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FoSI Sports Tech Summit

Join us for the Future of Sport Institute’s (FoSI) Sports Tech Summit, taking place Monday, March 3 in the Gray Design Building. The summit’s theme, “Sports Tech: Innovating for Performance and Experience,” will explore the transformative role of technology in shaping the future of sports. 

Register for the 2025 Design Career Fair

Student registration is open on Handshake for the 2025 University of Kentucky Design Career Fair, happening 9 a.m.-3 p.m. on Friday, Feb. 28 in the Gatton Student Center. 

PRD student’s startup one of Von Allmen Center’s Bootcamp winners

The Von Allmen Center for Entrepreneurship (VACE) in the Gatton College of Business and Economics recently announced the winning startups from the Fall 2024 Bootcamp 1.0 online Business Accelerator. Entrepreneurs from across The University of Kentucky campus and the Lexington community represented their startups in an online pitch competition, with nine winning startups taking home prize money. Product design senior Austin Hirtzel and his startup TriStacker won $1,000 as part of the competition.   

2025 Design Career Fair

The 2025 Design Career Fair returns to the Gatton Student Center on Friday, February 28 from 9 a.m.-3 p.m. The annual event, to be held in the student center's Grand Ballroom and Social Staircase area, marks the seventh career fair for the College of Design, and the third in partnership with the Department of Landscape Architecture.

Employers: Register for the 2025 Design Career Fair

Employer registration is open for the University of Kentucky's 

CoD hosts alums for “Successful Careers in Design” speaker series

Earlier this week the College of Design’s sections of UK 101 and UK 201 welcomed four alumni to share their professional journey with students in a lunch-and-learn-style speaker series titled “Successful Careers in Design”.   UK 101 and UK 201 courses are designed to be an introductory course for first year and transfer students, focused on skill building, finding community and career exploration. In college-specific sections of the course, instructors have the discretion to add content tailored to majors, career interests and student requests.

UK College of Design hosts Fall 2024 Lecture Series

The University of Kentucky College of Design’s Fall 2024 Lecture Series offered a dynamic lineup of talks, exhibitions and workshops that explored the intersection of design, architecture and innovation. This semester’s events included insights from renowned professionals, interactive workshops and exhibitions that highlighted both emerging and established voices in the design world. Find a full list of the featured events below:

Slip Casting - Spring 2025 Elective

This Spring 2025 elective course explores the art and technique of slip casting, a ceramic process that involves pouring liquid clay (slip) into plaster molds to create precise, repeatable forms. 

Concrete Workshop

This workshop, led by Pooya Mohaghegh, will focus on fabric-formed concrete casting, providing students with hands-on experience in both digital design and physical fabrication.  Register Now

Nike’s VP of Design Culture inspires UK students through collaboration and creativity

The University of Kentucky College of Design, College of Education and Gatton College of Business and Economics hosted Nike’s Vice President of Design Culture and Blue Ribbon Studio Ronnie Wright for a series of events across campus earlier this month.