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News

UK selected to receive the IIE American Passport Project grant to empower US students to study abroad

Daniel Flener

May 16, 2025

Strategic Plan

LEXINGTON, Ky. (May 15, 2025) — The University of Kentucky has been selected by the Institute of International Education (IIE) to receive an IIE American Passport Project grant that will enable up to 25 Pell-eligible UK students participating in UK’s signature career-readiness education abroad program for First-Generation students, Explore First: Career, Cultures, and Connections, to obtain their first U.S. passport. UK is one of 45 institutions to receive the American Passport Project grant this year.

UK Design faculty weave Appalachian resilience into global architecture discourse

Haley Simpkins

May 14, 2025

LEXINGTON, Ky. (May 14, 2025) — Jeff Fugate, associate professor in the University of Kentucky College of Design’s School of Architecture, and Rebekah Radtke, associate professor in the School of Interiors, have been selected to exhibit their work on Appalachian climate resiliency at the 2025 “Time Space Existence” architecture exhibition in Venice, Italy.

Bahamian Rhapsody: Master of Architecture student shares her journey from the Bahamas to UK and back