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CS Graduates’ Game Wins Apple Design Award

CS Graduates’ Game Wins Apple Design Award

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At  Apple’s 2018 Worldwide Developers Conference, held this June in San Jose, California, 2012 Computer Engineering graduates Özgür Taşkın and Ferhat Aydoğan were presented with an Apple Design Award for their innovative game “Oddmar.”

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Serim Kayacan İlday Receives L’Oréal–UNESCO Award

Serim Kayacan İlday Receives L’Oréal–UNESCO Award

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Asst. Prof. Serim Kayacan İlday of UNAM has received one of this year’s L’Oréal – UNESCO “For Women in Science” awards. The awards are presented annually to support and recognize the accomplishments of women

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Steps to a Smoke-Free Campus

Steps to a Smoke-Free Campus

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With the start of the academic year, steps leading up to the eventual implementation of a campus-wide smoking ban are underway. Areas where smoking is permitted are gradually being phased out, until the use

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Ekmel Özbay Named a Fellow of The Optical Society

Ekmel Özbay Named a Fellow of The Optical Society

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Prof. Ekmel Özbay, director of NANOTAM and a member of the Departments of Electrical and Electronics Engineering and Physics, has been elected a Fellow of The Optical Society (OSA) by the society’s board. Prof.

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Emrah Özensoy Joins SESAME’s Science Advisory Board

Emrah Özensoy Joins SESAME’s Science Advisory Board

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Assoc. Prof. Emrah Özensoy, a faculty member in the Department of Chemistry and UNAM, has been selected as a member of the Scientific Advisory Board of SESAME, the Synchrotron-Light for Experimental Science and Applications

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Now Open for Lunch: Le Piment Rouge

Now Open for Lunch: Le Piment Rouge

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Each year, the Department of Tourism and Hotel Management’s practice restaurant, Le Piment Rouge, offers guests from the Bilkent community and beyond the opportunity to enjoy a special dining experience during the noon hour,

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Faculty Promotions

Faculty Promotions

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Michelle Adams, Associate Professor in the Department of Psychology, Faculty of Economics, Administrative and Social Sciences, was promoted to the rank of Professor, effective March 2, 2018.   Barbaros Çetin, Assistant Professor in the

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Academic Administrative Changes

Academic Administrative Changes

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Assoc. Prof. Yasemin Afacan was appointed acting chair of the Department of Interior Architecture and Environmental Design, effective March 26, 2018. Dr. Afacan took over the position from the previous acting chair, Prof. Ayhan

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