The President’s Sustainability Advisory Committee, UK’s Office of Sustainability, and the Tracy Farmer Institute for Sustainability and the Environment are excited to announce the return of the Annual Sustainability Showcase and Awards Presentation on October 5, from 5:30-7:30 pm in the Cornerstone Exchange.
Students, Faculty and Staff from every area of our campus are leading exciting, sustainability-focused programs. These programs provide high-impact research and learning opportunities for our students and faculty, have significant positive environmental and economic impacts on our operations, and provide resources and support for a foundation justice, equity, diversity, and inclusion at the University of Kentucky and across the commonwealth.
The event, hosted in the innovative and community-facing Cornerstone Exchange, will highlight our accomplishments in student engagement, athletics, healthcare, campus operations, and interdisciplinary scholarship. A brief award presentation (@ 6:30pm) will also honor:
- The recipients of the 2021 Sustainability Challenge Grants;
- The undergraduate and graduate winners of the annual sustainability research and creativity poster competition; and
- The recipients of the first annual Staff Sustainability Champion Awards
Food and beverage will be available from the food vendors in the Cornerstone Exchange. The first 75 students to arrive will receive a food voucher thanks to support from the Student Sustainability Council.
We are very excited about this opportunity for students and look forward to seeing how they have integrated sustainability with their research interests. We are also grateful for the partnership with the Office of Undergraduate Research, this would not have been possible without it.”
Sophie Beavin, Student Programs Coordinator for the Office of Sustainability
Registration deadline is Oct. 1.
Posters will be judged according to the following criteria:
- Content (poster demonstrates clarity of topic, objective and background)
- Motivation for research and technical relevance to sustainability
- Methodology and approach to problem
- Quality of proposed research results/findings
- Conclusions are supported by information presented
- Poster presentation (display aesthetics and logical flow between sections)
- Understandability (poster is effective even without student explaining it)
- Overall rank versus other posters in each category
More information, including registration and submission guidelines, is available here.