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SIP Graduates: Where are they now?

The Sustainability Internship Program (SIP) allows students to work closely with a mentor that supporting a specific sustainability unit on campus, develop an independent project, and participate in a professional development series with the full...

Shaun Lavin

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Art and horticulture merge to create natural dye garden at UK

The intersection of art and science isn’t always obvious, but for a University of Kentucky art professor and a university horticulturalist, it was natural, and in more ways than one. Crystal Gregory, an associate professor in...

Katherine Johnson

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The Reuse Resource Map is Updated and Ready!

Hello! I’m Dot Shaw, and I am a rising junior attending Lafayette High School in the Pre-Engineering and SCAPA for Visual Art programs. I was selected to participate in the UK Summer Youth Program where I began an internship in the UK Recycling...

Dot Shaw

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In Case You Missed It: Eli Capilouto Speaks About WholeSum

As the University for Kentucky, we have a responsibility to advance our Commonwealth. In doing so, our influence extends beyond Kentucky’s borders. That is why sustainability remains a priority in our daily operations...

Tiana The

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In Case You Missed It: Moving Out & Making a Difference

On every university campus throughout US, when students leave campus for holiday or summer breaks, a lot of waste is produced. While packing and getting ready to leave, waste comes from many places: cleaning out...

Esther Moberly

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Updating Our Sustainability Strategic Plan: New Vision and Guiding Principles

In January, we kicked off our efforts to update the University’s Sustainability Strategic Plan. Since then, we have conducted focus groups with student leaders, faculty, and staff to understand their opinions on what a...

Sophie Beavin

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UK Recycling on Track to Reach Waste Diversion Goal

University of Kentucky Recycling had a 47% waste diversion rate for the academic campus in the 2021 calendar year. UK has a target of diverting 50% of its campus waste from the landfill by the end of 2022 and is on...

Chelsea Colley

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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...

Quincy Ipsaro

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My Experience with the Sustainability Internship Program

For the last two years, I have worked as an intern with UK Recycling through the Sustainability Internship Program offered through the UK Office of Sustainability, and it has been one of the most rewarding experiences...

Olivia Tussey

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Updating Our Sustainability Goals

Our commitment to sustainability requires leadership, creativity, and the ability to be nimble as challenges and opportunities evolve. Our vision for sustainability at UK includes valuing environmental stewardship and...

Shane Tedder

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Meet the New Member of the WholeSum Team: Chelsea Colley

My name is Chelsea Colley, and I am a Junior at the University of Kentucky. I am a Writing, Rhetoric, and Digital Studies major with a minor in Environmental and Sustainability Studies. When I started at UK, I knew I...

Chelsea Colley

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UK Recycling Encourages Campus to Join a ‘Wave’ of Change

Each year, the University of Kentucky celebrates America Recycles Day on Nov. 15 by encouraging faculty, staff and students to recycle and learn more about recycling on campus. Following last year’s eye...

Joanna Ashford

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How Do We Communicate Sustainability?

Graphic design doesn’t exactly feel like a topic that should be posted about on a sustainability-focused blog. Nonetheless, here I am, an intern for the Office of Sustainability at the University of Kentucky, creating...

Amber Dotson

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Our Commitment to Climate Action: Part 2

In late 2016, President Capilouto’s announcement of the University’s first emissions reduction target concluded one chapter and opened another in the story of climate action on our campus. Students who had provided the...

Lauren Cagle

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Why UK Staff Member Joanna Ashford Has the ‘Heart to Step Up’

This month, UKNow talked to Joanna Ashford, who works as the recycling coordinator in UK Facilities Management. UKNow: What is your role here at UK? Ashford: I am the recycling coordinator for the university...

Joanna Ashford

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SIP Graduates: Where are they now?

Art and horticulture merge to create natural dye garden at UK

The Reuse Resource Map is Updated and Ready!

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In Case You Missed It: Eli Capilouto Speaks About WholeSum

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Meet the Team Merging Nature and Health on the University of Kentucky Medical Campus

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Meet the New Member of the WholeSum Team: Chelsea Colley

UK Recycling Encourages Campus to Join a ‘Wave’ of Change

How Do We Communicate Sustainability?

Our Commitment to Climate Action: Part 2

Why UK Staff Member Joanna Ashford Has the ‘Heart to Step Up’

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