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UK College of Design honors 2025 Lyman T. Johnson awardees

The  University of Kentucky College of Design honored its 2025 Lyman T. Johnson awardees during the 34th annual Lyman T. Johnson Awards Luncheon on Friday, Oct. 17. 

Design Symposium Undercommoning The Urban Campus

The Undercommoning the Urban Campus Symposium brings together scholars from art, architecture, public history, and urbanism to examine the histories, reckonings, and futures of the modern urban university. Exploring themes such as campus as “UniverCity,” monumentality, and town–gown relations, the symposium creates a forum for dialogue across disciplines. Open to all, it will be of special interest to students and faculty in design, social sciences, and cultural studies.

Innovation on wheels: Stratasys 3D-printing truck to visit campus

The University of Kentucky College of Design invites the community to visit the Stratasys 3D Printing Truck 10:30 a.m.-2:30 p.m. Friday, Oct. 3, at the Gray Design Building. This mobile showroom will provide a hands-on opportunity to explore how 3D printing is shaping the future of design, manufacturing and problem-solving across a variety of fields. 

Managing Mass Timber Exhibition & Seminars

The College of Design, in partnership with the Martin-Gatton College of Agriculture, Food and Environment and the Pigman College of Engineering, invites you to attend Managing Mass Timber: From Forest to Future. The multi-day event includes an interactive exhibit that will be on display in the Gray Design Building October 6-8, as well as a series of educational seminars October 6 and 7, led by Anthony Mirando, Ph.D., and Lameck Onsarigo, Ph.D., of Kent State University. 

Two CoD students named to 2025-2026 sustainability internship cohort

The sustainability internship program has been around since 2016, giving undergraduates the opportunity to engage with others through campus projects, research, and outreach within sustainability. Each intern works within a unit within the sustainability department, strengthening their professional and technical skills while enhancing their leadership skills.

Bartlett named 2025-26 TEK Faculty Fellow

The University of Kentucky’s Office of Transdisciplinary Educational approaches to advance Kentucky (TEK) has announced the TEK Faculty Fellows for the 2025-26 academic year. A critical mission of TEK is the development of new transdisciplinary courses and the reimagining of existing courses to emphasize one or more essential employability skills. To accomplish this, TEK is leveraging the expertise of a new cohort of TEK Faculty Fellows.

UK to induct design alum into 2025 Hall of Distinguished Alumni

On Sept. 12, the University of Kentucky will induct 20 alumni into the 2025 Hall of Distinguished Alumni, including one College of Design alum. The alumni will be honored for their meaningful contributions to the Commonwealth, nation and the world.  The prestigious event, held every five years, is the highest recognition bestowed by the UK Alumni Association. Since its establishment in 1965, the Hall of Distinguished Alumni has celebrated graduates whose professional achievements and community service exemplify the impact of a UK education. 

Gray Design Building to house Lexington Camera Club’s biennial exhibition

The University of Kentucky College of Design and the Department of Landscape Architecture will host the Lexington Camera Club’s Conjure 2025 biennial exhibition, Sept. 8-Oct. 17 in the Gray Design Building’s gallery. 

Conjure 2025 Lexington Camera Club Photo Biennial

Join us for Conjure, the Lexington Camera Club's 2025 photo biennial exhibit. With 35 members exhibiting their work, the show will be on display in the GDB gallery and east corridor through October 17. The biennial will also be a part of the LexArts Gallery Hop on September 19 from 6-9 p.m.

Student Organization Tabling Event

Stop by the GDB Clearing on Friday, September 12 between 12:00 and 2:00 p.m. to learn more about student organizations in the College of Design. Organizations include: