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EU’s MSCA Program Funding Four Bilkent Researchers
Four Bilkent faculty members are being funded by the EU’s Marie Sklodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA) program, part of the EU’s Horizon 2020 initiative. On the basis of the proposals they submitted in response to the
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Bilkent Researchers’ Diagnostic Kit Aims to Help Treat Aggressive Breast Cancer
Dr. Özgür Şahin and Dr. Ali Güre of the Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics are working to develop a new gene-based diagnostic kit that predicts treatment response of the most aggressive breast cancers.
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CS Student a Member of Winning Team at PennApps XIII
Bilkent student Emrehan Tüzün (CS/IV) was a member of the four-person team that won PennApps XIII, the most recent iteration of the US’s foremost and largest collegiate hackathon. Team RAMEAR’s winning project demonstrated the
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Giovanni Volpe Publishes Textbook on Optical Tweezers
Dr. Giovanni Volpe of the Department of Physics and UNAM has recently coauthored with Dr. Philip H. Jones (UCL, London, UK) and Dr. Onofrio M. Maragò (CNR-IPFC, Messina, Italy) a new book, “Optical Tweezers:
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“Fatih” Documentary Scripted by Mehmet Kalpaklı Premieres in Rome
“The Man Who Changed the Destiny of Europe: Fatih,” a documentary scripted by Asst. Prof. Mehmet Kalpaklı, chair of the Department of History and the Department of Turkish Literature, premiered at the National Museum
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Library Song Lyrics Competition Winners
Last fall, Bilkent Library held a song lyrics competition, with entries accepted from October 20 to November 16. On December 22, the writers of the top three entries received awards at a ceremony taking
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30 Years of Music at Bilkent
The Faculty of Music and Performing Arts admitted its first class of students in 1986, two years after the founding of Bilkent University. The university’s first commencement in 1988 included graduates from the Department
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Spring Semester Turkish Language Course
The Turkish Teaching Unit will be offering a Turkish language course (at one level) during the spring semester for international faculty and their family members. If you are interested, please pick up an application
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