In an effort to boost recycling rates on campus, University of Kentucky Recycling, a department within Facilities Management, is launching a coffee cup recycling awareness campaign in partnership with UK Dining. This...
Archive - March 2025
Ella Sides
Bluegrass and Green Future: University of Kentucky Joins the Rachel Carson Council
A cold February rain draped over the University of Kentucky as students bustled between classes. Despite the overcast sky, Lexington’s flagship university radiated warmth—a hub of intellectual curiosity, environmental...
Freshii Introduces Compostable Containers
The University of Kentucky is taking another step towards sustainability by partnering with Kanbol, a Kentucky Proud company specializing in compostable packaging. This collaboration brings Kanbol’s 32 oz compostable...
Campus Woods Gives UK Trees New Life
The University of Kentucky is home to over twelve thousand trees, representing a variety of the 120 tree species native to our state, such as walnuts, yellow-poplar, bur oaks, hickory, and ash trees. When a tree is...
UK doctoral student collaborates with adviser to write key primer on hydrocarbon biofuels
“Hydrocarbon Biofuels” will not top the New York Times’ best-seller list for nonfiction books, but for Great C. Umenweke, it’s quite an opportunity, and one that could help humans turn waste into renewable energy. ...
Resiliently Rooted Art Showcase and Competition
Throughout your life, how many times have you relaxed, walked, or laid under a tree? Probably, and hopefully, a great number of times! Trees are instrumental to the health of planet Earth and the health of human beings...
Graciela Martinez
