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New Student Council
Executive Committee Takes Office
The Student Council's new
Executive Committee was elected on Wednesday,
November 30. The outgoing Executive Committee members will hand their
responsibilities over to their successors during a ceremony to be held
at Mithat Çoruh Auditorium on Wednesday, December 14, at 4
p.m.
 We
would
like to take this opportunity to wish the newly elected members an
eventful and productive year.
 
Dr. Phyllis Erdoğan
Bilkent Vice President
After 20 years of service
as University Librarian, Dr. Phyllis Erdoğan will leave that position on
January 3, 2006, to focus on her work with Bilkent's founder and
president, Dr. İhsan Doğramacı. Barbara von Wahlde, Vice President for
Libraries at SUNY-Buffalo, will serve as Interim Director of the Bilkent
University Library.
Dr. Erdoğan, a Bilkent
Vice President, recalled how the library had its meager beginnings in
one of the buildings now housing faculty. Today, the library's Main
Campus building is a Bilkent landmark, and there are library premises on
the East Campus as well. (Continued)
US National Collage
Society Award Goes to Bilkent Faculty Member
 Artist
and Department of Fine Arts Assistant Professor Ilgım Veryeri Alaca is
to receive the National Collage Society's 21st Annual Juried
Exhibit Award at the Butler Institute of American Art. The National
Collage Society is a non-profit arts foundation headquartered in Hudson,
Ohio. The jury selected her collage entitled "War of Water" for the
award.
She will be an invited
guest at this year's exhibit, where her artwork is on view.
(Continued)
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Prof. Ekmel Özbay
Receives EU’s Descartes Research Prize
Prof. Özbay receiving his
award from European Commissioner for Science
and Research Janez Potocnik
Prof.
Ekmel Özbay of the Physics Department has received the 2005 EU
Descartes Prize for Research Laureates. This prestigious prize,
established by the European Commission in 2000, is awarded annually to
teams of
researchers who have achieved outstanding scientific or technological
results through collaborative research. This year, the prize was shared
among five transnational teams that made major breakthroughs in key
research areas.
The EXEL research team, of which Prof. Özbay is a member, won their
award for creating and developing a new class of artificial
metamaterials.
The team's other lead researchers are from IESL-FORTH (Greece), the
Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine (UK), Karlsruhe-CFN
(Germany) and Duke University (USA). (Continued)
Research By Bilkent Faculty
Members, Alumni Featured on the Cover of "Physical Review Letters"
 Bilkent
University takes pride in its participation in world-class research. The
quality of Bilkent research was validated further when two articles
written by Bilkent faculty members and alumni were featured on the cover
of "Physical Review Letters" this year. "Physical Review Letters" is a
very prestigious physics journal and has a wide impact on science and
technology.
The first paper, entitled "Photonic
Band Gap via Quantum Coherence in Vortex Lattices of Bose-Einstein
Condensates," was written by Assistant Professor M. Özgür Oktel of the
Department of Physics, in collaboration with Assistant Professor Özgür
E. Müstecaplıoğlu of Koç University. Dr. Müstecaplıoğlu received both
his undergraduate degree and his Ph.D. from Bilkent.
In another issue, "Physical
Review Letters" selected the work of two Bilkent University alumni to
feature on its cover. Nuri Öncel, Oğuzhan Gürlü and their collaborators
at the University of Twente realized detection of quantum confined
electron states between stable platinum nanowires self-organized on a
germanium surface.
Also in
this issue:
News from the Student Clubs
2005-2006 Clubs List Finalized
Bilkent Basketball Teams Victorious Against
METU and Başkent
Bilkent Judges Lose at Home to
Hacettepe Red DeersResearch
Presentation Days at EEE
Letters to the Editor...
States of Desire: Love in Turkish Literature
AIESEC on Campus
CDPC Unveils a New Corporate Identity
CDPC Sector Introduction Meetings
News from 96.6 Radio Bilkent
Radio Bilkent Top Ten
Le Piment Rouge Restaurant Menu
This Week on Campus
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