FUEL FOR THOUGHT
Can the gregarious Tim Donohue and his Great Lakes Bioenergy Research Center really cure our addition to fossil fuels? We take an inside look at how Wisconsin is pioneering the future of sustainable fuels.
By Michael Penn
ESSAY: PEARLS
Some family heirlooms are too special to keep in a hope chest or jewelry box.
By Beth L. Lueck
GALLERIA: GROWING OUR OWN
Get to know your Wisconsin Arts Board 2008 Visual Arts Fellows and see why our state is fertile ground for the visual arts and artists alike.
By Jennifer A. Smith
REVIEW: Fill'er Up: The Glory Days of Wisconsin Gas Stations
Travel with local historians Jim Draeger and Mark Speltz back to a time when gas stations were the shining beacons of civilization on the roads of Wisconsin.
By Brian D. Ambrosio
DIRECTOR'S NOTES
"Buy Your Lifelong Learning Locally"
EDITOR'S NOTES
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Green v. Sustainable"
CONTRIBUTORS
UPFRONT
Black Earth's Ron Poast works to preserve a Norwegian cultural treasure, the Wisconsin Academy names its appointments to the Natural Areas Protection Council, and the Velorution Project at Ripon College asks students to take the two-wheel pledge.
SPECIAL POETRY SECTION
April is National Poetry Month and we're celebrating with the announcement and publication of our 2009 poetry contest winners, a few questions for Wisconsin's new Poet Laureate, Marilyn Taylor, and an article on a hard-boiled poetry genre that's part film noir and part Northwoods bar.
FELLOWS FORUM: ON WISCONSIN!
Wisconsin Academy Fellow and UW-Madison chemistry professor Bassam Z. Shakhashiri's challenge to the citizens of Wisconsin and the world.
INSIDE THE ACADEMY
We welcome three new Academy Council members and honor the service of our departing Council president, Tom Boldt, and former Academy Foundation president, George Kaiser.
