BERKELEY -- Global energy firm BP announced today (Thursday, Feb. 1) that it has selected the University of California, Berkeley, in partnership with Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL) and the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, to lead an unprecedented $500 million research effort to develop new sources of energy and reduce the impact of energy consumption on the environment.
The funding will create the Energy Biosciences Institute (EBI), which initially will focus its research on biotechnology to produce biofuels — that is, turning plants and plant materials, including corn, field waste, switchgrass and algae, into transportation fuels.
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Comprehending and examining the evolving public roles of leading public and private universities in both Chile and the California, and seeking a comparative analysis among the selected Chilean and California universities, with attention to global trends.
Identifying best practices and policies related to expanding the public role of universities in areas such as supporting socio-economic mobility, community service, technology transfer and regional/national economic development.
Generating a policy framework to help expand the public role of universities Chile and possibly for other South American countries in the midst of bolstering their higher education systems.