Researchers at the University of Kentucky Center for Applied Energy Research (CAER) have developed a method to turn Kentucky waste coal into valuable carbon products. Kentucky is the seventh-largest coal...
Archive - September 2023
Julia Hill
UK User Led Environmental Lab Excellence; UKULELE
UK User Led Environmental Lab Excellence (UKULELE) is a newly proposed initiative that will focus on ensuring the safety of lab environments while also minimizing their environmental impacts. UKULELE is a collaborative...
Katherine Johnson
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...
2023 Sustainability Showcase
The UK Office Sustainability, and partners are excited to present the annual Sustainability Showcase. Once again partnering with UK Office of Undergraduate Research, UK Tracy Farmer Institute for Sustainability and the...
How you can stay sustainable on game days
University of Kentucky Recycling and Athletics need your help to make Kroger Field a zero-waste facility by 2030 — meaning 90% of all waste will no longer be sent to the landfill. Here are ways you can contribute: The...
2023-2024 SIP Cohort Introductions
Karen Capellan University of Kentucky Office of Sustainability Communications Intern Senior; Environmental and Sustainability Studies and Economics “Hello! I am excited about showing UK what sustainability can be...
Apply Today to Attend the 2023 AASHE Conference and Expo in Boston, MA
APPLY NOW! The University of Kentucky is proud to announce that it will send 8 students to the 2023 Conference and Expo hosted by the Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education (AASHE). For...
Reducing, Reusing, and Recycling at Big Blue Move-In
Becoming a zero-waste campus is one of UK’s sustainability goals. Actually its one of our five guiding principles; Make the pursuit of these goals an integral part of the UK student experience Decarbonize campus...
Wrapping up award-filled year, Kentucky Kernel ends weekly printing, focuses on digital
May 2023 brought a plethora of awards for student media, however, it also marked the end of an era for the Kentucky Kernel, the student-run, award-winning newspaper for the University of Kentucky, as it published its...
