Sustainability
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  • Mar 11 2025

For 10 years, UK student-led research and projects have been making a difference across campus through the UK Sustainability Internship Program and Student Sustainability Council.

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  • Feb 18 2025

UK College of Arts and Sciences student Abbey McNely is researching the impact of tourism in Bali, Indonesia

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  • Feb 13 2025

As e-waste piles up globally, researchers at UK are spearheading innovative methods to recover valuable metals from discarded devices and industrial waste.

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  • Feb 10 2025

The 23rd annual Posters-at-the-Capitol event will feature research topics including community health, agricultural sustainability, renewable energy and public health and safety.

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  • Jan 22 2025

The UK Office of Undergraduate Research is accepting proposals for the 2025 Sustainability Summer Research Fellowship. The fellowship provides a $5,000 stipend for the Summer 2025 term.

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  • Jan 3 2025

A team of engineers at UK, in collaboration with researchers at other universities, will work on a system to transform coal into high-value materials.

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  • Dec 3 2024

Researchers have created a survey that will assess the risk associated with representative feedstocks that can be used to produce Sustainable Aviation Fuel in Kentucky.

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  • Nov 21 2024

The UK James B. Beam Institute for Kentucky Spirits and UK Center for Applied Energy Research have partnered with the Kentucky Energy and Environment Cabinet and the State Energy Program to make the future of bourbon production more sustainable.

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  • Nov 19 2024

The Gobble Grease Toss diverts hundreds of gallons of cooking oil that would otherwise end up in the trash and uses it for research or converts the oil into fuel.

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  • Nov 12 2024

UK researchers are turning one of the state’s largest and fastest-growing industries into an unlikely renewable energy source.