Funding early-stage, proof-of-concept research is often a challenge for university researchers. Traditionally, governmental funding agencies have chosen to invest in basic science and in projects that are more advanced...
Archive - March 2022
Chelsea Colley
Re-Visioning Huntertown: From African American Freetown to Interpretive Public Place
Authored by Jayoung Koo, Daniel Vivian, Ryan Hargrove, Christopher Sass, Chad Eby, Sioux Finney, Lori Garkovich, Faye T. Kuosman, and T. Adam Probst. Landscapes dedicated to significant persons of color and historical...
Jayoung Koo
Pollinator Gardens at the University of Kentucky
In the Fall of 2020, I was hired to serve as the Built Environment Intern through the Sustainability Internship Program, facilitated by the Office of Sustainability. Through this internship, undergraduate students...
Undergraduates Encouraged to Apply for Sustainability Summer Research Fellowships
Applications are now open for the University of Kentucky Office of Undergraduate Research’s Sustainability Summer Research Fellowships. The annual fellowship gives undergraduates the opportunity to study in a wide...
UK to Help Landowners Replace Bradford Pear Trees
Bradford pear trees are popular landscape trees, commonly planted in yards throughout Kentucky. A distant cousin of culinary pears, Bradford is a flowering pear, one cultivar of the Callery pear...
Kentucky Geological Survey, Energy and Environment Cabinet Announce Project to Measure Methane Emissions
The Kentucky Energy and Environment Cabinet (EEC) and the Kentucky Geological Survey (KGS) at the University of Kentucky (UK) have announced a collaborative project focused on mine methane (CH4) emissions in...
Participate in Campus Race to Zero Waste
As a New Year’s resolution, you may have decided to make changes in your behavior to minimize your environmental impact. Many of us want to consume less, implement more sustainable habits, and make environmentally...
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
Registration Now Open for CCTS Conference on Climate and Health
The University of Kentucky Center for Clinical and Translational Science will hold its 17th Annual Spring Conference on April 5, 2022, focusing on “Climate and Health.” Join nearly 1,000 researchers...
