If you are interested in actively participating in UK’s sustainability efforts, the Sustainability Internship Program is the best place to start! The Sustainability Internship Program offers students a chance to gain...
Archive - February 2022
Chelsea Colley
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
Learn About ‘The Elements of Life’ at Everything is Science
Aspects of science and research touch our lives every day, but all too often as adults we forget the sense of wonder and interest that we may have had in science when we were children. Everything is Science...
A Low-Cost Solution to Mismanaged Plastic Waste in the Developing World
Plastic is a miracle of modern chemistry. From healthcare to food preservation to the automotive industry, these amazing polymers make modern life possible. Unfortunately, the properties that make plastic so valuable –...
Jeffrey Seay
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
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...
5th Annual Winter Bike to Campus Day is Wednesday, Feb. 9
Cold weather is no excuse to give up on cycling to campus, whether you dig winter vibes or shiver all season. Each year, The University of Kentucky Transportation Services recognizes cyclists who brave the winter...
TreeWeek: Reforest the Bluegrass Program
On Thursday, October 14, a team of UK and community volunteers met at Masterson Station Park to remove invasive species from a patch of forest. This forested site is not your typical forest, though—nested within the...
