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Thursday, August 5, 2021

$72,000 Grant Connects UT Interior Architecture Students with Local STEM School to Share Design, Increase Diversity in the Profession

A $72,000 grant from the Angelo Donghia Foundation is making possible the work of students in the School of Interior Architecture as they engage with a local middle school and address diversity in the profession.…

Wednesday, July 21, 2021

Professor’s Research Connects People with Nature through Architecture

Since 2017, Professor Mark DeKay in the School of Architecture has been researching a concerning trend in architecture: People’s disconnection from nature. Now, with support from a 2021 Chancellor’s Grant for Faculty Research, DeKay will…

Thursday, July 1, 2021

Wall Named Interim Director of Architecture

Dean Jason Young has named Scott Wall, professor in the School of Architecture, interim director of the school for the 2021-2022 school year. Wall will assume the position on July 1, 2021. Young previously served…

Thursday, June 24, 2021

UT Alumna Establishes Online Store Supporting African Artisans

An online business started by a UT alumna does more than sell jewelry, lifestyle products and baskets. It also supports African artisans. Laura Walker, a 2008 graduate of the college’s School of Interior Design (now…

Tuesday, June 22, 2021

Dean Awarded Grant for Research in Materiality and Identity

Interior Architecture Assistant Professor Felicia Francine Dean was awarded a Research and Development Grant from the Graham Foundation for Advanced Studies in the Fine Arts. The award supports her research investigation of latent stone and…

Thursday, June 10, 2021

Prospective Student Visits Summer 2021

Welcome, prospective students! Welcome! Please note these ways to visit and learn more about us. Prospective Undergraduate Students and Families: We can’t wait to meet you! We are eager to schedule an in-person visit…

Students working at their desks in open studio space.

Tuesday, May 25, 2021

DesignIntelligence Seeks Input for Ratings

UPDATE: Deadline extended until Oct. 31. DesignIntelligence, the industry's premiere journal, has opened its annual surveys for hiring/supervising professionals, students/young alumni and deans of colleges of architecture and design across the country. Input from the…