College of Design

Sustainable Futures Design Lab | End-of-Semester Convening

May 1, 2025, 10:00 – 11:00 AM

You are invited to attend the end-of-semester convening of the Sustainable Futures Design Lab on Wednesday, May 1 at 10:00 AM in the Gray Design Building- Room 109. This gathering will serve as an opportunity to: · Share brief updates on current research, partnerships, and initiatives · Reflect on key takeaways from this year's work · Identify opportunities for future collaboration

The 2025-26 University Research Professors

18 faculty named 2025-26 University Research Professors

Apr 29, 2025, 3:22 PM

Established by the Board of Trustees in 1976, the professorships program recognizes excellence across the full spectrum of research at UK.

Participants demonstrate natural dyeing in the workshop

Step inside the creative research process with ‘Inside the Lab’ event series

Apr 29, 2025, 9:17 AM

The “Inside the Lab: Works in Progress” event series offers a behind-the-scenes look at the workspaces of researchers, designers, artists and scholars engaged in groundbreaking projects.

visitors view digital boards in a gallery

Provost IMPACT Award: Expanding UK’s art ecosystem

Apr 16, 2025, 2:23 PM

The project “Expanding the University of Kentucky Arts Ecosystem” proposes to transform the gallery in UK’s new Gray Design Building into a dynamic hub for art and design.

Provost IMPACT Award: Exploring Kentucky culture through language

Apr 9, 2025, 7:07 AM

The IMPACT awards recognize the groundbreaking work conducted by faculty and staff and create opportunities for transdisciplinary collaboration to occur.

Gaines Center selects newest cohort of Gaines Fellows

Mar 25, 2025, 7:23 AM

Twelve students will join the two-year program that enriches the undergraduate experience by fostering an interdisciplinary approach to the humanities.

71 UK students to present research at NCUR

Mar 21, 2025, 7:59 AM

The National Conference on Undergraduate Research is one of the largest events for undergraduate students to share their academic work with peers, faculty and professionals across the country.

Advancing Kentucky Together: KayDee Pratt’s drive to design more

Mar 20, 2025, 9:38 AM

Over the summer, senior KayDee Pratt worked on two research projects at the intersection of virtual reality and design.

13 UK undergraduates to present at Posters-at-the-Capitol

Feb 10, 2025, 7:56 AM

The 23rd annual Posters-at-the-Capitol event will feature research topics including community health, agricultural sustainability, renewable energy and public health and safety.

Life on Earth

Jan 24, 2025, 9:00 AM – Mar 14, 2025, 6:00 PM

Join us for LIFE ON EARTH, an audiovisual exploration of architecture and design's relationship with our planet, featuring David Chipperfield, Feral Atlas, Francis Kéré, Alice Rawsthorn and many more. Beatrice Galilee of The World Around and McKenna Dunbar will give an opening lecture on January 24 at 4:00 p.m. in the Forum (GDB 111). The exhibition will run from January 24 through March 14, 2025, in the Gray Design Building Gallery. More information here: https://design.uky.edu/events/life-on-earth-gallery-exhibition-lecture

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