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Info Sessions: Summer 2026 Education Abroad in Italy Wednesday 9/3 and Friday 9/5

Sep 3, 2025, 12:30 PM – Sep 5, 2025, 12:30 PM
Education Abroad, Architecture, College of Design, Interiors

Join us for an information session about the College of Design's summer 2026 Education Abroad program in Italy, led by Mark and Mary Lee O'Bryan. Two sessions will be held on Wednesday, 9/3 and Friday 9/5 at 12:30 p.m. in the GDB Clearing. 

Students and faculty from the College of Design and Department of Landscape Architecture pose for a group photo beside the Mississippi River in New Orleans while attending the 2025 Design Futures Forum. Photo provided.

UK students explore community-driven design at Design Futures Forum

Haley Simpkins
 Aug 19, 2025
Architecture, College of Design, Historic Preservation, Interiors, Landscape Architecture, Product Design, University of Kentucky

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. 

25-26 Gilman Scholarship recipients

Two SoA students earn Gilman Scholarships for education abroad

Tom Musgrave
 Aug 15, 2025
Education Abroad, International, Architecture, University of Kentucky

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

Kauner Schacklette Next Gen Service Fellowship

SoA student selected to participate in global service fellowship

Daniel Flener
 Aug 13, 2025
Education Abroad, International, Architecture, University of Kentucky

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.

Leen Katrib (left)

Katrib selected as one of 42 global Graham Foundation grantees

Haley Simpkins
 Jul 29, 2025
International, Architecture, Research

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.”

ASAI Award

SoA Grad’s tower design wins international honor in Tokyo

Haley Simpkins
 Jul 25, 2025
Alumni, International, Architecture

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.

The experience helped the 14 students in the design build studio program gain valuable hands-on skills, preparing them for real-world careers in architecture and design. Photo courtesy of Blake Shipp, a student in the class.

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

Meg Mills and Haley Simpkins
 Jun 13, 2025
Alumni, Architecture, College of Design, University of Kentucky

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.

Jon Mills shakes Dean Ned Crankshaw's hand as he receives a special honor.

College of Design honors Faculty & Staff Excellence Award Winners

Haley Simpkins
 Jun 11, 2025
Architecture, College of Design, Historic Preservation, Interiors, Product Design, Research

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.  

S25 Dean's List

Spring 2025 Dean's List announced

May 28, 2025
Architecture, College of Design, Interiors, Product Design, University of Kentucky

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. 

BGT Award Plaque

Gray Design Building, Architecture Alum Honored for Preservation Efforts

Haley Simpkins
 May 21, 2025
Alumni, Architecture, College of Design, Historic Preservation

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.

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