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Stress Busting Study Break
7-8:00 pm | Watson Library
Finals are hard, so come take a well-deserved break and recharge with the Loving Paws therapy dogs! Drinks, snacks and stress busting kits provided. This event is organized by the Health Education Resource Office, staffed by Peer Health Educators and hosted by KU Libraries, Student Housing, and Hope @ Caps.
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Stress Busting Study Break
7-8:00pm | Anschutz Library
Finals are hard, so come take a well-deserved break and recharge with the Loving Paws therapy dogs! Drinks, snacks and stress busting kits provided. This event is organized by the Health Education Resource Office, staffed by Peer Health Educators and hosted by KU Libraries, Student Housing, and Hope @ Caps.
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KU Health & Wellness Student Design Competition
The faculty of the KU Health & Wellness program announce the 2026 Student Design Competition “Creating Healthy Environments Using Principles of Nature.”
Students in both the architecture and design departments are encouraged to submit design solutions. Cash prizes of $1,000, $500 and $300 will be awarded to the top three projects.
The winning designs will be presented at the Health & Wellness Symposium on February 23. Please refer to the attached flyer for the competition details.
Submission Guidelines: four 11” x 17” landscape PDFs
Submission Deadline: 5:00 p.m., January 26, 2026
Learn more and submit
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SMITHGROUP Design A Better Future Scholarship
We created the SmithGroup Design a Better Future scholarship program to put action to our mission to create a better future for our communities. This scholarship program provides tuition assistance and professional opportunities to students who demonstrate commitment to advancing inclusion in the design industry. Each year, five students who demonstrate a commitment to advancing an inclusive design industry are selected to receive a one-time award of $6,000 in tuition support. Recipients selected also receive a paid summer internship at any one of SmithGroup’s locations offering the student’s discipline (internship is a program requirement).
Application deadline: December 8, 2025
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AIA Kansas 2025 College Scholarship
AIA Kansas will be offering two $1000 scholarships for 2025. There will be one scholarship offered to one architect student at KU. The funds will be awarded for the Spring 2026 semester.
Application deadline: December 15, 2025
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KU Military & Veteran Book Scholarship
This scholarship aims to support prior-service veterans, Guard and Reserve students, and undergraduate active-duty and ROTC students. Apply now through the KU Military-Affiliated Scholarships webpage.
Application deadline: December 15, 2025
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Hart Howerton Travel Fellowship
Named by Architectural Digest as “one of the Fellowship programs paving the way for the future of architecture,” the Hart Howerton Fellowship is open to undergraduate and graduate students in planning, architecture, landscape architecture, and interior design who will be entering their final year of study. This year marks the 20th anniversary of the Fellowship, celebrating two decades of supporting future design leaders. Fellows have the opportunity to pursue independent travel and research on a topic of their choice alongside a summer internship in Hart Howerton’s New York or San Francisco office.
Application deadline: January 19, 2026
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Tillman Scholars Program
This scholarship provides funding for tuition, books, and living expenses. For active-duty service members, veterans, and military spouses. Learn more on the Pat Tillman Foundation website.
Application deadline: February 1, 2026
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Elizabeth Miller Watkins Memorial Scholarship
The purpose of the Elizabeth Miller Watkins Scholarship is to assist women students of outstanding scholastic achievement and demonstrated financial need in completing their college education at KU.
Amount: Awards of up to $2,000 per semester will be made to each recipient
Application deadline: February 15, 2026
Apply
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🌊 Soundings: Making Culture at Sea | Spencer Museum
Through December 14
Soundings: Making Culture at Sea explores how visual representations of oceans from different times and places across history have helped humans articulate questions and concerns that are political, cultural, and environmental.
➿ My Mother's Tongue Ties Me Together | Spencer Museum
Through January 4
The Spencer Museum of Art is honored to host the Charlotte Street Visual Artist Awards exhibition for the first time featuring the selected artists for 2025: Noelle Choy, Hùng Lê, and Merry Sun. All three artists explore themes of cultural mythmaking, memory, and migration through a range of media.
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Field Workshop 2026: Designing for Adaptation in a Time of Prolonged Drought
The Field Workshop is a three-week immersive fellowship that follows the Rio Grande from its headwaters in Colorado’s San Luis Valley into northern New Mexico’s Taos Plateau. The program brings together a diverse cohort of emerging scientists, designers, policy thinkers, and artists to explore urgent questions of land, water, and culture in a time of prolonged drought.
Participants learn directly in the field alongside regional partners - including farmers, conservation districts, and Indigenous and pueblo communities - while co-developing applied projects that support ecological and community resilience.
The program is open to graduate students and early-career professionals from across disciplines including ecology, hydrology, agriculture, design, planning, architecture, the arts, humanities, social sciences, policy, and law.
Dates: July 6–27, 2026
Location: San Luis Valley, CO & Taos Plateau, NM
Info Session: December 17, 2025
Deadline: January 15, 2026
More Info and Application
Speaker Nominations for TEDxKU 2026
The TEDxKU Executive Team is now accepting speaker applications for our Spring 2026 event! TEDxKU is organized independently under a license granted by TED. If you know a professor or community member with an inspiring idea worth sharing, we’d love to hear from you.
Nominate Someone
📲 See TEDxKU on Instagram
📖 Interested in publication design? Enroll in VISC 414 this spring semester!
