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Repost from UK Office of Undergraduate Research: ♻️ 2026 Sustainability Summer Research Fellow SpotlightMEET AYUSMA KARK...
05/28/2026

Repost from UK Office of Undergraduate Research: ♻️ 2026 Sustainability Summer Research Fellow Spotlight

MEET AYUSMA KARKI

Ayusma is a sophomore in Architecture. As one of six UK undergraduates selected for the 2026 Sustainability Summer Research Fellowship, Ayusma will be spending the summer conducting research under Leen Katrib in the College of Design's Department of Architecture.

Project Title: "A Material Investigation into Kudzu as a Building Material for Post-Disaster Shelters"

How can design honor the past while shaping what comes next? 🧐This semester, UK architecture and UK Martin-Gatton Colleg...
05/26/2026

How can design honor the past while shaping what comes next? 🧐

This semester, UK architecture and UK Martin-Gatton College of Agriculture, Food and Environment's landscape architecture students partnered with Shaker Village of Pleasant Hill to explore that question through real-world design proposals.

Their work spanned landscape access, ecological stewardship, adaptive reuse, communal housing and visitor experience, showing how design can support preservation, public access and daily life within one of Kentucky’s most significant cultural landscapes. 🌿🏛️

Read the full story at https://uknow.uky.edu/campus-news/uk-students-partner-shaker-village-explore-design-landscape-and-place.
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Photo 1: May 2026 landscape architecture graduate Anna Melchers presents her capstone project to Thomas Woltz at The Architectural Symposium at Shaker Village. Photo by Christina Wilson.

Photos 2-3: Tate Harberson’s schematic design, map of the North Lot Dwelling and rendering of an outdoor patio space from his capstone project, “A View for All.” Photos provided.

Photos 4-5: Ethan Smith’s model for his architecture studio project, “Post-Shakerism: South Dwelling Seasonal Employee Housing.” Photos provided.

Follow along this week with architecture student on our stories as she studies abroad at in Florence, Italy 🇮🇹
05/25/2026

Follow along this week with architecture student on our stories as she studies abroad at in Florence, Italy 🇮🇹

Congratulations to May 2026 product design and Lewis Honors College grad Apirada Chetawatee, whose research was publishe...
05/22/2026

Congratulations to May 2026 product design and Lewis Honors College grad Apirada Chetawatee, whose research was published in the third edition of Aperture Journal of Undergraduate Research, UK’s open-access, peer- and expert-reviewed undergraduate research journal. 🔍 📚

Apirada worked with product design faculty mentor Kristi Bartlett on “Closing the Loop: A Second Life for Ricebag Packaging,” a project that reflects the power of design research to reimagine materials, reduce waste and create more sustainable futures. ♻️ 👜

Read more about the project in the latest edition of Aperture at https://www.flipbookpdf.net/web/site/791cf1b43eddc2e545b640a87e3976d90057cbb8FBP34310686.pdf.html /22.

Congratulations to the 13 College of Design students who represented us at the 20th Annual UK Showcase of Undergraduate ...
05/19/2026

Congratulations to the 13 College of Design students who represented us at the 20th Annual UK Showcase of Undergraduate Scholars a few weeks ago! 👏

This year’s presenters included Canyon Baggarley, Apirada Chetawatee (not pictured), Lynzi Huggett, Kelsey Jones (not pictured), Ayusma Karki, Morgan Lincoln, Brayden Nichols (not pictured), Gabriel Portugal, Grace Schroeder (not pictured), Allie Sexton, Kauner Shacklette (not pictured), Conner Sinewe (not pictured) and Jackie Skeeters.

With students from architecture, interiors and product design presenting, all of our undergraduate programs were represented in this university-wide celebration of undergraduate research, scholarship and creative work.

We’re so proud of the work our students shared, and we can’t wait to see what this year’s summer research fellows produce next.

School’s out, but the Hop never stops. 🎨 Join us TOMORROW, May 15, from 5-8 p.m. in the Gray Design Building Gallery for...
05/14/2026

School’s out, but the Hop never stops. 🎨 Join us TOMORROW, May 15, from 5-8 p.m. in the Gray Design Building Gallery for Making Sense, a student work exhibition featured as part of the LexArts Hop presented by VisitLEX.

Stop by, explore the show and celebrate the creativity of our students as we kick off summer with one more night of art, design and community.

📍 Gray Design Building Gallery
🗓 Friday, May 15
⏰ 5-8 p.m.

🎓 Caps off to the Class of 2026.Today, we celebrate the designers, makers, thinkers and future changemakers who shaped t...
05/08/2026

🎓 Caps off to the Class of 2026.

Today, we celebrate the designers, makers, thinkers and future changemakers who shaped the College of Design with their creativity, curiosity and care these last few years. From late nights in studio to community partnerships, research, exhibitions and design-build projects across the Commonwealth, your impact is already being felt far beyond the classroom.

Congratulations to our graduates! We can’t wait to see where your work takes you next. 💙

05/07/2026

See you at the opening of Making Sense TODAY 4-6 p.m. in the Gray Design Building for an evening of celebration, conversation, community and FREE ice cream! 😋

Bring your friends and family and celebrate the end of another great year in GDB! 🎉

"Making Sense" opens TOMORROW 👀This end-of-year exhibition brings together student work that explores how design shapes ...
05/06/2026

"Making Sense" opens TOMORROW 👀

This end-of-year exhibition brings together student work that explores how design shapes (and is shaped by) the ways we experience the world. From tactile materials to sensory-driven thinking, the work invites us to reconsider how we perceive, process and create.

📍 Gray Design Building
🗓 Opening Reception: Thursday, May 7, 4-6 p.m.
🔗 Read more at https://design.uky.edu/news/making-sense-exhibition-explores-perception-process-and-practice-design.

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