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Rebekah Radtke Honored as University Research Professor

Rebekah Radtke, a Chellgren Endowed Professor and associate professor in the School of Interiors, has been honored as a 2024-25 University Research Professor.

Beatrice Galilee | The Future of Architecture

Beatrice Galilee is the founder of The World Around, a new platform for contemporary design and architecture. She is the author of Radical Architecture of the Future, published by Phaidon in 2021, and between 2014-2019 served as the first curator of contemporary architecture and design at The Metropolitan Museum of Art. In this lecture, Beatrice will present her work as a curator of new forms of architecture and will share the ways that designers today are exploring and creating solutions to the world’s most complex problems.

UK Invests Info Session

UK Invests will visit Pence Hall on Wednesday, Oct. 25 from 10am - 12pm to discuss the program with College of Design students. Learn more at https://ukinvests.uky.edu/

UK Financial Ombud Visit

The UK Financial Ombud will visit the College of Design on Monday, October 30 from 1-4pm in Pence 205.

The Drawing Society | Distillery District

A gathering of students, faculty, professionals and friends, exploring the city and drawing together. Join the Drawing Society for a Sketchcrawl with techniques offered by Doreen Maloney from the School of Art and Visual Studies. Participants will meet at Goodfellas in the Distillery District at 5:30pm.

The Drawing Society | KY Native Cafe

A gathering of students, faculty, professionals and friends, exploring the city and drawing together. Join the Drawing Society for a Sketchcrawl with techniques offered by Rae Goodwin from the School of Art and Visual Studies. Participants will meet at Kentucky Native Cafe in the Winter Solarium at 5:30pm.

Book Talk: Athens on the Frontier

Patrick Lee Lucas, associate professor in the School of Interiors, will discuss his book "Athens on the Frontier" on Thursday, November 9 at 7pm in the Old Morrison Chapel at Transylvania University.

Francesco Bonami | Do Museums Need Art?

Art curator and author Francesco Bonami will give a lecture entitled "Do Museums Need Art" on Monday, November 6 at 2pm in Pence 209.

Thom Mayne

The School of Architecture welcomes Thom Mayne as the final lecturer of the Fall 2023 semester. The lecture is sponsored by the University of Kentucky College of Design, AIA Central Kentucky, and Brown + Kubican Structural Engineers.

2024 Design Career Fair

The 2024 Design Career Fair returns to the Gatton Student Center on Friday, February 23 from 9am-3pm. The annual event, to be held in the student center's Grand Ballroom and Social Staircase area, marks the sixth career fair for the College of Design, and the second in partnership with the Department of Landscape Architecture.