Toivo Kallas, biology and microbiology, attended the third-annual Wisconsin Science & Technology at UW-Green Bay in search of investors for his research on using algae to make rubber and biofuels.

Read more about the symposium at greenbaypressgazette.com.

Kallas also serves as project director of “Proposals for Extended Funding and Commercial Development of Isoprene Production in a High-light Tolerant Cyanobacterium,” which recently received $3,000 from UW System and WiSys.

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The Oshkosh Chapter of Women in Management Inc. awarded E. Alan Hartman, College of Business professor and former dean, the annual Mentor Award. Hartman was nominated by Jan Brantingham, a former mentee.

Mentor Award winners have demonstrated extraordinary leadership skills and have given guidance and direction in the lives and careers of their mentees.

Read more about the award.

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Assistant Vice Chancellor Carleen Vande Zande will serve as project director of “Expanding and Enhancing Academic Support Services to Increase Underserved Student Success,” which received a $47,500 achievement gap grant from UW System. Jan Norton, director of Center for Academic Resources, will assist with the project

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