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GE 100 Orientation Welcomes New Bilkenters to Campus
This year’s GE 100 Orientation, a course designed to welcome and acclimatize incoming students to the university’s academic and social environment, was held on September 1-3. During GE 100, students collected the points necessary
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Bilkent Faculty Receive TÜBİTAK Awards
Two Bilkent University faculty members have been recognized by the Scientific and Technical Research Council of Turkey (TÜBİTAK). Asst. Prof. Can Alkan of the Department of Computer Engineering and Assoc. Prof. Sinan Gezici of
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Condolences on the Passing of Prof. İnan
Prof. Faik Yüksel İnan, former faculty member in the Department of International Relations, in the Faculty of Economics, Administrative and Social Sciences, passed away on June 22, 2015. We wish to extend our condolences
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Bilkent Honorary Doctorate Conferred Upon Daron Acemoğlu
On Friday, July 3, Bilkent University conferred an honorary doctorate upon Daron Acemoğlu, professor of economics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). The conferral ceremony, which took place in Mithat Çoruh Auditorium, opened
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EE Professor Wins FABED Eser Tümen Outstanding Young Scientist Award
Asst. Prof. Ali Kemal Okyay of the Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering has won the 2015 FABED (Feyzi Akkaya Scientific Activities Support Fund) Eser Tümen Outstanding Young Scientist Award for his research accomplishments
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ME Students Take Top Honors at International Conferences
Alican Özkan, a second-year Department of Mechanical Engineering graduate student in Dr. Yegân Erdem’s group, received the Outstanding Poster Award in the “Emerging Technologies” category at the InterPACK/ICNMM 2015 Conference held July 6-10 in
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EEE Faculty Member Developing Techniques to Evaluate Brain Function
Asst. Prof. Tolga Çukur of the Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering is one of the recipients of this year’s Outstanding Young Scientist Awards (TÜBA-GEBİP), given by the Turkish Academy of Sciences. Dr. Çukur
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Research on “Wonder Material” Published as Cover
Bilkent researchers’ AFM/STM asymmetry work on graphene has been highlighted on the cover of the Journal of Vacuum Science & Technology B. Graphene—a two-dimensional sheet of carbon atoms arranged in a honeycomb pattern—has received
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