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QS EECA University Rankings
Last week, the 2015 QS University Rankings for Emerging Europe and Central Asia were released. The rankings highlight the top 150 universities in the Eastern Europe–Central Asia region. Bilkent and METU are the highest-ranked
Read More »THEA Graduate Wins Baykal Saran Award
This year’s Baykal Saran Actress of the Year award went to Ankara State Theater artist Fulya Koçak (THEA/’98) for her role in “Tesadüfen Kadın Elizabeth.” The play is a Turkish translation of “Elizabeth: Almost
Read More »IE Students’ Pegasus Airlines Project Being Presented at INFORMS Meeting
Department of Industrial Engineering undergraduate students Kaan Yavuz, Beril Burçak, Hakan Şentürk, Ayça Karatepe, Osman Karaaslan and Alaz Şenol have been selected as finalists in the 2015 INFORMS Undergraduate Operations Research Prize Competition for
Read More »HIST200-History of Turkey 2015 Award Ceremony
The 2015 History of Turkey award ceremony took place on Monday, October 26 at C-Block Amphitheater. The awards went to students whose projects were judged the best of the 2014-2015 academic year. The History
Read More »LAUD Students Receive Awards in Ecological Urban Design
Current students and graduates of the LAUD Department received 3 of the 11 awards presented by the Ministry of Environment and Urbanization in its recent Ecological Urban Design Student Competition. The Ministry’s objectives in
Read More »South Asian Cultures Showcased at International House Festival
On October 18, Bilkent International House hosted a South Asian Cultural Festival in Mithat Çoruh amphitheater. Organized at the initiative of Suvas Jesrani, a third-year Management student from Pakistan, the festival showcased the cultures
Read More »“The Books That Shaped Your Life”
David E. Thornton, Director of Bilkent University Library and Assistant Professor, Department of History BY MELİS ERDEM (ARCH/II) Here is another in our series of interviews with Bilkent faculty members discussing books that have
Read More »Pictures from an Economist’s Exhibition
BY MIDHAT MERAJ (MAN/II) The Bilkent Library opened its Library Lunchtime Lecture series for this academic year on October 21 with a lecture by Prof. Erinç Yeldan (ECON), “Pictures from an Economist’s Exhibition: Reflections
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