Tag Wisconsin Energy Institute

Interim director of federal relations named

September 3, 2013

Benjamin Miller has been named interim director of federal relations, a role he begins Sept. 8. Miller replaces Rhonda Norsetter, who recently retired. The six-month appointment will bring Miller to Washington, D.C. for the first three months.

Researchers unearth bioenergy potential in leaf-cutter ant communities

June 13, 2013

As spring warms up Wisconsin, humans aren't the only ones tending their gardens.

Summer gas prices: UW experts weigh in

June 4, 2013

$3.93 per gallon. 16-gallon tank. $62.88 to fill up. This is all-too-familiar math for drivers who are grudgingly footing their gas bills. Many will direct their frustration at station owners, oil companies or the government. But what factors cause these summer price spikes?

Expanded Science Expeditions opens doors to UW–Madison research

March 21, 2013

Ana Garic spends her days in a University of Wisconsin–Madison lab studying a public health problem with real impact in Wisconsin communities — which is why it feels so good to invite the public onto her turf for the campus’ annual Science Expeditions open house to be held April 5-7.