Heading into my senior year as a Natural Resources and Environmental Science major at UK, I became interested in studying the Dahurian buckthorn (Rhamnus davurica), a woody invasive that is emerging in central Kentucky...
Archive - July 2025
Callie Black
Signage study at UK’s Arboretum explores new ways to foster environmental literacy
Walk through any arboretum, and you will find signs that guide your experience, naming plants, offering insights into the ecosystem’s role, or even helping you find your way around. However, many signs fall short of...
Protecting Kentucky’s horses with sustainable fly control
As the “horse-capital of the world,” Kentucky is home to a thriving population of horses – and a rampant population of flies. As a horse owner myself, there is nothing I care more about than the welfare and...
Applications for UK Sustainability Challenge Grant Program now being accepted
The Sustainability Challenge Grant Program is designed to engage transdisciplinary teams from the university community to foster scholarly, creative and research projects that promote sustainability and advance fields...
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Intern Insights: Creating pockets of green on UK HealthCare’s campus
As a recent graduate of the Environmental and Sustainability Studies program at the University of Kentucky – and a proud alum of the Sustainability Internship Program – I had the pleasure to serve as the UK...
