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UK College of Design, Department of Landscape Architecture announces Spring 2025 lectures and exhibitions

Jan 28, 2025
College of Design, Landscape Architecture

The University of Kentucky College of Design’s Lectures, Exhibitions and Publications Committee in partnership with the Martin-Gatton College of Agriculture, Food and Environment’s Department of Landscape Architecture is offering a dynamic lineup of events for the Spring 2025 semester. This event series marks the second semester of collaborative event offerings in the Gray Design Building since the space opened in September 2024. Events are free to attend and open to the public unless otherwise noted.

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‘Life On Earth’ exhibition brings global perspectives on design, climate to UK College of Design

Haley Simpkins
 Jan 22, 2025
Architecture, College of Design, University of Kentucky

The University of Kentucky College of Design is partnering with New York-based nonprofit organization The World Around (TWA) to present TWA’s first exhibition, “Life On Earth,” Jan. 24-March 14 in the Gray Design Building’s first-floor gallery.

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2025 Summer Research Fellowships

Jan 21, 2025
College of Design, Research, University of Kentucky

The College of Design is offering undergraduate, graduate and international summer research fellowship opportunities in 2025, funded through the UK Office of Undergraduate Research (OUR) and the College of Design.  Working with faculty mentors, students may apply for stipends of up to $5,000 to fund their independent summer research proposal.

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PRD student’s startup one of Von Allmen Center’s Bootcamp winners

Haley Simpkins
 Jan 9, 2025
College of Design, Product Design

The Von Allmen Center for Entrepreneurship (VACE) in the Gatton College of Business and Economics recently announced the winning startups from the Fall 2024 Bootcamp 1.0 online Business Accelerator. Entrepreneurs from across The University of Kentucky campus and the Lexington community represented their startups in an online pitch competition, with nine winning startups taking home prize money. Product design senior Austin Hirtzel and his startup TriStacker won $1,000 as part of the competition.   

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Employers: Register for the 2025 Design Career Fair

Haley Simpkins
 Dec 12, 2024
Alumni, Architecture, College of Design, Historic Preservation, Interiors, Landscape Architecture, Product Design, University of Kentucky

Employer registration is open for the University of Kentucky's 

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Pattern + Surface + Skin - Spring 2025 Elective

Dec 6, 2024
Architecture, College of Design

Nature serves as an inspiration for many architects who translate its qualities through organizational strategies, biomimicry, evolutionary modeling, and patterns to name a few. In this course students will conduct research through a series of precedent studies where nature serves as an inspiration for the design. After these initial explorations, students will take what was learned collectively and apply this knowledge to research exploring “species or natural occurring systems native to the state of Kentucky.” 

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CoD hosts alums for “Successful Careers in Design” speaker series

Haley Simpkins
 Dec 6, 2024
Alumni, Architecture, College of Design, Interiors, Product Design

Earlier this week the College of Design’s sections of UK 101 and UK 201 welcomed four alumni to share their professional journey with students in a lunch-and-learn-style speaker series titled “Successful Careers in Design”.   UK 101 and UK 201 courses are designed to be an introductory course for first year and transfer students, focused on skill building, finding community and career exploration. In college-specific sections of the course, instructors have the discretion to add content tailored to majors, career interests and student requests.

Installed in the Gray Design Building’s Maker Yard, “Falling Color” is a vibrant homage to the concealed creek running underfoot and the historical layers of Lexington that lie beneath the surface. Photo by Haley Simpkins.

UK College of Design, College of Fine Arts art installation pays tribute to campus landscape

Haley Simpkins
 Nov 21, 2024
College of Design, Interiors, University of Kentucky

The University of Kentucky College of Fine Arts and University of Kentucky College of Design have joined forces to unveil “Falling Color.” Installed in the Gray Design Building’s Maker Yard, “Falling Color” is a vibrant homage to the concealed creek running underfoot and the historical layers of Lexington that lie beneath the surface.

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CoD Faculty and Staff Awarded Two UK Sustainability Challenge Grants

Haley Simpkins
 Nov 20, 2024
College of Design, University of Kentucky

Now in its tenth year, the Sustainability Challenge Grants (SCG) program supports the development of scholarly, creative and research projects that promote sustainability, engage students and advance academic disciplines. The program also strives to enhance economic vitality, uphold ecological integrity and foster social equity. This year, design faculty and staff are part of two of the five projects awarded an SCG.  

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The way to UK: Interiors student trades rainforest for Bluegrass

Haley Simpkins
 Nov 19, 2024
International, College of Design, University of Kentucky

Since eighth grade, Dana Thalman has dreamed of attending college outside of her home country of Costa Rica. Five years later, that dream became a reality for Thalman, who is now a first-year interior design student in the University of Kentucky College of Design. 

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