Media coverage of WEI this month focused on UW–Madison students learning by doing, the Midwest as an energy innovation hub, and how GLBRC research is honing in on more valuable products for the biofuels industry.

A survey of the world’s top universities placed the University of Wisconsin–Madison as the seventh-greatest source of U.S. patents.

The University of Wisconsin–Madison and the American Chemical Society are partnering to train more underrepresented minority students in chemical research to increase the numbers of these students in chemistry doctoral programs.

Last year, the Wisconsin Energy Institute asked five students about their motivations for studying energy.

Diesel and jet fuels are notoriously difficult to obtain from non-oil plant-based sources, which is a major hurdle in biofuels research.

Extraordinary members of the University of Wisconsin–Madison faculty have been honored during the last year with awards supported by the estate of professor, U.S. senator and UW Regent William F. Vilas (1840-1908).

Developing renewable, plant-based alternatives for petroleum-derived chemicals is a major piece of the effort to transition away from a fossil-fuel based economy toward a more sustainable and environmentally friendly bio-based economy.