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Tag - Climate Change
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...
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
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...
Chelsea Colley
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)...
Join us October 18th for AASHE: the Global Conference on Sustainability in Higher Education
For the third year in a row, the University of Kentucky is proud to announce that it will serve as a host institution for the Global Conference on Sustainability in Higher Education. The virtual conference will take...
Celebrate Campus Sustainability Month at UK
Held every October, Campus Sustainability Month is an international celebration of sustainability in higher education. Throughout the month, colleges and universities organize events on campus and elsewhere to...
The hidden carbon in our buildings
When people discuss the best ways to make our buildings more sustainable, folks in the know will usually talk about energy and water efficiency, indoor air quality and maybe something a little more esoteric, like...
UK-led project awarded $2.5 million by NSF to study climate change, biodiversity
A study led by the University of Kentucky has been selected for funding by the National Science Foundation’s (NSF) “Biodiversity on a Changing Planet” program, an international, transdisciplinary effort that addresses...
