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Read the Fall 2025 School of Architecture & Design newsletter
Bjarke Ingels visits campus to discuss School of Architecture & Design building project. Architecture & Design Alumni Award winners announced. Academic success director honored for service to veterans. Studio 804’s 1040 New York Street House. Alumni news and more.

KU School of Architecture & Design announces alumni award winners
The KU Architecture & Design Alumni Awards celebrate the wide-ranging influence Jayhawk design leaders have in Kansas and throughout the world. They represent achievement in disciplines from architecture and urban planning to design, data visualization and creative leadership.

Architecture professor Kapila Silva awarded Chancellors Club Teaching Professorship
The University of Kansas has announced 17 faculty members from the Lawrence and KU Medical Center campuses as recipients of KU’s annual teaching awards. They will be honored at the University Teaching Awards ceremony at 7 p.m. Oct. 21 at the Jayhawk Welcome Center.

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.