Author: Bilkent News Editorial

Academic Administrative Appointments 

Efe Tokdemir was appointed as Associate Dean of the Faculty of Economics, Administrative and Social Sciences.  Armağan Ateşkan was appointed as Assistant Director of the Graduate School of Education.  Emrah Özensoy was appointed as Assistant Director of the Graduate School of Engineering and Science.  Can Alkan was appointed as Assistant Chair of the Department of Computer Engineering.  Ercüment Çiçek was appointed[Read More…]

Athletics 200m–400m Sprint 

The “Bilkent Sports Games” Athletics 200m–400m sprint will be held on October 16 in the Stadium at 6 p.m. Date: Thursday, October 16  Participation: All Bilkent students  Students taking GE 250/251 will receive 10 points for completing the activity.   Registration: All Sports Halls  For more information please call ext. 1993. 

Track & Field Sprint Results 

The “Bilkent Sports Games” track and field sprint competition, organized by the Physical Education and Sports Center, took place on October 2. A total of 30 students participated in the women’s 50–100m sprint and men’s 50–100m sprint categories. The names of the finishers with the four best times in each category are listed[Read More…]

The International Chronicles

Name: İbrahim Akram Department: PHYS/I Country of Origin: Pakistan What were your first impressions about Türkiye?Türkiye is insanely beautiful! When I first arrived, I went straight to İstanbul. I was completely overwhelmed by how much history is packed into every corner. It felt like home, like I was back in[Read More…]

Welcome Picnic for Engineering Students

The Faculty of Engineering and the Academic Student Coordination Unit (ASCU) recently hosted a picnic event on campus to bring together engineering freshmen and senior students involved in a mentorship program. Launched in 2016, the program connects new students with volunteer upperclassmen through WhatsApp groups to offer guidance and support.[Read More…]

New Beginnings for Collaboration

The first “New Beginnings for Collaboration—Academia–Industry Dialogues I” event, organized by the Bilkent University Technology Transfer Office (TTO), took place at the Bilkent Rector’s residence on September 24. The program opened with a welcome address by Provost Prof. Orhan Aytür. Prof. Ekmel Özbay (NANOTAM) and Fikret Çınar (Nurol Makina) then[Read More…]

Sam Hirst Receives Marshall Shulman Book Prize 

Asst. Prof. Sam Hirst of the Department of International Relations has been awarded the prestigious Marshall Shulman Book Prize by the Association for Slavic, East European and Eurasian Studies (ASEEES) for his book “Against the Liberal Order: The Soviet Union, Turkey, and Statist Internationalism, 1919–1939” (Oxford University Press, 2024). The prize recognizes[Read More…]

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