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COMD Graduate’s Short Film to Appear at Five International Film Festivals
BY SENA KAYASÜ (ARCH/II) Güçlü Aydoğdu’s (COMD/’11) short film “Hunger” is set to be shown at five international film festivals. Güçlü graduated from the Communication and Design Department as valedictorian in 2011 after completing
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Prominent Biochemist to Discuss Biology Past and Future at FS Seminar
American Cancer Society Lifetime Research Professor Bruce Michael Alberts will be visiting Bilkent University to give a talk as part of the Faculty of Science Seminar Series. Prof. Alberts’s talk, entitled: “Biology Past and
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Faculty Promotions
March – September 2013 Selim Aksoy, Assistant Professor in the Department of Computer Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, was promoted to the rank of Associate Professor, effective March 27, 2013. Ayşe Özlem Sandıkcı, Assistant Professor
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Celebrating Prof. İnalcık’s Birthday, Guests Get a Surprise
BY ALP RODOPLU (HIST/MA) On September 7, an event celebrating what was thought to be Prof. Halil İnalcık’s 97th birthday took place at the Bilkent Hotel. Guests included faculty and students of the Department
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Double Honors for BELS Poet
Melanie Swetz, head of the Department of English and librarian at Bilkent Erzurum Laboratory School (BELS), has been honored for the second time both by the Norman Mailer Center and the Bridport Arts Centre
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BSO Celebrates 20th Anniversary with Gala Verdi Concert, Looks Forward to Upcoming Concert Season
BY SENA KAYASÜ (ARCH/II) The Bilkent Symphony Orchestra performed a gala concert entitled “Viva Verdi” last Saturday. The event celebrated the 200th anniversary of Giuseppe Verdi’s birth and the 20th anniversary of the BSO’s
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Does anyone here like winter better than summer? Yes? No? Maybe?
I realize that it’s pointless to ask this question. One season would lose its meaning without the other. Stagnation in this respect, as in any other, would serve nothing but the quest for dynamism.
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Dream Art
If there were a “Best Creative Subconscious Mind Award,” I’m pretty sure I would be among the nominees. The subconscious is of course a very extensive area, of which only a small piece has
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