Beginning at midnight on February 15th, watch support grow for current and future students during One Day. One KU. – KU’s 24-hour day of giving.  

Past One Day. One KU. gifts – both large and small – have allowed us to offer more scholarships and educational opportunities than ever before. But we are just getting started.  

On February 15th, you can help support scholarships, student organizations, lecture series, youth design camps, and more. Choose from four priority categories and fund initiatives most meaningful to you. And multiple match challenges will multiply your gifts.

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See a complete list of past lecturers here.

Now in its 40th year, the Design Symposium Lecture Series (formerly Hallmark Symposium) has introduced KU students and the local community to top designers and artists working in a wide range of disciplines and professional fields.

🌱  Upcoming lectures will feature a range of creatives who will host lectures in 130 Budig Hall on the KU Lawrence campus. Events will occur on Thursday evenings beginning at 6 p.m. are free and open to the public.

The Architecture Lecture Series welcomes architectural and experiential design leaders from around the country to the University of Kansas to illuminate new ideas and inspire purpose-driven design practice. Lecturers bring a wide range of expertise in areas such as sustainable building, digital environments, public interest design, historic preservation, health and wellness design, and more. 

Three photography students – Erin Eggerman, Shannon Maltbie-Davis, and Erin Rockers – are featured in Portrait of a City, a collaborative exhibition organized by the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art and the Kansas City Society for Contemporary Photography (KCSCP).

Portrait of a City will be on view February 2–March 23 at the Cerbera Gallery, 2011 Baltimore Ave. in the Crossroads Arts District. Opening reception: February 1, 6 – 9 pm.

KU School of Architecture & Design representatives will be on the road with the Office of Admissions in February and March for Rock Chalk Receptions, an event for admitted high school seniors, juniors, and parents to learn more about academic and student resources.

Cities & Dates:

📍 Chicago, Feb. 6

📍 Tulsa, Feb. 13

📍 St. Louis, Feb. 15

📍 Omaha, Feb. 22

📍 Denver, Feb. 25

📍 Dallas, Feb. 29

📍 Minneapolis, March 3

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Rock Chalk Days

KU will host two open-house style events on campus called ‘Rock Chalk Days’ in Spring 2024 on Monday, Feb. 19, and Friday, March 29.

Junior Days

KU campus visit days designed specifically for high school juniors will be held throughout March and April.

KU Design Camp, June 9-15, 2024

KU Design Camp is a pre-college summer program offered to high school students who are entering their sophomore, junior, or senior year and are interested in Architecture or Design. Students learn in hands-on workshops taught by KU School of Architecture & Design faculty. This valuable educational experience allows for students to work on projects that will enhance their creative portfolios. Registration will fill quickly!

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Photography professor Elise Kirk was among four practitioners from the Kansas City art and design community invited to write interpretive descriptions for pieces in the exhibition Evelyn Hofer: Eyes on the City at the Nelson Atkins Museum of Art Museum.

Earlier this month, Kirk participated in a discussion at the museum with the other invited contributors – poet and storyteller José Faus, photographer Joe Johnson, and architect Dominique Davidson (former KU architecture lecturer and founder of DRAW Architecture).

From "Virtual Fences for Cattle Find a Home on the Range,"  The Wall Street Journal 

Kirk’s “New Town” was one of six photographic projects featured in a public art exhibition that concluded this month in New York City’s Hunters Point South Park.

An artist, educator, and visual storyteller, Kirk documents the intersections of human nature and ecology in photographic artworks and editorial projects. She is a regular contributor to The Wall Street Journal – recent projects include 1,316 Electric Cowboys Turn It On at Lineman's Rodeo; Virtual Fences for Cattle Find a Home on the Range; Dwarf Goats: One Man’s Idea for Saving a Town in Rural America.

KU Architecture graduate and Thayer medalist Lincoln L. Lewis was honored by the National Park Service and the American Society of Landscape Architects for a project documenting the unique history and culture of an island fishing community in the Chesapeake Bay.

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Manufacturers usually specify product packaging based on conventional sizes, materials, and perceived budget constraints. Rarely is consideration given to a consumer’s experience of it, how it affects their brand, or its environmental impact.

Students in Jeremy Shellhorn’s Visual Communication Design studio were challenged to consider these aspects to reimagine packaging for products ranging from office supplies to toys. See more images from this project on Instagram.

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