The Bill Gatton Foundation has committed $30 million to the University of Kentucky – Lexington-Fayette County Arboretum, State Botanical Garden of Kentucky, supporting new and renovated facilities and landscape improvements that will expand learning...
Derrick Meads
Category - Reinforce the University’s commitments to our people
Vision: Foster a thriving campus community by prioritizing accessibility, wellbeing and engagement with UK’s various cultural and physical landscapes.
Katherine Johnson
CommunityMake the pursuit of sustainability an integral part of the student experienceReinforce the University's commitments to our people
UK students serve healthy, balanced meals to community through Meals on Wings
At the University of Kentucky Campus Kitchen, a remarkable initiative — Meals on Wings — is taking flight, bringing nourishment and community spirit to those who need it most. Meals on Wings is not just about food...
UK receives renewed award to continue environmental health research in Appalachia
The University of Kentucky Center for Appalachian Research in Environmental Sciences (UK-CARES)will continue its work to study major environmental health impacts on Kentuckians with a renewed award from...
Chelsea Colley
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...
Staff senate, shared governance, and sustainability
At first glance, the phrase “Staff Senate, Shared Governance, and Sustainability” might seem out of place. Taking them at face value, “Staff Senate” is a governing body on campus representing staff, “Shared Governance”...
David Melanson
UK Launches LGBTQ Scholarship for Ag, Environmental Sciences
Food access, sustainability and conservation have become mainstream conversations worldwide. And while these issues are broad, too often, representation within these discussions is not. As a minority in the state...
Carlie Laughlin
UK Reflects on Meaning of Juneteenth Ahead of 1st Academic Holiday
In January 1863, the Emancipation Proclamation was issued, declaring more than three million slaves living in the Confederate states to be free, unbeknownst to many of those enslaved. It was not until Union soldiers...
Nursing Students, Black Soil Partner to Address Food Insecurity, Maternal Health in Communities of Color
As a land-grant institution, the University of Kentucky’s role is to improve the lives of people throughout the Commonwealth through service, education and health care. Through a collaboration with...
Social Justice as the Foundation for our Sustainability Efforts
Sustainability has long been described using the metaphor of a three legged stool – or a triple bottom line – where environmental stewardship and social equity/justice are balanced equals to economic...
Shane Tedder
UK Project Tackles Student Mental Health and Sustainable Landscapes
The mental health of college students is a growing concern, and for good reason: college can be a stressful time for most students. Around 40 percent of college students that utilize campus counseling centers present...
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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...
Sustainable Development Kentucky: Partnerships for the Goals
The Urban Forest Initiative (UFI) working group “exists to provide a dynamic framework for opportunities to partner across organizational and community boundaries that will serve to enhance urban forests in our region.”...
Hannah Phillips
Sustainable Development Kentucky: Sustainable Cities and Communities
Each year, Landscape Architecture students led by professor Carolina Segura-Bell conduct a week long project to redesign a space in Lexington. In 2019, students partnered with civil engineering students to propose new...
