DOST’s Semester of Outdoor Activities Starts With a Day Trek
The Bilkent Outdoor Sports Society (DOST) held its introductory meeting and organized a camping activity and a trek in Çankoru last weekend. This first trek of the semester was open to all Bilkenters. From
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Thursday Performances From Bilkent Theater
Every Thursday this fall, audiences will have the opportunity to attend performances at the Bilkent Theater. This month, two productions are being staged by students of the Department of Performing Arts: “Third-Class Relationships,” with
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New Volunteers Get Acquainted With ENDOST and DHDP
BY BARIŞ SEVİ (PSYC/IV) Following last week’s TDP (Social Awareness Projects) meeting/reception, two of the organization’s projects, ENDOST (Friendship Without Disabilities Project) and DHDP (Railway Line Support Project), had their own get-acquainted meetings. ENDOST
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Bilkent Architecture Students at the Venice Biennale
This past summer, students of the Department of Architecture went on a two-week study abroad program in Italy. Between June 3 and June 16, 20 students traveled to five cities to visit important architectural
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English Comedy Comes to Erzurum
This December, Bilkent Erzurum Laboratory School’s foreign language departments will present an evening of comedy in English, with members of the English and German departments directing and acting in “Plaza Moon.” The production will
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Bilkent in Top 400 of QS World University Rankings
The Quacquarelli Symonds World University rankings report for 2014-15, released last week, lists Bilkent University among the top 400 universities in the world. Bilkent University ranks 399th, a position it shares with Boğaziçi University.
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Talat Halman’s New Shakespeare Book: A Turkish Landmark
In honor of the 450th anniversary of Shakespeare’s birth (1564), Prof. Talat Halman, Turkey’s first Minister of Culture (1971), has published a large new volume, “William Shakespeare: Aşk ve Anlatı Şiirleri” (Poems of Love
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Halil İnalcık’s 99th Birthday Celebrated
On September 7, an event celebrating Prof. Halil İnalcık’s 99th birthday took place at the Bilkent Hotel. Guests included faculty and students of the Department of History, Provost Adnan Akay, Vice Rector Kürşat Aydoğan,
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