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Intern Insights: Henry Walke with UK Recycling

Intern Insights is a mini-series that spotlights the interns participating in the Sustainability Internship Program (SIP) and their day-to-day activities and accomplishments. The Office of Sustainability partners with the Student Sustainability...

Henry Walke

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Intern Insights: Georgia McNamara with UK HealthCare

Georgia McNamara

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Embracing sustainability at UK HealthCare: A commitment to a healthier future

At UK HealthCare, we believe that a commitment to health extends beyond the exceptional patient care we provide; it encompasses our environment and the communities we serve. As a leading healthcare system, we recognize our responsibility to promote...

Kristy McMillan

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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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Activism Behind The Scenes

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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Energy Club Partners to Bring EV Chargers to Campus

UK’s Energy Club is a group of students who are passionate about making a difference in the world, starting right here with the University’s community. With sustainability in our back pocket, our main goal...

Taylor Bowers

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Solar Energy, Students, and Sustainability

A HUGE SHOUT OUT to the scores of student advocates who have been encouraging the University to take a leadership position on climate and transition to renewables for most of the past two decades. Last week’s...

Shane Tedder

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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

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Behind The Scenes HealthCare

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

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Intern Insights: Henry Walke with UK Recycling

Intern Insights: Georgia McNamara with UK HealthCare

Embracing sustainability at UK HealthCare: A commitment to a healthier future

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

My Experience with the Sustainability Internship Program

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

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

Energy Club Partners to Bring EV Chargers to Campus

Solar Energy, Students, and Sustainability

Meet the Team Turning Plastic Waste into Fuel Oil

You’ll Never Believe What We Recycle at UK!

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