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Wesley Smith
UK’s Student Government Association’s Commitment to Sustainability
Nowadays, sustainability is said to be one of the fastest-growing careers. As a matter of fact, I am sure many of you reading this article are passionate about saving our planet. I am also sure that this generation of...
Leavening not Icing
This is my 19th year of working in Sustainability at the University of Kentucky and I am so excited about the breadth and depth of the initiatives that our faculty staff and students are leading. We have worked hard to...
Shane Tedder
Abstract submission, registration open for UK’s 2022 Food, Energy, and Water Symposium
Leaders from across the University of Kentucky, the Lexington community and the Commonwealth will gather to discuss issues that impact all Kentuckians at the 2022 Food, Energy and Water Symposium (FEWS)...
David Melanson
UK Celebrates America Recycles Day
Each year, the University of Kentucky celebrates America Recycles Day not just on Nov. 15, but all week by encouraging faculty, staff and students to recycle and learn more about recycling on...
Chelsea Colley
‘Creating a Fertile and Sustainable Future’: Lewis Honors College Speaker Series welcomes Jonathan Webb
The University of Kentucky Lewis Honors College Speaker Series will welcome entrepreneur and AppHarvest Founder Jonathan Webb to campus. The event will take place in-person 4 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 8, in the...
Esther Horvath: Robert C. May Photography Lecture on November 4th
On Friday, November 4th at 4 pm, UK College of Fine Arts and the UK Art Museum will be hosting a photography lecture in the Worsham Cinema at the Gatton Student Center, featuring Esther Horvath, an award-winning...
Prestigious NSF award advances UK researcher’s low-cost water treatment work
Along the rivers that snake across the Commonwealth, you’ll find a University of Kentucky researcher taking samples to study the health of the water flowing through the state. Tiffany Messer, Ph.D., an assistant...
UK part of major NSF award to study increased methane in coastal wetlands
Kevin M. Yeager, Ph.D., a professor in the University of Kentucky’s Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences (EES), has received a major transdisciplinary award from the National Science Foundation (NSF)...
How You Can Stay Sustainable on Gamedays
Wildcats, University of Kentucky Recycling needs your help to bring sustainable practices to game days. Here are some ways you can contribute. The Big Blue Recycling Crew makes practicing sustainability...
