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Wednesday: Learning

Over 100 countries vow to end deforestation at climate talks

GLASGOW, Scotland — More than 100 countries pledged Tuesday to end deforestation in the coming decade — a promise that experts say would be critical to limiting climate change but one that has been made and broken before. Britain hailed the commitment as the first big achievement of the ...

Inventing and innovating

MARQUETTE — “Robust” is a word that Innovate Marquette SmartZone likes to use, and so does its new director of entrepreneurial outreach and services. Dave Kronberg came on board in mid-September with the main roles of directing the operations of Invent@NMU and supporting Innovate ...

Advocating gender equality in workplace

MARQUETTE — Lori Blaker has achieved tremendous success in the business world, but she’s particularly proud of her work helping women in a place where they sorely need a positive outside influence: Afghanistan. In fact, it earned her the 2018 Oslo Business for Peace Award, dubbed “the ...

Michigan high school graduation drop challenges college enrollment

LANSING — Michigan’s high school graduation rate is projected to drop 15% between 2019 and 2037, one of the largest declines in the nation. It is largely a consequence of the drop in birth rates during the Great Recession, according to a report by the Western Interstate Commission for ...

New graphic novel recounts Holocaust survivor Eva Kor’s life

BLOOMINGTON, Ind. — In a twist of fate — something he’s become acquainted with — Bloomington artist Joe Lee’s personal history has led him to create a graphic novel he hopes will tell the story of a Holocaust survivor who forgave her tormentors. The loss of two special people in ...

Author continues to write despite challenges

MARQUETTE — Michigan author Kara L. Swanson’s life changed dramatically in 1996 when a devastating car accident left her with a traumatic brain injury. However, that — and losing her job at the Detroit Institute of Arts, her catering career, her home — hasn’t stopped her from ...