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A Warm Welcome for New International Faculty
Each year, the International Center holds a “welcome picnic” for current and new international faculty and their family members. This year’s picnic took place on Sunday, September 30, at the Main Campus festival area.
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Ankara HiltonSA Hotel General Manager Signs Agreement With THM Department, Speaks to Students
On September 27, Marc Schumacher, the general manager of the Ankara HiltonSA Hotel, visited the Department of Tourism and Hotel Management. During the visit, Mr. Schumacher and Asst. Prof. Eda Gürel, acting chair of
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The International Chronicles
BY NAUSHERWAN AZIZ (MAN/IV) Name: Sarah Atif Department: IR/IV Country of Origin: Pakistan What do you like best about Turkey? How geographically diverse the country is. Are there any similarities between Turkey and your
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Ceremony Marks New Agreement Between THM and Sabre Türkiye
On September 25, a signing ceremony for a cooperation agreement between the Bilkent University Department of Tourism and Hotel Management and Sabre Türkiye took place in İstanbul. The agreement initiates a collaborative venture on
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“Digital Dementia” Is a Myth, Contends COMD Guest Speaker
Last Friday, September 28, Prof. Markus Appel from the University of Würzburg in Germany was the guest of the Department of Communication and Design and the Goethe Institute in Ankara. In the morning, Prof.
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A Word From the Wise: Seniors’ Advice to Freshmen
BY DANIYAL ADMANY (CTIS/II) For most of us, a new role in life presents a variety of challenges and some surprises, too. Advice from someone who’s already been there can help get us through
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Alzheimer’s: The Quest to Save a Neuron (Part II)
Alzheimer’s is a disease in which neurons, the cells in our brains, are destroyed. This happens, as neuroscientist and writer Lisa Genova has put it, through “molecular murder or cellular suicide.” In the previous
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This Week at Bilkent Cinematics: Hair
Bilkent Cinematics will be screening Miloš Forman’s 1979 antiwar musical film ‘“Hair” on Wednesday, October 10. Based on the 1968 Broadway musical “Hair: An American Tribal Love–Rock Musical,” the film follows the lives of
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