Administrative Changes
Ms. Ahsen Bilen was appointed Director of the Physical Education Unit, effective January 26, 2017. Ms. Bilen took over the position from Dr. Hayri Özkan. Bilkent wishes Ms. Bilen all the best in her
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Spring Semester Sports Programs: Back to School, and Back to Fitness!
The Physical Education and Sports Center has another great semester of healthy and fun activities scheduled for spring 2017. The courses and programs being offered include: group exercise programs, aikido, archery, badminton, ballroom dancing,
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Role of Games in Foreign Language Teaching Explored at Instructors’ Workshop
On January 18, instructors from the Foreign Languages Unit of the Faculty of Humanities and Letters attended a workshop on “Educational Games in Foreign Language Courses.” The workshop was organized by Şengül Soytetir Şentürk,
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LAUD Celebrates 25th Anniversary
On December 16 and 17, the Department of Urban Design and Landscape Architecture (LAUD) marked its 25th anniversary, bringing together students, alumni and current and past faculty for a two-day event. On the first
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Refet Gürkaynak Receives ERC Grant
Prof. Refet Gürkaynak, chair of the Department of Economics, has been awarded a European Research Council (ERC) Consolidator Grant. ERC funding is regarded as the most prestigious research funding in Europe and aims to
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Bilkent Students Mourn December 17 Bombing Victims
Last week, Bilkent students gathered around the fountain in front of the Faculty of Science building to commemorate the victims of the December 17 bombing attack in Kayseri and express their opposition to terrorism.
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Bilkent to Participate in EU-Funded Research Project on Knowledge Exchange in the Humanities
The Department of Political Science and Public Administration is participating in an EU Horizon 2020-funded research project run by a consortium of universities from 12 countries in the greater Balkan and Caucasus regions (Armenia,
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UNAM Director to Guest Edit Issue of IEEE Specialty Journal
Prof. Hilmi Volkan Demir, director of the National Nanotechnology Research Center (UNAM) at Bilkent, has been asked to serve as guest editor of an issue of the IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Quantum
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