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Bilkent Day: In Celebration of Our Founder’s Birthday
April 3 marks the 104th anniversary of the birth of Bilkent University’s beloved founder, Prof. İhsan Doğramacı. Each year, Bilkent celebrates Prof. Doğramacı’s birthday as Bilkent Day, honoring his memory with deepest respect and
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Elementary Mathematics Brings the “Star Trek” Holodeck Closer to Reality
A team of scientists from Bilkent University may well have brought a fantastical feature from “Star Trek” a big step closer to realization. The holodeck envisioned in the sci-fi series allowed characters to enter
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Democracy Matters in Global Health
Assoc. Prof. Simon Wigley of the Department of Philosophy has published an article in The Lancet, one of the world’s leading medical journals, on the relationship between democracy and population health. The study represents
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CS Student Wins Codemaster Competition
Ahmet Çandıroğlu, a fourth-year student in the Department of Computer Engineering, came in first in the final round of the OBSS Codemaster competition, winning the top prize: a scholarship to attend Stanford Summer School.
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Gülşen and Teoman to Headline This Year’s Spring Fest Concerts
This year’s Spring Fest concerts will take place at the Odeon on May 3 and 4, featuring Gülşen (Friday) and Teoman (Saturday). Both concerts will begin at 9 p.m. Concert tickets will be sold
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New Book by Feyzan Erkip
Prof. Feyzan Erkip of the Department of Urban Design and Landscape Architecture has published a new book, “Piyasa Yapmanın Yeni Yüzleri: AVM’ler, Sokaklar, Kentler” (The New Faces of Hangouts: Shopping Malls, Streets, and Cities).
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A New Phase for the Center for Russian Studies
After a decade of relative inactivity, the Bilkent Center for Russian Studies (CRS) is experiencing a renaissance this spring. Initially founded in the late 1990s, CRS aims to reestablish itself as one of the
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Günköy Volunteers Make a Difference for Children in Amasya
Volunteers from Günköy (The Sun Rises From the Village), a project of the student volunteer organization TDP, recently spent a weekend working at Uluköy Şehit Komiser Mustafa Düzgün Middle School in the village of
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