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The FeltLOOM, a machine used to streamline what had traditionally been a slow, labor-intensive wool-processing workflow. Photo by Haley Simpkins.

Angelo Donghia Foundation grant brings FeltLOOM to UK SoftLab

Haley Simpkins
 Feb 26, 2026
College of Design, Interiors, Research, University of Kentucky

The University of Kentucky School of Interiors has been awarded a $50,000 grant from the Angelo Donghia Foundation to purchase a FeltLOOM, a multineedle industrial felting machine with a user-friendly design and intuitive operation, enhancing the SoftLab’s capacity to support a wider range of students and design education initiatives.  

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Info Session Accelerated Master's in Interiors

Feb 27, 2026, 1:00 – 2:00 PM
College of Design, Interiors

The UK School of Interiors will host an Accelerated Master’s Program Information Session on Friday, February 27 at 1:00 p.m. in room 107E of the Gray Design Building. This session will provide an overview of the accelerated pathway, including eligibility, application timing, program structure, and how select undergraduate coursework may count toward both bachelor’s and master’s degrees. Lunch will be provided.

The 2026 Great Teacher Award winners. From left: Paul Priyesh, Robin Cooper, Mark Prendergast, Patrick Lee Lucas, Zach Agioutantis and ToniMarie Marchioni. Photo by Tim Webb.

Lucas honored as a 2026 Great Teacher

Meredith Weber
Feb 18, 2026
Interiors, University of Kentucky

For more than six decades, the University of Kentucky has celebrated teachers who leave a lasting mark on their students’ lives. That tradition continued Feb. 17 as six educators were honored as the 2026 Great Teacher Award recipients, each selected through a process that begins with heartfelt nominations from the students they teach and mentor every day. 

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In:Space Dynamic Textiles Workshop with Virginia Melnyk

Feb 23, 2026, 3:00 PM – Feb 25, 2026, 7:00 PM
College of Design, Interiors

This workshop explores space as an elastic and transformable condition shaped through material, body, and movement. Through hands-on making and collective experimentation, participants will work with Virginia to explore how lightweight and transformable structures stretch, fold and adapt to human presence, constructing spatial experience through movement and touch. Exceptional projects from the workshop will have the opportunity to be featured in the final IN:SPACE gallery exhibition, presented in dialogue with the visiting artists' own work.

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IN:SPACE Experiential Lighting Workshop with Patrick Ethen

Feb 16, 2026, 3:00 PM – Feb 18, 2026, 7:00 PM
College of Design, Interiors

Join Patrick Ethen for an experiential lighting workshop that explores light as an architectural and perceptual material. Rather than functioning as illumination alone, light is treated as a structural element that organizes space, directs attention, and shapes bodily orientation. Through rhythm, repetition and temporal sequencing participants will experiment with how light constructs spatial logic and influences sensory experience.

Jennifer Meakins moves beyond fabrication, using the digital knitting machine as a core driver of research. Photo provided by UK Research Communications.

People Behind Our Research: Jennifer Meakins bridges design, material science and education

Erin Wickey
 Jan 29, 2026
Interiors, Research, University of Kentucky

 A University of Kentucky researcher is redefining textiles through digital knitting, using it as a research tool that connects design thinking and material science across fields.

The Chellgren Endowed Professorship helps Rebekah Radtke shape the undergraduate experience at UK through teaching, research and program innovation. Photo provided by UK Research Communications.

Advancing undergraduate education through the Chellgren Endowed Professorship: Rebekah Radtke

Ryan Girves
 Jan 23, 2026
Interiors, Research, University of Kentucky

For Rebekah Radtke, design has always been about connection — between people and place, local histories and global conversations, and disciplines that too often operate in isolation.

Smiling woman with short blonde hair named Helen Turner stands against an orange background. Text reads "Interior Design Educators Council" beside her on a black panel.

Turner appointed to Interior Design Educators Council’s Board of Directors

Haley Simpkins
 Jan 14, 2026
Interiors

Helen Turner, director of the School of Interiors in the University of Kentucky College of Design, has been elected to the Board of Directors of the Interior Design Educators Council (IDEC), the leading association and authority on interior design education made up of more than 20,000 scholars.

Faezah presents at Summer 25 research showcase

Bridging the gap: UK graduate student uses knitted e-textiles to meet accessibility needs

Hannah Piedad
 Nov 26, 2025
College of Design, Interiors, Research

Drawing inspiration from all around her, University of Kentucky College of Design graduate student Faezah Panahandeh is working to bridge the accessibility gap through design.

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Recycling redefined: Interiors student research turns waste into art and opportunity

Haley Simpkins
 Nov 24, 2025
Interiors, Research, University of Kentucky

At the end of each semester, University of Kentucky College of Design students are tasked with cleaning their studio space, removing any of the semester’s projects and organizing their materials before heading off for break. Junior interiors student Jackie Skeeters and School of Interiors faculty are looking at ways to make this process more environmentally sustainable by building awareness around the college and university’s recycling efforts.    

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