2025 Sustainability Showcase and Research Poster Competition

Oct 15, 2025, 5:30 – 7:30 PM

Healthy Kentucky Research Building: - Details

Celebration, Community-Oriented, General/Public, Recognition

This year’s Showcase will be hosted in the Healthy Kentucky Research Building on Wednesday, October 15th from 5:30-7:30pm. The event is free, open to the public, and refreshments will be provided.

The Showcase is a celebration of the incredible sustainability work happening across campus - from research and student initiatives to operations and community engagement. Join us to connect with passionate students, faculty, and staff who are shaping a more sustainable future at UK. Highlights include:

Presentations from the FY2025 Sustainability Challenge Grant recipients
Displays from UK’s sustainability-focused student organizations, working groups, and initiatives
A juried student poster competition, in partnership with the Office of Undergraduate Research
Brief remarks on the "State of Sustainability" at UK
The announcement of the FY2026 Challenge Grant recipients
UK’s Annual Sustainability Awards

Student Research Poster Competition

Graduate and undergraduate students are invited to submit an abstract and poster in a new sustainability research poster competition held in conjunction with the annual UK Sustainability Showcase on Wednesday, October 15, 2025, from 5:30-7:30pm.

UK Sustainability and the Office of Undergraduate Research are partnering to offer an opportunity for students in all majors to submit their sustainability-related research as a poster for a general audience. Judges with relevant expertise will review all posters and winners will be selected for both undergraduate and graduate categories.

Click here to learn more about participating in the sustainability research poster competition.