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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

Haley Simpkins

May 9, 2025

LEXINGTON, Ky. (May 9, 2025) — Amber Taylor, a soon-to-be graduate of the University of Kentucky’s two-year Master of Architecture program, has embarked on an impressive academic journey that bridges two worlds: her native home in the Bahamas and her educational home in UK’s College of Design.

Exchange student finds a home away from home

Daniel Flener

Apr 15, 2025

For University of Kentucky students, January marks the start of the spring semester and a return to campus after winter break. But for Giuliana Jaramillo, this past January meant a journey to a new country and a new home at UK. A student at Universidad San Francisco de Quito, located in Quito, the capital of Ecuador, Jaramillo is completing a semester exchange at the University of Kentucky, where she is studying marketing and business.

UK International Center emphasizes global learning at first ever Global Fair for Faculty and Staff

Daniel Flener

Mar 13, 2025

LEXINGTON, Ky. (March 13, 2025) – The University of Kentucky International Center recently hosted its first ever Global Fair for Faculty and Staff in the Gatton Student Center. The fair brought together globally-minded UK employees. to network and promote global learning opportunities at UK.

Dr. Reyes-Centeno leads excavation project

Applications open for seed funding to stimulate global research partnerships

Alicia Gregory

Feb 10, 2025

LEXINGTON, Ky. (Feb. 7, 2025) — UKinSPIRE (Seeding Partnerships for International Research Engagement), an internal funding opportunity for University of Kentucky faculty, is now accepting applications for FY25-26 with a deadline of March 28.

UKIC releases Global Engagement Academy offerings for spring 2025

Daniel Flener

Feb 7, 2025

LEXINGTON, Ky. (Feb. 7, 2025) — Established in the spring of 2020, the Global Engagement Academy (GEA) offers free professional development for faculty and staff to build cross-cutting competencies in international education and engagement. Since the program’s inception, 393 UK faculty and staff have participated in the 152 sessions that have been offered so far.

‘Life On Earth’ exhibition brings global perspectives on design, climate to UK College of Design

Haley Simpkins

Jan 22, 2025

LEXINGTON, Ky. (Jan. 22, 2025) — The University of Kentucky College of Design is partnering with New York-based nonprofit organization The World Around (TWA) to present TWA’s first exhibition, “Life On Earth,” Jan. 24-March 14 in the Gray Design Building’s first-floor gallery.

Sue Roberts elected to APLU Commission on International Initiatives Executive Committee

Daniel Flener

Dec 6, 2024

LEXINGTON, Ky. (Dec. 6, 2024) – Sue Roberts, Ph.D., associate provost for internationalization at the University of Kentucky, has been elected as a member of the Executive Committee of the Association of Public and Land-grant Universities (APLU) Commission on International Initiatives (CII). The election results were announced at the 2024 APLU Annual Meeting in November.

UK honored for 75 years of international education

Daniel Flener

Dec 3, 2024

Strategic Plan

LEXINGTON, Ky. (Dec. 3, 2024) — The University of Kentucky has earned the Open Doors 75 Seal of Excellence for its 75 years of collaboration with the international Open Doors program.

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