![A LEGACY - Elijah Bieri still keeps up on the Marquette salamander migration as well as he can from across the world in Sydney, Australia. He still has a fondness for the study craze he started six years ago. Photo courtesy of Elijah Bieri](https://thenorthwindonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/IMG_0616-1200x900.jpg)
Alum Elijah Bieri becomes savior of the salamanders
Antonio Anderson
• April 8, 2024
![HANDMADE — Northern alumni Julia Bolton models a sea glass necklace that she handcrafted. Bolton fell in love with metalsmithing after taking an extracurricular class at NMU during her junior year.](https://thenorthwindonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/10E3BF28-646A-4BA0-B60A-29BE50D395CC-676x900.jpg)
Northern alumni makes hand-crafted jewelry
Andie Balenger
• March 23, 2023
![PROFILE - Justine Pinskey, now employed as a science writer, used to run tests for research projects through the McNair Scholars program. Pinskey enrolled at Northern in 2005 and continued here for graduate school.](https://thenorthwindonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/Justine-Pinskey_10232019_ND_5897-even-smaller-601x900.jpg)
Alumni Profile – Justine Pinskey credits McNair program for science field success
Harry Stine, Assistant Features Editor
• October 5, 2022
![Old North Wind Article written by Brian Rowell](https://thenorthwindonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/IMG_3715-e1662587660196-900x766.jpg)
Alumni Profile – Brian Rowell Reflects On NMU, Daily Press
Harry Stine, Assistant Features Editor
• September 9, 2022
![Diane Husic (second from left) travels with her students to give them hands-on research opportunities. Her current work is at the Lehigh Gap Wildlife Refuge where she and her students monitor the life coming back to the contaminated environment.](https://thenorthwindonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/girls-in-CR-900x675.jpeg)
Alumni profile — Diane Husic restores nature at the Lehigh Gap Wildlife Refuge
Madoline Plattenberg, Copy editor
• March 15, 2022
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