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József Szejtl Prize Goes to Tamer Uyar
Assoc. Prof. Tamer Uyar of UNAM (Institute of Materials Science and Nanotechnology) has received the 2016 József Szejtli Award. The award is given to young scientists in recognition of outstanding achievements in cyclodextrin research;
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Bilkent EEE Graduate’s Company Acquired by Google
Google recently announced that it has acquired Anvato, a video-streaming company founded in 2007 by Bilkent Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering graduate Alper Turgut. Anvato will join the Internet search engine giant’s cloud
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Bilkent Leads Turkish Universities in QS World Rankings
The Quacquarelli Symonds World University rankings report for 2016-17, released on September 6, lists Bilkent as Turkey’s highest-ranked university. Bilkent is placed in the group of universities ranked 411-420. Four other Turkish universities join
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THE Ranks Bilkent Among World’s Top 400 Universities
In the Times Higher Education (THE) World University Rankings for 2016–17, Bilkent University has again been ranked among the top 400. The list places Bilkent in the group of universities ranked 351–400. Among Turkish
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Nanoscale Friction Research Published
A team of Bilkent researchers led by Asst. Prof. Mehmet Z. Baykara of the Department of Mechanical Engineering and the National Nanotechnology Research Center (UNAM) has published an article on nanoscale friction in Nature
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TÜBİTAK Issues 2016 Entrepreneurial and Innovative University Index
The 2016 TÜBİTAK Entrepreneurial and Innovative University Index has been made public. The index lists the top 50 universities in Turkey as ranked on the basis of performance in the areas of entrepreneurship and
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Globetrotting and Getting Started
Globetrotting and Getting Started Dear Bilkenters, as you welcome yourselves back to Bilkent in your tanned and refreshed states and oblige yourselves to move on from the long summer break, I’m sure many of
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On Private Acts
On Private Acts It is almost evening, but summer is restful and lingers on the walls with its delightful slanted sun. I have shed my overshirt to browse, fingers warm on the spine of
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