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School of Architecture & Design announces fall 2025 Architecture Lecture Series
The University of Kansas School of Architecture & Design Fall 2025 Architecture Lecture Series begins Sept. 12 with a lecture by Kay Sargent, an interior designer and author working at the forefront of workplace design and research.
KU design professor lets students in on book cover illustration job for big publisher
Matt Cook’s yearlong illustration project for Simon & Schuster comes to fruition with the release of the children's science fiction book “Press 1 for Invasion,” by J.A. Dauber. The KU professor allowed his students to watch the steps along the way.
KU School of Architecture & Design announces fall 2025 design lecture series schedule
The fall 2025 design lecture series kicks off at 6 p.m. Aug. 21 in Wescoe Hall with a lecture by designer and KU alumnus Tad Carpenter. Following the lecture, an opening reception for an exhibition of Carpenter’s work will begin at 7:30 p.m. in the Edgar Heap of Birds Family Gallery in Chalmers Hall.
Read the Summer newsletter
The Forum at Marvin rededicated to honor Dean Emeritus John C. Gaunt. New building project update. KU architecture graduate is the youngest ever registered architect in the US. KU Design camp expands. These stories and more in the School of Architecture & Design summer newsletter.
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