The next Your Health lecture at Northern Michigan University will be titled “Childhood Obesity: What We Can Do to Help.” Dr. John Bartlett, assistant professor in the Department of Pediatrics and Human Development at Michigan State University College of Human Medicine, will give the presentation at 7 p.m. Thursday, March 21, in Reynolds Recital Hall. Admission is free and RSVPs are requested at MSUYourHealthLecture.com or 616-234-2613.

Northern Michigan University's annual Gender Fair will take place from 11 a.m to 3 p.m. Tuesday, March 19, in the Jamrich Hall lobbies. It will feature informational booths and various discussions to spread awareness, education and conversation about gender and related topics between students, staff and the Marquette community. There will also be raffle drawings. For the duration of the event, the restrooms on the first floor of Jamrich will be gender-neutral. Other restrooms in the building will maintain their gender-specific designations. 

A Public Broadcasting satellite dish behind Harden Hall on campus was able to muster a "smile" this morning in the face of high snowfall totals this winter. The photo was taken by NMU Instructional Technology Coordinator Bryant Varney.

In response to student requests, Northern Michigan University is offering a new self-defense course with a curriculum applicable to both men and women. The special topics course HP295 Self-Defense will be held from 6-9:20 p.m. Wednesdays, beginning March 13.

A Northern Michigan University professor explores literary representations of walking in a book that was included on KCET's “L.A. History to Poetry: 23 Notable Books of 2018” list. Amy Hamilton's latest scholarly work, Peregrinations: Walking in American Literature, adopts a cross-cultural perspective on walking and demonstrates how the topic allows writers to engage with a wide array of histories, stories and traditions.