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UK Alum Greg Capillo explains tips for intervening in tense situations to a group of students at the third installment of the Fighting Injustice 101 Training Series presented in the UK Dinkle-Mas Suite for LGBTQ* Resources in Lexington, Ky., on Feb. 12, 2019. Photo by Olivia Antigua. 

‘Fighting Injustice 101’: Series teaches students to be activists

Olivia Antigua February 13, 2019

Multiple student organizations from across the university came together on Tuesday for the third installment of a six-part series meant to teach students how to be safe and effective activists.UK alum...

Members of the Divest UK campaign, who are also in United Students Against Sweatshops, pose after a successful tabling event for UK’s Facing Change Week. (Pictured Left to Right: Seth Gadbois, Cindy Garcia, Cameron Baller, Alex Wood, Lidya Yatin, and Noland Aull)

Stop investing in fossil fuels: New student campaign calls for responsible investment at UK

The Divest UK student campaign April 13, 2018

Unless we act soon, climate change will jeopardize the future of human society and our planet. Not only will it impact global ecosystems, it will also affect agriculture around the world, and right here...

Caroline Engle speaks at the Greenthumb rally in front of the Main Building on Friday.

Stop stalling, sign a climate action plan

Patrick Brennan April 25, 2016

Dr. Eli Capilouto, it’s time to listen to your students.Students want action on climate change now, not more delays and false promises.Students have been asking UK to sign a climate action plan for years,...

Students criticize UK carbon score

By McKenna Horsley [email protected] March 10, 2016

For UK, it’s not easy being green. The Sustainability Tracking, Assessment and Rating System gave UK a silver rating for sustainability.The university earned 43.25 percent of available points, along...

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UK should sign Climate Commitment

Editorial Board March 6, 2016

On Wednesday, UK’s local environmental group, Greenthumb, protested the university’s blind approach to environmental policy. The Kentucky Kernel agrees with Greenthumb – it is time for UK to make...

Ashleigh McGuire (right) and Alaina Smith (left) lead Greenthumb’s march across campus to President Eli Capilouto’s office. Photo by Will Wright | Staff

Campus should follow other universities, join climate commitment

Letter to the editor February 23, 2016

After four years of campaigning, Greenthumb, a local environmental group on UK’s campus, finally met with UK President Eli Capilouto and other administration members on Feb. 12 to discuss committing...

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