conferece Nov. 6. Click headline to read more.