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2024 College of Design Annual Research Report

Over the past year, the College of Design has celebrated numerous research achievements, including exhibition openings, equipment acquisition, book releases, and the College of Design Seminar Series. With a breadth of scholarship that spans from theory to advocacy to creative practice, research in the College of Design is on a distinctly positive trajectory.

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Kauner Shacklette poses as the T in an interactive ETHIOPIA sign photo opp at Entoto Park.

IIE NextGen Service Fellowship connects student design to global impact

Haley Simpkins
 Oct 29, 2025
Education Abroad, International, Architecture, Research, University of Kentucky

As an inaugural recipient of the Institute of International Education’s (IIE) NextGen Service Fellowship, Kauner Shacklette was tasked with putting his design knowledge into action by reimagining spaces that could help an Ethiopian YMCA better serve its community.

Sustainability Showcase

Design faculty and staff awarded 2025-26 Sustainability Challenge Grants

Haley Simpkins
 Oct 29, 2025
Architecture, College of Design, Historic Preservation, Interiors, Research, University of Kentucky

University of Kentucky College of Design faculty and staff are part of several interdisciplinary teams to have been awarded UK’s 2025-26 Sustainability Challenge Grants.  

Jeff Fugate and Morgan Drake

Fugate appointed as KY Housing Corporation-Groves Endowed Professor

Haley Simpkins
 Oct 15, 2025
Architecture, College of Design, Research

Jeff Fugate, associate professor of extension in the University of Kentucky School of Architecture, has been named the Kentucky Housing Corporation-John Russell Groves Endowed Professor of Housing. The professorship was established in 2002 to promote research into affordable housing design and delivery.

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