On March 24, the University of Kentucky Water Resources Research Institute (KWRRI), in conjunction with the UK Center for Appalachian Research in Environmental Sciences (UK-CARES), UK Superfund Research Center...
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Chelsea Colley
Unique Public-Private Research Consortium Established CAER as CO2 Capture Pioneers
In the mid-2000s, it had become abundantly clear that capturing carbon dioxide was the engineering challenge of our time. No matter the audience — industry leaders, government officials and researchers — there...
Application Tips and Advice from SIP Alumni
The 2023-2024 SIP Applications are now open! Click HERE to review position descriptions and submit your application HERE. The deadline to apply is March 24th, 2023 by 11:59 p.m. At the last cohort meeting, SIP interns...
Intern Insights: Rachel Henry with the Kentucky Climate Consortium
Behind the Scenes of the SIP is a new series on WholeSum featuring the 2022-2023 Sustainability Internship Program interns and highlighting the work they have accomplished over the past year. Continue reading to learn...
Rachel Henry
Q&A: Environmental health scientist Erin Haynes on potential impacts of the East Palestine disaster
On Feb. 3, a train carrying hazardous materials near East Palestine, Ohio, derailed. Following the crash, some of the chemicals were intentionally burned in a controlled explosion in an effort to manage the release...
ICYMI: Bluegrass Greensource to host third annual Sustainability Summit at the University of Kentucky
Join Bluegrass Greensource March 7-8th for their third annual Sustainability Summit, held at the Gatton Student Center. This 2-day event will feature a variety of speakers, focusing on the topic of Climate Resiliency...
‘Greentalks’ on WRFL Features UK’s Recycling and Waste Reduction Specialist, Ryan Lark
On Monday, February 6th, Faith Roberts interviewed Ryan Lark on Greentalks, a WRFL segment supported by the UK Student Sustainability Council. In the interview, Ryan discussed his role with UK Recycling, UK’s new...
Student Success at Home and Abroad with UK NRT
A quick scan of news headlines over the past year and anyone can see how the intersection of our food, energy, and water systems is having major impacts across Kentucky, the nation, and the world. Interestingly, one UK...
Bluegrass Greensource to host third annual Sustainability Summit at the University of Kentucky
Join Bluegrass Greensource March 7-8th for their third annual Sustainability Summit, held at the Gatton Student Center. This 2-day event will feature a variety of speakers, focusing on the topic of Climate Resiliency...
Participate in ‘Campus Race to Zero Waste’ with UK Recycling
The University of Kentucky in 2022, recycled a total of 1,088.61 tons of materials through the mixed recycling stream alone. This year, UK Recycling aims to collect more recyclables than ever, in pursuit of the...
