Bilkent Graduate Student Wins MRS Best Poster Award
This month, graduate student Fahri Emre Öztürk from the National Nanotechnology Research Center (UNAM) received the best poster award at the fall 2014 Materials Research Society (MRS) meeting in Boston, USA. The organization’s yearly
Read More »
Computer-Aided vs. Computer-Generated Music
Unfortunately, due to confusion in scheduling, I will have to postpone the Kadebostany concert review to the next column. In this column, I will review the recent Kiasmos concert in Istanbul and discuss the
Read More »
Major Lecture on Nazım Hikmet
The English-speaking world has applauded the 11 books on Nazım Hikmet published by Mutlu Konuk Blasing, a professor of American literature at Brown University since the 1980s. This week, she will be giving a
Read More »
Ex Libris: News from the Library
This week, on December 18, we will host the third and final Library Lunchtime Lecture for this semester. Our speakers are Jason Hale, chair of the Department of Theater, and his colleague and State
Read More »
PhD Student’s Poem Submitted for Pushcart Prize Anthology
A poem by Department of Turkish Literature PhD student Müesser Yeniay has been nominated for the 2016 Pushcart Prize anthology. Entitled “Geography of Darkness,” the poem appeared in Issue 13 (May 2014) of Shot
Read More »
Bilkent ADT Renews Itself
Bilkent ADT (Kemalist Thought Society) is now in its 10th year. As the organization completes its first decade in existence, it is going through a process of renewal. During its first 10 years, ADT
Read More »
Animation Workshop With Mait Laas
On December 9, renowned animation artist, author and director Mait Laas gave a workshop on stop-motion animation at the Department of Communication and Design. Mr. Laas spoke about the work of the Estonian puppet-film
Read More »
Günköy Volunteer Project
One of the TDP volunteer units, Günköy, carried out its main project of the current academic year during the weekend of December 6-7, working at a village school in Bartın, Amasra. Günköy’s aim is
Read More »