Theater Department Students Flourish at Bilkent
Fourth year students from the Faculty of Music and Performing Arts premiered the play Zoraki Tabip on February 4 in the FMPA Theater Hall. The performance is their senior project.
Zoraki Tabip was adapted from Molière's 1666 Le Médecin Malgré Lui, a Doctor in Spite of Himself or Mock Doctor. Prominent intellectual and politician Ahmet Vefik Paşa (1823-1891) translated the play into Turkish during the Tanzimat Period of the Ottoman Empire, about 150 years ago.
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Prof. Levent Gürel is Named IEEE Distinguished Lecturer
The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) has elected Prof. Levent Gürel as a Distinguished Lecturer of the Antennas and Propagation Society for 2011-2013. With more than 400,000 members, IEEE is the world's largest technical professional organization. Each year, technical societies of IEEE choose groups of select individuals as Distinguished Lecturers who are engineering professionals leading their fields in new technical developments.
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Fiero Café Now Open
Fiero Café, a new café on Main Campus, started serving on January 31, 2011. The cafe is located at the joint entrance of the Faculty of Economics, Administrative and Social Sciences and Faculty of Humanities and Letters on Main Campus. Fiero Café provides fast food and light meals such as sandwiches, cookies, and desserts. They also serve hot and cold beverages. Fiero Cafe seats 20, and open 8 a.m. to 6:30 p.m., everyday.