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Günköy Volunteers Make a Difference for Students in Tokat
Volunteers from Günköy (The Sun Rises the Village), a project of the TDP (Toplumsal Duyarlılık Projeleri/Social Awareness Projects) student volunteer organization, spent the weekend of December 16-17 working at Tokay Yenisu Primary/Secondary School. To
Read More »“Kızlara Burs” Program Helps Female Students Pursue Their Dreams
Bilkent University’s “Kızlara Burs” program provides undergraduate scholarships for female students who come from priority regions for development and who have received high scores on the university entrance examination. Funding for the program comes
Read More »Physics Graduate Named TED Fellow
Burçin Mutlu Pakdil, a 2009 graduate of the Department of Physics and a postdoctoral research associate at the University of Arizona, has been selected as a TED Fellow. She will deliver a talk on
Read More »Routledge Publishes New Book by Bülent Batuman
A new book by Assoc. Prof. Bülent Batuman of the Department of Urban Design and Landscape Architecture was recently published by Routledge. Titled “New Islamist Architecture and Urbanism: Negotiating Nation and Islam Through Built Environment
Read More »4th Annual New Graduate Recruitment Simulation in Progress
The Career Center’s fourth annual new graduate recruitment simulation program, “The Interview Games,” has reached its second step. This is a jury selection process that will take place this Thursday, February 8, at 1:30
Read More »CTIS Students Third in METU IEEE Hackathon
A team from Bilkent took third place in the recent “METU IEEE Hackathon” organized by the METU IEEE branch and sponsored by Garanti Bank and METU Teknokent. The Bilkent team, competing under the name
Read More »The Grammy Awards: Are They Still Relevant?
This past Sunday, January 28, the 60th Grammy Awards ceremony was held, and it once again occupied the attention of the music world with its controversial choices. Last year, Adele’s win over Beyoncé in
Read More »On Our Bugs and Individuality
“It is very last inch of us…but withnin that inch we are free.” -Alan Moore, “V for Vendetta” Our digestive system is home to a huge number of microscopic organisms. Most of these are
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