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Product design students build charging station with Campus Woods

In the fall semester of 2024, students in UK’s second-year Product Design course, PRD 220, were tasked with designing and building a new battery charging station using materials from Campus Woods, a program that repurposes felled campus trees into...

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Learning beyond the classroom: UK students turn sustainability lessons into action

The spirit of sustainability was alive and well on campus as part of the University of Kentucky community rolled up their sleeves to plant trees and contribute to a greener future. For the second year in a row, students from Lewis Honors College...

Jennifer Allen

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Using campus as a classroom: Students explore UK’s energy infrastructure

At the University of Kentucky, students have access to a dynamic living lab — an 800-acre campus with more than 20 million square feet of building space and all the infrastructure and operations of a small city. At the heart of this...

Jennifer Allen

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Robin Wall Kimmerer’s Campus Keynote – April 6, 2023 @ 12pm

The University of Kentucky’s Lewis Honors College and Student Sustainability Council are excited to present a campus keynote with 2022 MacArthur Fellow Dr. Robin Wall Kimmerer on Thursday, April 6th at 12pm in the...

Shane Tedder

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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...

Chelsea Colley

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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)...

David Melanson

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Esther Horvath: Robert C. May Photography Lecture on November 4th

On Friday, November 4th at 4 pm, UK College of Fine Arts and the UK Art Museum will be hosting a photography lecture in the Worsham Cinema at the Gatton Student Center, featuring Esther Horvath, an award-winning...

Janie Welker

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UK to Host Annual Sustainability Showcase and Student Poster Competition

The UK Office of Sustainability, Office of Undergraduate Research, Tracy Farmer Institute for Sustainability and the Environment, and the Student Sustainability Council are excited to announce the return of the annual...

Chelsea Colley

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Join us October 18th for AASHE: the Global Conference on Sustainability in Higher Education

For the third year in a row, the University of Kentucky is proud to announce that it will serve as a host institution for the Global Conference on Sustainability in Higher Education. The virtual conference will take...

Chelsea Colley

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Celebrate Campus Sustainability Month at UK

Held every October, Campus Sustainability Month is an international celebration of sustainability in higher education. Throughout the month, colleges and universities organize events on campus and elsewhere to...

Chelsea Colley

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UK Solar Car Team Places Third in Two Races

The University of Kentucky Solar Car team won third place in both the Formula Sun Grand Prix (FSGP) on July 7, 2022 and the American Solar Challenge (ASC) on July 16, 2022. For both events, teams started with a charged...

Chelsea Colley

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8 students selected as Sustainability Summer Research Fellows

Eight University of Kentucky students have been selected for the Sustainability Summer Research Fellowship program, a high-impact learning experience that contributes to the students’ academic growth as well as...

Chelsea Colley

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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...

Tiana The

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UK NRT, UK CAER Host Food, Energy, & Water Symposium Featuring Jonathan Webb of AppHarvest

Last December 9th, UK’s chapter of the National Science Foundation Graduate Research Traineeship (NRT) alongside the Center for Applied Energy Research (UK CAER) hosted the first annual Food, Energy and Water...

Kevin Puckett

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UK students help revitalize historical community

University of Kentucky landscape architecture students are using their design expertise to revitalize a historic property in Woodford County. Huntertown is an African American hamlet which once stood on 50-acres outside...

Chelsea Colley

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Product design students build charging station with Campus Woods

Learning beyond the classroom: UK students turn sustainability lessons into action

Using campus as a classroom: Students explore UK’s energy infrastructure

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Robin Wall Kimmerer’s Campus Keynote – April 6, 2023 @ 12pm

Graduate students present work at Global Conference on Sustainable Manufacturing

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

Esther Horvath: Robert C. May Photography Lecture on November 4th

UK to Host Annual Sustainability Showcase and Student Poster Competition

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UK Solar Car Team Places Third in Two Races

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