Ethanol Research Focus of Detroit Alumni Event
April 18, 2008
Contact: Kate Dixon, Wisconsin Alumni Association, (608) 265-8769, news@uwalumni.com
MADISON, Wis. — University of Wisconsin-Madison alumni in the Detroit, Mich., area will celebrate the founding of the university with a talk from an expert on solar energy on Saturday, April 26.
Tim Donohue, professor of bacteriology at UW-Madison, will present his lecture, "The Ethanol Research Consortium" at the Wisconsin Alumni Association: Motor City Badgers Chapter Founders' Day event.
The Founders' Day event will start at 11:30 a.m. at the Andiamo Dearborn, 21400 Michigan Avenue, in Dearborn. News media are welcome to attend. For more details, visit uwalumni.com/detroit.
Tim Donohue has been a faculty member at UW-Madison for over 20 years, where his research program has focused on solar energy utilization by photosynthetic bacteria. He has been member of various federal research panels and helped author reports for the Department of Energy on solar energy generation and the conversion of plant biomass into biofuels. More recently he has been named head of the Wisconsin Bioenergy Initiative and the new DOE-funded Great Lakes Bioenergy Research Center.
Founders' Day 2008 is presented in cities nationwide by the Wisconsin Alumni Association, a nonprofit organization, in cooperation with the University of Wisconsin Foundation.
These events are hosted annually by UW-Madison alumni chapters to bring the latest in University of Wisconsin research to alumni in their hometowns, raise funds for student scholarships and celebrate the founding of the university. Proceeds from the Wisconsin Alumni Association: Motor City Badgers Chapter Founders' Day event will benefit the chapter's local scholarship fund.
Participation and membership in the Wisconsin Alumni Association and its chapters are open to all alumni, students and friends of UW-Madison.
Founded in 1861, WAA offers UW alumni and friends a wide variety of services, including the award-winning On Wisconsin Magazine, Badger Insider Magazine, career services, international travel opportunities and lifelong learning events. Learn more at uwalumni.com.
Contact: Kate Dixon, Wisconsin Alumni Association, (608) 265-8769, news@uwalumni.com
MADISON, Wis. — University of Wisconsin-Madison alumni in the Detroit, Mich., area will celebrate the founding of the university with a talk from an expert on solar energy on Saturday, April 26.
Tim Donohue, professor of bacteriology at UW-Madison, will present his lecture, "The Ethanol Research Consortium" at the Wisconsin Alumni Association: Motor City Badgers Chapter Founders' Day event.
The Founders' Day event will start at 11:30 a.m. at the Andiamo Dearborn, 21400 Michigan Avenue, in Dearborn. News media are welcome to attend. For more details, visit uwalumni.com/detroit.
Tim Donohue has been a faculty member at UW-Madison for over 20 years, where his research program has focused on solar energy utilization by photosynthetic bacteria. He has been member of various federal research panels and helped author reports for the Department of Energy on solar energy generation and the conversion of plant biomass into biofuels. More recently he has been named head of the Wisconsin Bioenergy Initiative and the new DOE-funded Great Lakes Bioenergy Research Center.
Founders' Day 2008 is presented in cities nationwide by the Wisconsin Alumni Association, a nonprofit organization, in cooperation with the University of Wisconsin Foundation.
These events are hosted annually by UW-Madison alumni chapters to bring the latest in University of Wisconsin research to alumni in their hometowns, raise funds for student scholarships and celebrate the founding of the university. Proceeds from the Wisconsin Alumni Association: Motor City Badgers Chapter Founders' Day event will benefit the chapter's local scholarship fund.
Participation and membership in the Wisconsin Alumni Association and its chapters are open to all alumni, students and friends of UW-Madison.
Founded in 1861, WAA offers UW alumni and friends a wide variety of services, including the award-winning On Wisconsin Magazine, Badger Insider Magazine, career services, international travel opportunities and lifelong learning events. Learn more at uwalumni.com.
