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Spring 2025 Dean's List announced

Congratulations to the College of Design students that made the Dean's List in the Spring 2025 semester. To make a Dean’s List in one of the UK colleges, an undergraduate student must earn a grade point average of 3.6 or higher and must have earned 12 credits or more in that semester, excluding credits earned in pass-fail classes. 

SoI student awarded Summer 2025 CURE Fellowship

The University of Kentucky Office of Undergraduate Research (OUR) has announced the 16 students, including one interiors student, who have been selected for the 2025 Commonwealth Undergraduate Research Experience (CURE) Fellowship program.

UK Libraries recognizes PRD student for excellence in undergraduate scholarship

University of Kentucky Libraries recognized rising product design and psychology senior Gabriel Portugal as one of the two recipients of the 2025 Dean’s Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Scholarship. The annual prize celebrates exceptional and original scholarship in a traditional paper and a media or digital project, and is awarded to students whose research makes substantive and creative use of UK Libraries’ collections, services and resources.

Bahamian Rhapsody: Master of Architecture student shares her journey from the Bahamas to UK and back

Amber Taylor, a soon-to-be graduate of the University of Kentucky’s two-year Master of Architecture program, has embarked on an impressive academic journey that bridges two worlds: her native home in the Bahamas and her educational home in UK’s College of Design.  

PRD students build charging station with Campus Woods

In the fall semester of 2024, students in UK’s second-year Product Design course, PRD 220, were tasked with designing and building a new battery charging station using materials from Campus Woods, a program that repurposes felled campus trees into usable lumber for student projects.  

Exhibition to celebrate a transformative year in the Gray Design Building

The University of Kentucky invites the public to experience “Full Spectrum: A Year in the Making in the College of Design and Landscape Architecture,” a dynamic exhibition commemorating the first full academic year inside the Gray Design Building. 

Lindsey Fay named 2025 UK Excellent Undergraduate Research Mentor

Lindsey Fay, associate professor and associate dean for research in the University of Kentucky College of Design, has been named a 2025 UK Excellent Undergraduate Research Mentor of the Year. This prestigious, student-nominated honor celebrates faculty who go above and beyond to foster deep, meaningful undergraduate research experiences for students. 

Step inside the creative research process with ‘Inside the Lab’ event series

The University of Kentucky community experienced research and creative scholarship in a new and interactive way through a recent installment of the “Inside the Lab: Works in Progress” event series. Hosted by the Sustainable Futures Design Lab and supported by the Research Leadership Academy and the Office of the Vice President for Research, this series offers a behind-the-scenes look at the workspaces of researchers, designers, artists and scholars engaged in groundbreaking projects.

Daniel Vivian named 2025-26 University Research Professor

Today, the University of Kentucky Board of Trustees approved Associate Professor Daniel Vivian as the College of Design’s University Research Professor for the 2025-26 academic year. Established by the Board of Trustees in 1976, the professorships program recognizes research excellence across all UK colleges. 

PRD senior receives 2025 Maurice A. Clay Award

Austin Hirtzel, product design senior, was named the 2025  Maurice A. Clay Award recipient for the UK College of Design.