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PRD senior receives 2025 Maurice A. Clay Award

Haley Simpkins
 Apr 21, 2025
College of Design, Product Design, University of Kentucky

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

Lori Tiede

College of Design appoints new Assistant Dean for Finance

Haley Simpkins
 Apr 18, 2025
College of Design

Lori Tiede has been appointed as assistant dean for finance at the University of Kentucky College of Design. Tiede joins the college with more than a decade of financial and administrative leadership experience in both the private and public sectors, most recently serving as budget analyst for UK College of Fine Arts.

2025 Chellows

Two CoD students named to 2025 Class of Chellgren Student Fellows

C.Lynn Hiler
 Apr 17, 2025
Architecture, College of Design, Research, University of Kentucky

The Chellgren Center for Undergraduate Excellence at the University of Kentucky has selected the 2025 Class of Chellgren Student Fellows (Chellows) and the 2025-26 Chellgren Faculty Fellows. Dedicated to advancing the University of Kentucky’s commitment to student, teaching and program excellence, the center works toward that mission through several programs.

2025 Research Mentors

Five CoD faculty nominated for UK’s Excellent Research Mentor Award

Haley Simpkins
 Apr 17, 2025
College of Design, Interiors, Product Design, Research

Five University of Kentucky College of Design faculty members were nominated for the UK Office of Undergraduate Research’s Excellent Undergraduate Research Mentor Award. These nominees include:

The project aims to position UK as a regional leader in creative research, arts education and cultural innovation. Photo by Haley Simpkins, UK College of Design.

Provost IMPACT Award: Expanding UK’s arts ecosystem

Haley Simpkins
 Apr 17, 2025
College of Design, Research, University of Kentucky

Last fall, the University of Kentucky Office of the Provost announced the second cohort of the Institutional Multidisciplinary Paradigm to Accelerate Collaboration and Transformation (IMPACT) Awards winners.  

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Lecture Series: James Timberlake

Apr 16, 2025, 5:00 – 6:00 PM
Architecture, College of Design

Through the past, present and ‘future’ work at KieranTimberlake, Founding Principal James Timberlake FAIA explores the path ahead for work and the profession. 

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Full Spectrum: A Year in the Making at CoD and LA

May 7, 2025, 4:00 – 7:00 PM
College of Design, University of Kentucky

One year ago, the College of Design and the Department of Landscape Architecture moved into the Gray Design Building, a space that has since become a vibrant hub of creativity, collaboration and innovation. 

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Spring 2025 Commencement and Grad Gathering

May 10, 2025, 9:00 – 11:00 AM
College of Design, University of Kentucky

The College of Design will celebrate its Spring 2025 graduates at Rupp Arena on Saturday, May 10 at 9:00 a.m. Following the commencement ceremony, the UK Alumni Association will host a Grad Gathering at Club C on the first level of Rupp Arena, including free refreshments, gifts for graduates and more.  Congrats to our CoD grads!

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Gary Rohrbacher Appointed Robert Lynn Leininger Endowed Professor in Furniture Design

Haley Simpkins
 Apr 3, 2025
Architecture, College of Design

Gary Rohrbacher, associate professor in the University of Kentucky School of Architecture, has been announced as the Robert Lynn Leininger Endowed Professor in Furniture Design, a four-year appointment that will continue through June 30, 2029. 

PRD/ENG Collab

PRD, Engineering students create products for the future of healthcare and electric mobility

Haley Simpkins
 Apr 2, 2025
College of Design, Product Design, Research, University of Kentucky

Students from the University of Kentucky College of Design's Department of Product Design and the Stanley and Karen Pigman College of Engineering teamed up with UK HealthCare, and other industry professionals, to create innovative medical devices and products addressing critical challenges in other industries. 

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