Thousands of years ago, as humans tamed wild animals and plants into livestock and crops, their penchant for intoxication also led them to unwittingly domesticate a hidden workhorse of civilization: yeast.

EAP Professor Greg Nemet will receive one of the first two World Citizen Prizes in Environmental Performance from the Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management (APPAM).

Media coverage of WEI this month focused on the role of microbes in biofuel production, fires in the Amazon rainforest, and the emerging clean energy marketplace.

James Tinjum has high expectations for the College of Engineering’s Geological Engineering Program. Tinjum, an associate professor with a background in geological engineering, has been named the program’s new director. Geological Engineering is housed in the college’s Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering.

The microbiome offers nearly limitless potential for research in areas from wastewater treatment to pharmaceutical drug production.

The University of Wisconsin–Madison’s first broad sustainability assessment has earned the campus a silver rating for its efforts in resource stewardship, education and research.

We rely on a stable national electric grid to keep power flowing reliably in homes, businesses and factories across the country. But a sudden change in supply or demand—such as from a lightning strike, malfunctioning power plant or heat wave—can disrupt normal patterns of power flow.