| Wisconsin Energy Institute

UW–Madison's energy experts have a wealth of knowledge to share and a commitment to contributing to discussions on energy. Here, you’ll find a monthly round-up of their media coverage.

Transportation & Fuels, Electricity Systems

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It’s springtime in Wisconsin again. Home gardeners and farmers are busy tending to their beds and fields, relishing the fresh sprouts of flowers, vegetables and crops. It begs the question: What happens to plants as they enter spring?

Plant Genetics & Breeding

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La Follette School faculty member Greg Nemet is one of only 35 recipients of the 2017 Andrew Carnegie fellowship.

Electricity Systems, Solar

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Coming soon to campus: a dining checkout line that generates energy from customers’ footsteps and a cooler, more efficient rooftop greenhouse.

Electricity Systems

| Krista Eastman

MADISON — In the Microbial Sciences Building at the University of Wisconsin–Madison, the incredibly efficient eating habits of a fungus-cultivating termite are surprising even to those well acquainted with the insect’s natural gift for turning wood to dust.

Transportation & Fuels, Biofuels & Bioproducts, Plant Deconstruction

| Kaine Korzekwa

There are many processes that take place in cells that are essential for life. Two of these, transcription and translation, allow the genetic information stored in DNA to be deciphered into the proteins that form all living things, from bacteria to humans to plants.

Transportation & Fuels, Plant Genetics & Breeding

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UW–Madison senior Maria Castillo received the Conservation and Sustainability Award at the Bucky’s Award Ceremony Sunday evening.

The ceremony is a recognition event hosted by the University of Wisconsin–Madison Student Leadership Program.

Energy & Society, Environmental Studies, Education & Outreach