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UK has received $2.4 million in funding from the U.S. Department of Energy’s National Energy Technology Laboratory to develop a cost-effective system that will capture carbon dioxide and produce hydrogen at natural gas combined cycle power plants.

Three graduate students at the University of Kentucky have been selected for the Department of Energy’s (DOE) Office of Science Graduate Student Research (SCGSR) Program.

UK's College of Engineering and Center for Applied Energy Research have received funding from the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) National Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL) to capture carbon dioxide at a low concentration from the Nucor Steel Gallatin process flue gas stream.

The Center for Clinical and Translational Science will host its 17th Annual Spring Conference on April 5, focusing on climate and health and featuring a keynote address and book signing with Robert Bullard, Ph.D., considered the father of environmental justice.

College of Medicine and College of Engineering researchers will be using a mobile lab to test wastewater in rural Kentucky for the presence of COVID-19.

The Kentucky Energy and Environment Cabinet and the Kentucky Geological Survey at the University of Kentucky have announced a collaborative project focused on mine methane (CH4) emissions in the state.

The Center for Clinical and Translational Science will hold its 17th Annual Spring Conference on April 5, 2022, focusing on “Climate and Health.” This year’s keynote speaker is Robert Bullard, Ph.D., Distinguished Professor of Urban Planning and Environmental Policy at Texas Southern University. 

Six teams of UK students, faculty and staff were awarded Sustainability Challenge Grants totaling more than $200,000. The challenge was design to implement ideas to promote sustainability on campus

The Center for Applied Energy Research (CAER) received $1.3 million from the U.S. Department of Energy’s National Energy Technology Laboratory for development of new carbon capturing technology.

A five-year project improving cost-effective wetland treatment systems for rural communities and low-income areas is the subject of a prestigious National Science Foundation Faculty Early Career Development award for Tiffany Messer, Ph.D.