The University of Kentucky Center for Clinical and Translational Science will hold its 17th Annual Spring Conference on April 5, 2022, focusing on “Climate and Health.” Join nearly 1,000 researchers...
Tag - Climate Change
Chelsea Colley
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...
Our Commitment to Climate Action: Part 2
In late 2016, President Capilouto’s announcement of the University’s first emissions reduction target concluded one chapter and opened another in the story of climate action on our campus. Students who had provided the...
Lauren Cagle
Sustainability Grant Winners to Focus on Climate Crisis, Recovery, and DEI Efforts
Six teams of University of Kentucky students, faculty and staff are beginning work on sustainability projects after being selected to receive Sustainability Challenge Grants totaling more than...
Carlie Laughlin
Five New Student Led Projects from 2020-2021
Every year, student sustainability interns develop and implement their own independent projects to help further sustainability efforts on campus. Despite this year’s challenges, the students in the 2020-2021...
Sophie Beavin
5 Climate-Related Startups to Support – If You are Serious About Sustainability!
If you’re looking to step up your sustainability game beyond your day to day behaviors, I recommend looking into supporting a “climate tech” or “clean tech” start-up company. I have provided a summary description of a...
Austin Hinkel
Preparing our Urban Forests for our Changing Climate
There’s no doubt that the climate is changing rapidly, at a pace that is both undeniable and faster than previously projected. Our changing climate will impact ecosystems, including urban forests, in ways that will...
Student Innovators Participate in Carbon-Neutral Energy Research
In October 2018, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) found that the global temperature will increase by 1.5 degrees Celsius by the years 2030-2052. The dominant cause? Human activities- with carbon...
