SIP Interns: What are they up to? Sophomore Political Science and Public Policy major, Anamei Walli, UK Healthcare intern, has created a project reducing and recycling UK HealthCare Styrofoam waste. The project implements a recycling bin and...
Katherine Johnson
Category - HealthCare
Chelsea ColleyUK College of Public Health announces new department in Epidemiology and Environmental Health
The University of Kentucky College of Public Health has officially launched a new department in Epidemiology and Environmental Health (EEH), which merges two existing departments at the College and brings the...
UK Research Project Seeks to Capture CO2 and Produce Hydrogen
The University of Kentucky has received $2.4 million in funding from the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) National Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL) to develop a cost-effective system that will capture...
Courtney Coots
Meet the Team Merging Nature and Health on the University of Kentucky Medical Campus
The University of Kentucky Medical Center strives to provide a nurturing and healthy environment for all its users including patients, families, hospital staff, faculty and students. UK has already led the way among...
Meet the Team Turning Plastic Waste into Fuel Oil
UK Recycling hosted their first Waste Reduction Week in April 2021 as an initiative meant to provide students with opportunities to learn more about how they can reduce their waste sent to landfill. As part of Waste...
Carlie Laughlin
You’ll Never Believe What We Recycle at UK!
‘What do you do when the students aren’t on campus?’ is a common question I receive as the Recycling Coordinator for the University. With that job title, it is easy to think that my job (and the recycling program here...
Joanna Ashford
No Sustainability Without People – Justice, Equity, and Diversity as Foundational for the Future
Part 2 (read Part 1 here) of our conversation with UK HealthCare’s Chief Diversity Officer Tukea Talbert about how and why Sustainability at UK must be built from a foundation of Justice and Equity...
Reinventing and Reimagining a New Normal with UK HealthCare’s Tukea Talbert
We are working hard to firmly ground Sustainability at the University of Kentucky on a foundation of Justice and Equity. Our work to reimagine sustainability in this way requires engaging with people and perspectives...
Project CARAT Meets Critical Needs for Kentuckians with Disabilities
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 34.6% of Kentuckians have a disability, and many of these individuals are unable to afford the durable medical equipment that they need. Even for patients on...
