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In Jamrich on Tuesday April 21, NMU WellBeing hosted a Toolkit Tuesday on environmental awareness and sustainable living. WellBeing highlighted Marquette’s “4Rs:” reuse, reduce, recycle and rethink, as a way to promote both environmental well-being and personal self-care.  “We’re collaborating with SHINE to learn about environmental well-being and self-care, and how those two things can tie into one another,” Liz Brown, a present Peer Educator for NMU WellBeing, said. The event also aimed to make sustainability feel less overwhelming for students. Brown encouraged attendees to reflect on their everyday habits and environmental impact. “You can think about ways in which…

On this day 37 years ago, the famed Hubble Space Telescope was launched into low Earth orbit by the Space Shuttle Discovery. Built by NASA with help from the European Space Agency, Hubble is still in operation today, as one of the largest and most versatile of its kind. WATCH an anniversary video… (1990) The only space telescope designed to be maintained in space by astronauts, Hubble’s orbit is outside the distortion of Earth’s atmosphere which allows it to capture extremely high-resolution images with substantially lower background light than ground-based telescopes. A vital research tool that opens a deep view into…

Over the last 23 years or so, our attention spans have dropped from 2 and a half minutes to just 47 seconds.  Since 2003, Dr. Gloria Mark’s team at the University of California, Irvine has been measuring people’s attention spans when on a screen – and we have become steadily more distracted. The idea behind focus has drifted so much in the 21st century. With endless distractions around us, it’s really hard to focus on just one thing. So where do we start building up our resistance again? There was a time when I couldn’t concentrate on my work for…

Reset Mind Hub releases Stress Management Guide for Builders, addressing industry mental health crisis with practical strategies for managing deadlines, contractor coordination, physical demands, and site safety pressures affecting construction professionals.Memphis, United States, April 24, 2026 /NewsNetwork/ — Reset Mind Hub has released a Stress Management Guide for Builders, responding to an industry-wide mental health crisis affecting thousands of construction professionals daily. Recent studies show that 47% of construction professionals report job-related stress, with 12% stating their mental health is directly affected by their work. Suicide rates in the industry reached 56 male and 10.4 female workers per 100,000 in…

                                Conference Preview At next month’s CLM Work Comp Conference, attendees have the chance to attend “Mastering Workers Compensation: Strategic Litigation, Claims Resolution, and High-Value IME Deployment” with Sarah Thomas of Jones Jones. We were lucky enough to borrow some of Ms. Thomas’ time for five questions on the session and what it will cover. Q: How do you define strategic litigation? Sarah Thomas: Strategic litigation starts with identifying the ultimate objective of the claim — whether that is full resolution through settlement, narrowing exposure,…

US Social Security benefits serve as the financial backbone for nearly 57 million retirees who rely on these payouts. However, over time, these benefits start becoming inadequate as prices continue to rise.These monthly payouts don’t seem to go as far when groceries, gas, and seemingly everything else are more expensive than they were just a few years ago, USA Today reported. For this reason, the US Social Security programme has an annual cost-of–living-adjustment (COLA), which helps offset some of the effects of inflation.Also Read | Social Security: April’s last payment to be sent tomorrow, are you on the list?The report…

Three men are each jailed for 20 months for their part in a rooftop protest at a factory in Shipley.

An adult male northern bald ibis – credit, Andrew Corbley © Towering above the crystal clear waters of the Euphrates River, sandstone cliffs have for thousands of years played host to the bald ibis, returning from Ethiopia during the spring migration. But when modern dangers upset this delicate age-old balance, a coalition of local wildlife enthusiasts and international conservation efforts rescued this majestic bird from the very brink. A story almost 50 years in the making, it was an early sign that conservation of migratory birds could be achieved long term, even if dangers persisted along an animal’s migratory route.…

SINGAPORE – Rebalancing resources towards prevention and addressing the impact of technology on adolescents are key mental health priorities for the Ministry of Health (MOH) here, as the prevalence of mental health conditions continues to spike around the world, said Health Minister Ong Ye Kung on April 24. Speaking at the WorkWell Leaders Awards 2026, Mr Ong said the ministry was moving to allocate more resources towards preventing mental health issues, correcting a balance that now tilts towards funding hospitalisation and treatments.Singapore operates on a four-tier mental health framework, with prevention and early intervention at Tier 1 and 2, where…

It is no secret that unless Congress stops procrastinating and passes significant policy modifications to existing Social Security regulations, benefits will be seriously reduced. In less than 10 years, there will likely not be enough workers paying into Social Security to fully support the number of workers who will be retiring at existing benefit levels. In a recent article in Ed Slott’s newsletter, Social Security expert Heather Schreiber makes this point. Because so many U.S. families depend on income from Social Security, her column is mandatory reading for both individuals who currently receive Social Security benefits and those who expect to receive them in the future. Schreiber points out that no single change to Social Security regulations is likely…