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Monday, March 25, 2024

2024 The All-College Annual Spring Thing

The Annual All-College Spring Thing (TAAST) will be held April 1 through April 5, 2024. The week-long celebration includes fun and informative events hosted by student organizations. Monday, April 01 9–11:30 a.m.: Lawn Games in…

Monday, March 25, 2024

GDUSA Names Two Vols in Annual Students to Watch

Seniors Lauren Favier and Jaiden Kasaval have been recognized as a part of Graphic Design USA’s 2024 Students to Watch. More than 100 students were selected from across 60 of America’s leading art and design…

Monday, March 18, 2024

Sandy Attia of MoDusArchitects to Give 2024 General Shale Lecture

MoDusArchitects Principal and Co-Founder Sandy Attia will deliver the college’s 2024 General Shale lecture. Since the 1990s, the General Shale Lecture has allowed the college to bring Pritzker Prize-winners and stand-out design pioneers to further…

Damiani Holz & Ko Office Building, MoDusArchitects

Monday, March 11, 2024

IDEC Recognizes Dean with National Teaching Excellence Award

The Interior Design Educators Council (IDEC) presented Assistant Professor Felicia Dean with the 2024 Teaching Excellence Award at the organization’s annual conference in New York City on Thursday, March 7. The award recognizes an individual…

Tuesday, February 20, 2024

Six Graphic Design Students Bring Home ADDYs

Six students in the School of Design were recognized for outstanding work produced in their courses at the American Advertising Awards (ADDYs) last week. The event, organized by the Knoxville chapter of the American Advertising Federation,…

Seven students from the School of Design at the 2024 ADDYs hosted by the Knoxville chapter of the American Advertising Federation.

Monday, February 19, 2024

Interior Architecture’s Teahouse Dedicated to Knoxville Asian Festival

This fall’s 11th annual Knoxville Asian Festival will showcase a portable teahouse created by students in the School of Interior Architecture. The studio, held last fall, blended regional Appalachian design and materials with the traditions…

Professor David Matthews and Knoxville Asian Festival Executive Director Kumi Alderman cut the ribbon on the mobile teahouse.

Wednesday, February 14, 2024

Saldaña Receives Prestigious Humanities Fellowship

The National Endowment for the Humanities has awarded a prestigious NEH Fellowship to Marie Saldaña, assistant professor of interior architecture in the College of Architecture and Design. Her book project, provisionally titled “Settled Spaces: Tejano…

The Treviño-Uribe fortified house in San Ygnacio, Texas. Photo by Marie Saldaña , 2016.

Friday, February 9, 2024

Al Borde Partner Joins Interior Architecture Faculty as Visiting Professor

David Barragán (dah-VEED bah-rah-GAHN), co-founder and partner of the Ecuadorian architecture studio Al Borde, joins the School of Interior Architecture this semester as its second visiting professor. Barragán and his colleagues showcase their projects internationally…

Black and white image of David Barragán.

Monday, January 22, 2024

Gensler Appoints Alumnus to Principal

Brooks Morelock (‘11) remembers walking into his first finished project with Gensler—a renovated, 40,000 square foot headquarters for a global marketing group in New York City. He began with the global firm’s New York office…

Thursday, January 11, 2024

Students Design Healing Playroom for East Tennessee Children’s Hospital

The playrooms at East Tennessee Children’s Hospital (ETCH) serve as an oasis for patients and families during their visits. The hematology and oncology playroom has a dual purpose of creating a comforting and uplifting environment…