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From connections to conservation, student interested in wildlife career finds everything she needs at UK

As a University of Kentucky student, Callie Black has “the best of both worlds.” From Knox County, Kentucky, Black was drawn to UK because Lexington was “a sweet spot” for someone interested in both wildlife conservation and the opportunities that...

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6 students selected as 2025 Sustainability Summer Research Fellows

LEXINGTON, Ky. (May 27, 2025) — Six University of Kentucky undergraduates have been selected for the Sustainability Summer Research Fellowship, a program that supports student-led projects that advance sustainable practices and...

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UK researchers launch app to boost iPad lifespan, transform campus tech

The University of Kentucky strives to be a place where technology and innovation intertwine with education. Since 2019, the iPad Initiative, in partnership with Apple, has continued to level the technological playing field for UK...

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KGS Project Measures Methane Emissions from Orphaned Oil, Gas Wells

Kentucky Geological Survey (KGS) geologist Marty Parris, in collaboration with the Kentucky Division of Oil and Gas, is leading a two-year, $835,145 project to measure methane emissions from orphaned oil and...

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UK for KY Rapid Response Pilot and Mini-grant Funding

The rainfall on July 27th, 2022 in a 12-county area of Eastern Kentucky was an unprecedented meteorological event even for an area that experiences semi-frequent flooding. Climate-related changes in weather patterns are...

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Dozens of schools interested in UK CAER’s GEN-EV racing program

Dozens of schools across the Commonwealth want to join a STEM-based program run by the University of Kentucky’s Center for Applied Energy Research (CAER). The GEN-EV program teaches students...

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$200,000 available for 2023 UK Sustainability Challenge Grants, applications now open

The Sustainability Challenge Grant Program is designed to engage transdisciplinary teams from the university community to foster scholarly, creative and research projects that promote sustainability and advance field(s)...

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Unique public-private research consortium established CAER as CO2 capture pioneers

In the mid-2000s, it had become abundantly clear that capturing carbon dioxide was the engineering challenge of our time. No matter the audience — industry leaders, government officials and researchers — there...

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Q&A: Environmental health scientist Erin Haynes on potential impacts of the East Palestine disaster

On Feb. 3, a train carrying hazardous materials near East Palestine, Ohio, derailed. Following the crash, some of the chemicals were intentionally burned in a controlled explosion in an effort to manage the release...

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Student Success at Home and Abroad with UK NRT

A quick scan of news headlines over the past year and anyone can see how the intersection of our food, energy, and water systems is having major impacts across Kentucky, the nation, and the world. Interestingly, one UK...

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Distilleries finding “bourbon shrooms” profitable for spent grains

Mushrooms and distilleries have quite a bit in common thanks to students at the University of Kentucky College of Agriculture, Food and Environment. With funding from the UK...

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Graduate students present work at Global Conference on Sustainable Manufacturing

Four graduate students in the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering traveled to Berlin, Germany to present their work at the Global Conference on Sustainable Manufacturing in October, 2022. (The following...

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Abstract submission, registration open for UK’s 2022 Food, Energy, and Water Symposium

Leaders from across the University of Kentucky, the Lexington community and the Commonwealth will gather to discuss issues that impact all Kentuckians at the 2022 Food, Energy and Water Symposium (FEWS)...

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Prestigious NSF award advances UK researcher’s low-cost water treatment work

Along the rivers that snake across the Commonwealth, you’ll find a University of Kentucky researcher taking samples to study the health of the water flowing through the state. Tiffany Messer, Ph.D., an assistant...

Chelsea Colley

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UK part of major NSF award to study increased methane in coastal wetlands

Kevin M. Yeager, Ph.D., a professor in the University of Kentucky’s Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences (EES), has received a major transdisciplinary award from the National Science Foundation (NSF)...

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From connections to conservation, student interested in wildlife career finds everything she needs at UK

6 students selected as 2025 Sustainability Summer Research Fellows

UK researchers launch app to boost iPad lifespan, transform campus tech

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KGS Project Measures Methane Emissions from Orphaned Oil, Gas Wells

UK for KY Rapid Response Pilot and Mini-grant Funding

Dozens of schools interested in UK CAER’s GEN-EV racing program

$200,000 available for 2023 UK Sustainability Challenge Grants, applications now open

Unique public-private research consortium established CAER as CO2 capture pioneers

Q&A: Environmental health scientist Erin Haynes on potential impacts of the East Palestine disaster

Student Success at Home and Abroad with UK NRT

Distilleries finding “bourbon shrooms” profitable for spent grains

Graduate students present work at Global Conference on Sustainable Manufacturing

Abstract submission, registration open for UK’s 2022 Food, Energy, and Water Symposium

Prestigious NSF award advances UK researcher’s low-cost water treatment work

UK part of major NSF award to study increased methane in coastal wetlands

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