A team of students from the Faculty of Engineering recently came in third in the Digital Turkey Blockchain Hackathon-Digiathon competition with their project MikroVeri. The team included Kaan Aydeniz (CS/I), Ege Aybars Bozkurt (EE/II), Kadir Metehan Çalışkan (EE/III) and Utku Koca (ME/I). The competition was held on November 12 and[Read More…]
Winter is coming, and with it the potential for slippery roads and hazardous driving conditions. As a precautionary measure to avoid weather-related accidents and traffic tie-ups in the Bilkent vicinity, all academic and administrative personnel, students and visitors to the campus area are required to have winter tires on their[Read More…]
“Hotelier Middle East” has unveiled the 100 best GMs in the Middle East hotel industry in the publication’s General Manager Power 100 list, 2022. Department of Tourism and Hotel Management ’98 graduate Hakan Özel was selected as one of the top 10 most powerful hotel managers in the UAE. Mr.[Read More…]
BY ERİNÇ ADA CEYLAN (ME/II) For most of us, a new role in life presents a variety of challenges and some surprises, too. Advice from someone who’s already been there can help get us through the rough spots. In the case of university students, who better than seniors to offer[Read More…]
The short animation film “Fish Out of Water” by Nur Özkaya (COMD ’21) has been listed on the long international watch list for Short Film Animation Oscar 2023 by Animation Magazine in the US. Although this is not a final nomination, it recognizes Özkaya’s achievement through qualifying awards and national[Read More…]
November 10, 2022, marked the 84th anniversary of the death of Turkey’s beloved Atatürk. Bilkent University commemorated the solemn occasion over the course of two days with several events. On the morning of Thursday, November 10, members of the Bilkent community gathered at Bilkent’s Atatürk Monument to observe a moment[Read More…]
With the cooperation of Ankara Metropolitan Municipality and Bilkent University Department of Communication and Design, valued sites of the capital Ankara, included in the UNESCO World Heritage Tentative List, were depicted in a selection of short films. As part of the 33rd Ankara Film Festival, Gordion, Hacı Bayram Veli Mosque,[Read More…]
Thursday, November 10 9:05 a.m.at the Bilkent Atatürk MonumentMoment of Silence and the National Anthem 9:30 a.m.at Mithat Çoruh AuditoriumMini ConcertBilkent Youth Quintet*HIST 200 Project Presentation “The Program for Sending Students Abroad in the Field of Educational Sciences in the Early Republican Period: The Experiences of Şükran Oğuzkan”Muhammed Berk Alemdar[Read More…]
Effective November 1, 2022, Fatma Dağüstün, former Director of Accounting and Finance at Tepe Prefabrik A.Ş., was appointed acting director of the Financial Affairs Office. She takes over from Alaattin Tabur, who resigned from his position in order to continue his responsibilities at Bilkent Holding effectively. The name of the[Read More…]
BY YARA EMAD ABUNEMEH (COMD/IV)Earlier last week, a team at Bilkent’s National Nanotechnology Research Center (UNAM) designed a bacteria that could repair damage caused to the teeth or bones. The bacteria, which are modified to produce a protein that comes from algae, could change the way we look at bone[Read More…]