Tuesdays & Thursdays 12:30 - 3:15 pm | Professor: Tim Hossler
This advanced studio explores the topics of editorial concepts, format organization, production, and publication. Projects stress the integration of text and image through the development of complex and variable structures. Emphasis is placed on the research of content and audience as well as a strong understanding of production/ execution techniques to develop engaging visual products.
ArcD Student Organizations: Get involved!
Get involved with student organizations to improve your educational experience! Learn more about ArcD Student Organizations here & keep in touch with them via social media!
FBD: Pickleball with a Professor
The KU chapter of Freedom by Design would like to host a pickleball with a professor event; please provide feedback and let them know if you’re interested.
Fill out interest form here.
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👀 Check out KU Student Jobs!
Student Multimedia Designer
KU International Affairs | Lawrence, KS
KU International Affairs is hiring a Student Multimedia Designer starting next semester.
More information and apply here
2026 Summer Intern - Architecture
TKDA | Duluth, MN
Are you an undergraduate student pursuing a Bachelor of Science in Architecture (BSArch) or a graduate student pursuing a Master of Architecture (MArch) degree? Are you looking for a hands-on learning experience where you can apply your classroom knowledge and contribute to real-world projects? If so, then consider joining our team this summer as an Architecture Intern!
As a member of our team, you will work alongside Architects, Interior Designers, and Landscape Architects to provide assistance in preparing construction documents and specifications for a variety of projects within the educational, governmental, corporate, and industrial sectors right here in Minnesota and throughout the country.
More information and apply here.
Summer Internship Interior Design
Studio B Design Group | Fort Worth, TX
Looking for a part-time designer currently in school to assist with projects. We are looking for a creative and motivated intern to assist us in designing, procuring and installing.
If you’re ready to take your design skills to the next level, send your resume and portfolio outlining your interest in the position to Melissa Glasgow, mglasgow@studiobdesigngroup.com
More information here.
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Architectural Internship
Kansas City, MO | CRB
Launch your career with purpose at CRB. As an Architectural Designer Intern, you won’t just observe, you’ll contribute meaningfully to real-world projects that shape the future of life sciences and food and beverage industries. Our internship program is designed to immerse you in hands-on work, guided by industry-leading professionals who are passionate about mentoring the next generation of innovators. At CRB, you’ll gain exposure to cutting-edge design and construction practices, collaborate across disciplines, and bring fresh ideas to the table — all while building lasting relationships and experiencing our dynamic, people-first culture.
More information and apply here.
Architectural Design Intern
CRB | Kansas City, MO
CRB's nearly 1,400 expert professionals drive innovative, life-changing and life-saving solutions for manufacturers in the life sciences and food and beverage industries. We are actively seeking an Architectural Designer Intern to join CRB. Join our firm for an internship journey where you’ll dive into real-world project work, learn from industry leaders and fully immerse yourself in the CRB employee experience. This program is more than just an internship—it's an opportunity to grow, innovate, and make a tangible impact on how we do business. You’ll have the chance to work hands-on with cutting-edge projects, collaborate with peers and industry leaders, and contribute your unique perspective to spark meaningful change.
More information and apply here.
Design and Drafting Internship
Union, MO | Cochran
Cochran is a growing civil engineering firm with 7 Missouri offices, offering services in construction administration, materials testing, architectural and geotechnical engineering, and land surveying. Serving both public and private sectors, Cochran's expertise spans municipal, commercial, residential, transportation, water/wastewater, site development, retail, planning, and interior design.
More information and apply here.
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| 2026 Acoustics Intern
Threshold | Chicago, IL
Threshold’s Acoustics Summer Internship is designed to provide a broad introduction to consulting practice from measurements and modeling to design reviews and client communication. Interns will gain exposure to real-world project work, balancing technical analysis with design collaboration, working alongside experienced consultants, taking on supporting tasks while being exposed to a wide range of project types and design phases. Candidates should be curious, detail-oriented, and eager to learn how acoustics shapes the human experience within the built environment.
More information and apply here.
Sustainability Intern
dbHMS | Chicago, IL
Our DataBased+ Studio team is seeking a Sustainability Intern. This role will support the engineering of systems for a variety of projects, creating designs for all kinds of spaces. Our dynamic work environment provides the perfect opportunity to advance your career while developing and fine-tuning your skills along with offering a supportive office culture, diverse workforce, flexible work schedules, and regular social events. At dbHMS, you will find everything you need for an exciting, challenging, and rewarding career.
More information and apply here.
Summer 2026 Internship – Architecture & Interior Design
BCRA Inc. | Tacoma, WA
We’re looking for motivated students to join us for our Summer 2026 Internship. This 8+ week program is designed to give emerging professionals hands-on experience in a collaborative design environment. Whether your focus is architecture or interior design, you’ll have the opportunity to contribute to active projects, develop technical skills, and gain exposure to the professional practice of design.
More information and apply here.
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🪑 Atlas of Furniture Design
The Atlas of Furniture Design is the most comprehensive overview of the history of furniture design ever published. The book documents 1,740 objects by 546 designers and 565 manufacturers, and features more than 2,500 images, from detailed object photographs to historical documentation such as interiors, patents, brochures and reference works in art and architecture.
The Hatch Reading Room, on the 4th floor of Marvin Hall, is here for you to de-stress, work on projects, take a break to read, and enjoy a quiet view of campus.
Open 9:00 am - 5:00 pm, Monday - Friday. 📚
Closed for Winter Break after finals week.
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