News and Events
The TFISE mission includes outreach to spread news and information about research, scholarship opportunities, courses, and events that relate to sustainability and the environment. Here are some things our partners and we are doing around campus and the community during the 2019-2020 Academic Year.
November
18-20th | Superfund Research Program Annual Meeting
December
2nd | Poster Submission Deadline for 2nd Annual Kentucky Local Foods Summit
January
Date TBD | Sustainability Challenge Grant, 2020 Call for Proposals
February
TBD | Applications Open for 2020-2021 Sustainability Interns
27th | Kentucky Local Foods Summit hosted by the Food Connection
March
19-20th | Universities Fighting World Hunger Summit
23rd | Kentucky Water Resources Annual Symposium
26-27th | 7th International Forum on Sustainable Manufacturing
April
TBD | 2020-2021 Sustainability Intern Hires Announced
21st | 15th Annual CCTS Spring Conference, "Our Environment, Our Health."
20th | UK Sustainability Forum and Awards Ceremony
Newlsetters and Announcements
To encourage an academic environment that fosters multidisciplinary and transdiciplinary collaboration and scholarship TFISE sends periodic announcements about our current and upcoming projects and those of our friends across campus via our listserv. If you would like to share an event in our next announcement letter email tfise@uky.edu with "announcements" in the subject.
Faculty Spotlight
Helen Turner
"I want to think about ways to teach sustainably rather than just teaching sustainability.”
Sarah Lyon
In collaboration with Dr. Tad Mutersbaugh of UK’s Geography Department, was recently awarded funding by the National Science Foundation (NSF) to continue research on fair trade, organic certified coffee production in Mexico and its influence on the social and economic livelihood of local farmers, specifically women farmers...(more)
Jason Unrine
Jason Unrine