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In:Access Studio student Sydney Weibl presents her recommendations on how to make pathways in the Gray Design Building more accessible to an audience of peers, faculty and professionals during final reviews. Photo by Haley Simpkins.

UK interior design studio prepares future designers to build a more accessible world

Haley Simpkins
 Jul 18, 2025
College of Design, Interiors, Research

Interior design decisions, whether intentional or not, impact how people move through the world and can either support or limit access, dignity and belonging. Yet the profession is often misunderstood as surface-level decoration. The In:Access studio in the University of Kentucky College of Design pushes back against that notion, preparing students to become thoughtful, socially responsible designers.

Dan Vivian URP

Daniel Vivian: 2025-26 University Research Professor Q&A

Erin Wickey
 Jun 27, 2025
College of Design, Historic Preservation, Research, University of Kentucky

Daniel Vivian, Ph.D., associate professor in the Department of Historic Preservation in the University of Kentucky College of Design, has been honored as a 2025-26 University Research Professor.

Kentucky Storm Resilience—Documentaries and Discussion

Kentucky Storm Resilience—Documentaries and Discussion

Jul 18, 2025, 9:15 AM – 12:00 PM
Interiors, Research, University of Kentucky

Join KY NSF EPSCoR for a film screening event titled Kentucky Storm Resilience—Documentaries and Discussion. It will feature two films and a panel discussion, featuring School of Interiors faculty member Rebekah Radtke.

Digital Knitting Machine

Meakins selected for award from Materials Science Research Priority Area

Lindsay Travis
 Jun 17, 2025
Interiors, Research, University of Kentucky

The University of Kentucky Materials Science Research Priority Area (mRPA) has selected 11 researchers as recipients of multiple funding awards. The mRPA offers a variety of funding mechanisms to support materials research across UK and expand the RPA’s breadth and depth of work.

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.  

Jackson Skeeters was awarded the 2025 CURE Fellowship

SoI student awarded Summer 2025 CURE Fellowship

Haven L. Patrick
 May 27, 2025
Interiors, Research, University of Kentucky

The University of Kentucky Office of Undergraduate Research (OUR) has announced the 16 students, including one interiors student, who have been selected for the 2025 Commonwealth Undergraduate Research Experience (CURE) Fellowship program.

Gabriel Portual

UK Libraries recognizes PRD student for excellence in undergraduate scholarship

Robby Hardesty
 May 22, 2025
Product Design, Research, University of Kentucky

University of Kentucky Libraries recognized rising product design and psychology senior Gabriel Portugal as one of the two recipients of the 2025 Dean’s Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Scholarship. The annual prize celebrates exceptional and original scholarship in a traditional paper and a media or digital project, and is awarded to students whose research makes substantive and creative use of UK Libraries’ collections, services and resources.

An onlooker observes “Continuous Recovery” on display at the “Time Space Existence” exhibition in Venice, Italy. Photo by Rebekah Radtke.

SoA, SoI faculty weave Appalachian resilience into global architecture discourse

Haley Simpkins
 May 14, 2025
Architecture, College of Design, Interiors, Research

Jeff Fugate, associate professor in the University of Kentucky College of Design’s School of Architecture, and Rebekah Radtke, associate professor in the School of Interiors, have been selected to exhibit their work on Appalachian climate resiliency at the 2025 “Time Space Existence” architecture exhibition in Venice, Italy.  

A woman in a graduation gown proudly holds a bouquet of flowers, celebrating her academic achievement.

Bahamian Rhapsody: Master of Architecture student shares her journey from the Bahamas to UK and back

Haley Simpkins
 May 9, 2025
International, Architecture, College of Design, Research, University of Kentucky

Amber Taylor, a soon-to-be graduate of the University of Kentucky’s two-year Master of Architecture program, has embarked on an impressive academic journey that bridges two worlds: her native home in the Bahamas and her educational home in UK’s College of Design.  

Full Spectrum exhibition graphic

Exhibition to celebrate a transformative year in the Gray Design Building

Haley Simpkins
 May 5, 2025
Alumni, Architecture, College of Design, Historic Preservation, Interiors, Landscape Architecture, Product Design, Research, University of Kentucky

The University of Kentucky invites the public to experience “Full Spectrum: A Year in the Making in the College of Design and Landscape Architecture,” a dynamic exhibition commemorating the first full academic year inside the Gray Design Building. 

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