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...
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Quincy Ipsaro
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...
Chelsea Colley
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
Apply Today for the Student Sustainability Internship Program
If you are interested in actively participating in UK’s sustainability efforts, the Sustainability Internship Program is the best place to start! The Sustainability Internship Program offers students a chance to gain...
Updating Our Sustainability Goals
Our commitment to sustainability requires leadership, creativity, and the ability to be nimble as challenges and opportunities evolve. Our vision for sustainability at UK includes valuing environmental stewardship and...
Shane Tedder
Learn About ‘The Elements of Life’ at Everything is Science
Aspects of science and research touch our lives every day, but all too often as adults we forget the sense of wonder and interest that we may have had in science when we were children. Everything is Science...
A Low-Cost Solution to Mismanaged Plastic Waste in the Developing World
Plastic is a miracle of modern chemistry. From healthcare to food preservation to the automotive industry, these amazing polymers make modern life possible. Unfortunately, the properties that make plastic so valuable –...
