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Chemistry Professor Named RSC Fellow
Prof. Engin Umut Akkaya of the Department of Chemistry has been named a Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry (FRSC). The RSC, headquartered in the UK, has more than 47,000 members worldwide. The
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Bilkent’s Nazım Hikmet Symposium
The Turkish Literature Center of Bilkent University will present an international Nâzım Hikmet Symposium on Thursday and Friday, October 24-25, in observance of the 50th year of the poet’s death. The theme of the
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Prof. Halman Receives “Distinguished Senior Citizen” Award
On October 5, at the International İstanbul Congress of the International Federation on Ageing (IFA), Prof. Talât Halman, dean of the Faculty of Humanities and Letters, was given the “Distinguished Senior Citizen” award by
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Festschrift Honors Özer Ergenç
BY NİL TEKGÜL (HIST/PhD) & ALP RODOPLU (HIST/MA) Festschrift (a celebratory collection of articles) has been published in honor of Prof. Özer Ergenç of the Department of History, in recognition of his outstanding contributions
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Elvin Ganiyev Places Third in Oistrakh Violin Competition
BY SENA KAYASÜ (ARCH/II) Elvin Hoxha Ganiyev, a student at the Bilkent University Music Preparatory High School, has returned to Ankara after achieving a fine showing in the 5th Moscow International David Oistrakh Violin
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Nobel Laureate Peter Diamond Speaks at Bilkent
Last week the Department of Economics hosted Prof. Peter Diamond, professor of economics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and recipient of the 2010 Nobel Prize in Economics. Prof. Diamond delivered a lecture at
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CS Department Selected as NVIDIA CUDA Research Center
The Bilkent University Department of Computer Engineering has been selected as an NVIDIA CUDA Research Center. NVIDIA, a US-based global technology company well known as a dominant player in the GPU market, recognizes and
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Bilkent IEEE Student Branch to Host “Extreme” Programming Contest
IEEEXtreme 7.0 is a global challenge in which teams of IEEE student members, supported by an IEEE Student Branch and advised and proctored by an IEEE member, compete against each other to solve a
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