By NMU ALUMNI RELATIONS MARQUETTE — Northern Michigan University Alumni Relations has announced four recipients of the 2022 Alumni Awards: Steve Nystrom (‘82 BS, ‘86 MA) of Marquette, Distinguished Alumni; James Paquette (‘74 BS) of Negaunee, Alumni Achievement; Stephanie Lay (‘10 ...

BRUNSWICK, Ga. (AP) — A Georgia woman is jailed after police said she pepper-sprayed a school bus driver and bus monitor who were trying to remove her from a bus. Shaquayle Cuyler, 29, was arrested after she boarded a bus Tuesday morning in Brunswick following a Friday disagreement with the ...

MARQUETTE — J.D. Phillips is drawn to “the intellectual beauty and depth of pure mathematics.” He describes mathematics as closer, in some ways, to poetry, painting and musical composition than to the laboratory sciences. “Mathematics is like haiku,” said Phillips, professor and ...

Angel Hope looked at the math test and felt lost. He had just graduated near the top of his high school class, winning scholarships from prestigious colleges. But on this test — a University of Wisconsin exam that measures what new students learned in high school — all he could do was ...

MARQUETTE — Upper Peninsula Commission for Area Progress will offer a three-part online Dementia training series, “Developing Dementia Dexterity,” for caregivers of people with Alzheimer’s disease or other dementia on from 11 a.m. to noon Thursdays, Aug. 25, Sept. 1 and Sept. 8. Each ...

MARQUETTE — Resource exploitation is the topic of the Aug. 11 U.P. Notable Book Club author event. The 20th event, which involves the Crystal Falls Community District Library partnering with the Upper Peninsula Publishers and Authors Association, will feature Phil Bellfy, Ph.D., whose ...