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Tuesday, August 22, 2023

Twelve Faculty Members, Fellows Join the College of Architecture and Design

The University of Tennessee, Knoxville’s College of Architecture and Design welcomed 5 new and 7 returning faculty members into tenure-track professor positions and fellowships this fall. They join the schools of architecture, design, and landscape…

Exterior of the Art and Architecture building.

Thursday, August 17, 2023

Kim Named ASID Ones to Watch Scholar

Hojung Kim, assistant professor in the University of Tennessee, Knoxville’s School of Interior Architecture, has been recognized as a Ones to Watch scholar by the American Society of Interior Designers (ASID). The program recognizes rising…

The stage at the American Society of Interior Designers' conference. On the screen, a yellow background features an image of Hojung Kim with his name and title 'Assistant Professor, University of Tennessee, Knoxville'. Hojung poses with a woman for a photo.

Wednesday, August 9, 2023

Research Team Assists in Resilience Design in California Community

A team of researchers from the University of Tennessee, Knoxville's College of Architecture and Design and Bard College collaborated with a California town to revitalize their community and better prepare for future fires. UT’s Chad…

A vignette of the Trinity River access by a team of UT and Brad College researchers.

Tuesday, July 25, 2023

Finland Alumni Excursion Raises $35K for Student Travel

A group of College of Architecture and Design alumni embarked on a transformative journey that blended architectural exploration with cultural immersion to Finland earlier this summer. Through $5,000 donations from each alumnus, the excursion raised…

A group of UT alumni and faculty in Jyväskylä, Finland.

Thursday, July 13, 2023

Students, Professors Design Board Game Depicting Invasive Plant Ecology

A new board game developed by faculty and students from the University of Tennessee, Knoxville’s School of Design explains the ecology and underground mutualistic interactions of common native understory wildflowers when disrupted by invasive species…

Elements of The UNDERstory card game spread across a table.

Friday, July 7, 2023

Landscape Architecture Professor Exhibits Research on Appalachian Artifacts

Rural Ways, an exhibition of recurrent Appalachian artifacts, aims to give audiences a deeper understanding of embedded rural knowledge through hands-on materials. The exhibition by A. Scottie McDaniel, assistant professor of landscape architecture, opens Friday,…

Exterior of the 500 S. Gay Street building with the Rural Ways exhibition. On a glass panel, 'Rural Ways' and the exhibition statement.

Saturday, June 17, 2023

Torchbearer: Investing in a Generation of Architects

Whether from East Tennessee or across the country; experiencing hardship or not; artistic, mathematical, creative, or analytical; the first-year undergraduate students of the School of Architecture all have one thing in common: their last-dollar tuition…

Thursday, June 8, 2023

Parker Selected for Gensler’s Rising Black Designer Micro-Scholarship

Jermaine Parker Jr. developed an interest in architecture during visits to his grandfather's construction sites in Memphis, Tennessee. He explored the buildings, pondering their design, materials, and spatial arrangement. Now a third-year architecture student at…

Monday, June 5, 2023

Seven Alumni Celebrated for Success

The University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Office of Advancement celebrates Volunteer’s careers and businesses through various annual awards. This year, seven College of Architecture and Design alumni were recognized in the Volunteer 40 Under 40 Awards…

Alumni gather at the inaugural Rocky Top Business Awards on Friday, May 5, 2023. From left to right: George Ewart, Robert Feathers, Wes Bridges and Robert Adamo.

Tuesday, May 30, 2023

Architecture Graduate Awarded 2023–24 Fulbright

Gabriel Laos, a recent graduate of the architecture master’s program, has been selected for a 2023–24 Fulbright award. He is one of 11 students and recent graduates from the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, selected for…

A bronze statue of a man and woman on the UT campus holding a flaming torch.