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UK students explore community-driven design at Design Futures Forum

Earlier this summer, 10 students and three faculty members from the University of Kentucky College of Design and the Department of Landscape Architecture in the Martin-Gatton College of Agriculture, Food and Environment traveled to New Orleans for Design Futures Forum (DFF) 2025, a yearly national public interest design student leadership forum. 

Two SoA students earn Gilman Scholarships for education abroad

Nine University of Kentucky students were awarded Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholarships to support their education abroad goals.

SoA student selected to participate in global service fellowship

The University of Kentucky is one of nine institutions across the United States to have students selected to receive the NextGen Service Fellowship from the Institute of International Education (IIE). Eight UK students have been selected to receive funding from the program to complete service projects around the globe.

Katrib selected as one of 42 global Graham Foundation grantees

Leen Katrib, assistant professor in the University of Kentucky College of Design’s School of Architecture, has been awarded a grant from the Graham Foundation for Advanced Studies in the Fine Arts in support of her research project “From Denver to Chicago: Racial Geographies and the Enduring Underside of Miesian Modernism.”

SoA Grad’s tower design wins international honor in Tokyo

Francisco Aguilar Cortez, a May 2025 architecture graduate and incoming architecture master’s student, has been chosen to exhibit his work in Tokyo, Japan as part of the American Society of Architectural Illustrators’ Architecture in Perspective 39 International Competition.

From studio to service: UK students use design build to help flood-prone communities

As part of UK’s land-grant mission to advance the state through collaboration, education and outreach, students and faculty from the UK College of Design are partnering with the UK Cooperative Extension Service to address housing challenges in Eastern Kentucky.

College of Design honors Faculty & Staff Excellence Award Winners

The University of Kentucky College of Design honored the 2024-25 Faculty and Staff Excellence Award winners during its annual employee award ceremony at the UK Arboretum in May.  

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. 

Gray Design Building, Architecture Alum Honored for Preservation Efforts

The Gray Design Building and University of Kentucky College of Design alumnus Randall Vaughn were honored during the 2025 Blue Grass Trust Preservation Awards on May 18.

Design Students and Faculty Tour Kentucky State Capitol Renovation with Champlin | EOP

On Thursday, May 15, students and faculty from the University of Kentucky College of Design had a unique opportunity to tour the Kentucky State Capitol Building, currently undergoing a $260 million, multi-year renovation. The guided tour was hosted by UK Design alums Principal Architect Kevin Gough (BArch, 1999) and Project Designer Afif Alahmad (BArch, 2018; MArch, 2020) of Champlin | EOP, the firm overseeing the ambitious restoration of this iconic structure.