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Game on: Cross-campus collaboration brings art, technology and play to young neurology patients

UK researchers are studying whether gamified technology can improve engagement, enjoyment and performance for children during clinical walking assessments.

2026 ‘Great Teacher’ Patrick Lee Lucas connects design history to everyday spaces

This episode of Behind the Blue spotlights one of the six Great Teacher Award winners for 2025: Patrick Lee Lucas, a professor of Interior Design in the UK College of Design.

UK researcher explores how communities remember the Underground Railroad

Daniel Vivian examines how communities along the Ohio River remember the Underground Railroad, revealing how public memory shapes understanding of slavery, freedom-seeking and anti-slavery activism.

UK researcher explores new approaches to computer-aided design education

Kristi Bartlett, from the UK College of Design, received a prestigious NSF Faculty Early Career Development Award to study spatial skills, student motivation and the real-world tools learners use to master CAD.

Architecture students reimagine a Lexington warehouse through AI-informed design

A new course examines how emerging technologies are reshaping architectural practice, while reinforcing the fundamental roles of narrative, research and human judgment in design.

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

Jennifer Meakins, assistant professor in the UK College of Design, uses digital knitting to create complex textile materials. Her research and teaching center on craft, textiles, and learning through making.

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

UK College of Design graduate student Faezah Panahandeh is working to bridge the accessibility gap through developing sensory adaptive e-textiles.

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

Junior Jackie Skeeters and School of Interiors faculty are looking at ways to make the end-of-the-semester studio cleanup process more environmentally sustainable by building awareness around the college and university’s recycling efforts. 

2025 Sustainability Showcase celebrates campus changemakers

The annual Sustainability Showcase was a celebration of the incredible sustainability work happening across the University of Kentucky campus from research and student initiatives to operations and community engagement.

Applications now open: Mary C. Bingham Seminar to take place Spring 2026

This spring, the Gaines Center for the Humanities will host the 2026 Mary C. Bingham Seminar — HMN 300: Sustainable Futures Design Lab — an extraordinary opportunity for students to combine academic inquiry with hands-on, real-world engagement.

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