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What is Everything is Science?

What can seem like an intimidating topic is, in reality, quite relatable – from the moment we wake up in the morning, science is happening all around us – it colors everything we do.

Making science accessible in a fun and interactive way is important in helping people feel more connected not only to science, but to the city of Lexington as a whole.

Each year, a group of students, professors and staff at the University of Kentucky, along with local community partners, work together to introduce the Lexington community to the science around us. Everything is Science is a science festival that is held at different locations all throughout the city, with events happening Monday through Friday.

We aim to make science fun and relatable to all audiences. Our events feature presentations, demonstrations, and conversations in laid-back spaces, like local restaurants, pubs, and breweries.

In the end, our mission is to demonstrate how science is happening all around us and not just in research labs, while allowing the community to come together and celebrate the science that makes the Bluegrass State so great.

All events are free and open to the public. No registration is required.

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Established in 2018

Recent News

Everything is Science on WKYT

Rosa Mejia-Cruz and Haley Cabaniss, coordinators of Everything is Science 2023 sessions, discuss the festival on WKYT.

Everything is Science City-Wide Festival Returns

Following a COVID-19 hiatus, Everything is Science is back for its 5th iteration with a new theme: It's About Time!

Graduate Student Rupinder Kaur on WKYT

Rupinder Kaur, a PhD candidate and student organizer for Everything is Science, was featured in a WKYT segment, where she discussed the events surrounding Lexington's city-wide science festival.

2023 Highlights

EiS 2023 at West Sixth

EiS 2023: It's About Time

Everything is Science returned in 2023. The new theme, It's About Time, highlighted how science is happening all around us, at every moment in time. Presentations, lectures, and demonstrations related to time focused on how the past, present, future, time travel, and even live time, contribute to everyday life.

EiS demonstration

West Sixth Brewing

Future Session

EiS talk at Pivot Brewing

Pivot Brewing

Present Session

EiS demonstration

Wise Bird Cidery

Past Session

EiS poster

Old North Bar

Time Travel Session

  • What if a Party Were Held for Travelers from the Future and No One Showed Up? - Dr. Rob Lodder, UK College of Pharmacy
  • Beyond Time (and Faith) - Dr. Rachael Brooks, New Hope Church
  • Time Travel and Einstein's Theory of Relativity -  Dr. Al Shapere, UK College of Arts & Sciences
  • Travel Through Time into a Libertarian Future - Dr. Charles Altendorf, Kentucky American Water Company
EiS demonstration

Ethereal Public House

Live! Session

Previous EiS Festivals

EiS 2023: It's About Time

What can seem like an intimidating topic is, in reality, quite relatable – from the moment we wake up in the morning, science is happening all around us – at every moment in time. Making science accessible in a fun and interactive way is essential in helping people feel more connected to science and the city of Lexington as a whole.  

EiS 2022: The Elements of Life

Everything is Science, Lexington’s annual city-wide festival, is back with a new theme: The Elements of Life. Each event will feature engaging demonstrations and presentations related to the five elements, with conversations on how earth, fire, wind, water, and heart each contribute to everyday life.

EiS 2020: Life in Technicolor

The third annual Everything is Science festival took place from February 24-28 in 2020. With the event titled "Life in Technicolor," activities focused on various topics relevant to the color spectrum. Events were also color-coded, with titles like "We Heard it Through the Grapevine: Purple & Green in Science" and "It’s a Gray Area: Black & White in Science."

EiS 2019: Opposites Attract

The second annual Everything is Science festival took place from March 4-8 in 2019. The theme was Opposites Attract and highlighted how science is all around us — pushing, pulling, and exerting opposing forces that keep the universe in balance. Presentations, lectures and demonstrations focused on the yin and yang of science.

EiS 2018: Everything is Science

The first annual Everything is Science festival took place from April 26-28 in 2018. A group of professors and students at the University of Kentucky College of Pharmacy, along with community partners like Keeneland and AllTech, worked together to introduce the Lexington community to the science all around us. This kick-started what is now seen as a cherished yearly tradition at UKCOP.

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We wish to remember and honor those who inhabited this Commonwealth before the arrival of the Europeans. Briefly occupying these lands were the Osage, Wyndott tribe, and Miami peoples. The Adena and Hopewell peoples, who are recognized by the naming of the time period in which they resided here, were here more permanently. Some of their mounds remain in the Lexington area, including at UK’s Adena Park.

In more recent years, the Cherokee occupied southeast Kentucky, the Yuchi southwest Kentucky, the Chickasaw extreme western Kentucky and the Shawnee central Kentucky including what is now the city of Lexington. The Shawnee left when colonization pushed through the Appalachian Mountains. Lower Shawnee Town ceremonial grounds are still visible in Greenup County.

We honor the first inhabitants who were here, respect their culture, and acknowledge the presence of their descendants who are here today in all walks of life including fellow pharmacists and healthcare professionals.