Ali Javili, faculty member in the Department of Mechanical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, was promoted to Associate Professor position on February 6, 2024. Firdevs Ulus, faculty member in the Department of Industrial Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, was promoted to Associate Professor position on February 20, 2024.
Bilkent University has announced that in 2023, a total of 29 projects were selected to receive funding from the Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey (TÜBİTAK) under its 1001 program. The 1001 Scientific and Technological Research Projects Funding Program supports projects that generate new information or solve technological problems.[Read More…]
Elections for recently vacated department student representative positions will be held on March 13. Candidacy applications for these positions, in the departments mentioned below, will be accepted between 9 a.m., February 26, and 5 p.m., March 1, 2024, at the Registrar’s Office. Detailed information, including the election calendar, qualifications required[Read More…]
Asst. Prof. Meral Uğur Çınar, assistant chair of the Department of Political Science and Public Administration, recently published a new book, “Memory, Patriarchy and Economy in Turkey Narratives of Political Power,” with Edinburgh University Press. This book brings a dynamic approach to Turkish politics by showing how political struggles operate[Read More…]
On Sunday, February 25, Prof. İhsan Doğramacı, the founder of Bilkent University, was commemorated on the 14th anniversary of his passing. Early in the afternoon, a ceremony was held at the site of Prof. Doğramacı’s grave, outside the Doğramacızade Ali Paşa Mosque. Family members, along with Bilkent University Board of[Read More…]
BY EKİNSU POLAT (AMER/II)ekinsu.polat@ug.bilkent.edu.tr Dr. Patrick McDonald obtained his PhD in English from the University at Buffalo, State University of New York in 2018, following an MA in English in 2016. He earned his BA in English with a minor in Mathematics from the University of Illinois, Urbana Champaign in[Read More…]
The “Bilkent Sports Games” swimming competition, organized by the Physical Education and Sports Center, took place February 6–18. A total of 20 students participated in the event’s women’s and men’s categories: the 25, 50 and 75m freestyle, 25m breaststroke and 25m backstroke. The names of the finishers with the three[Read More…]
Tai Chi is a system of practices related to martial arts of Chinese origin. As well as being an art of living, it teaches people how to be in harmony with themselves and nature. It is a moving meditation technique and a wisdom teaching. For this reason, it can be[Read More…]
In a gathering on February 10th at the C-Block Auditorium, the convergence of myth, history and art took center stage. Collaboratively organized by the Storytelling and Mythology Society, the Science Fiction and Fantasy Society and the Literature Society, and with contributions from the Department of Turkish Literature, the event brought[Read More…]
On Saturday, February 10, the Faculty of Law commemorated Ege Okant (LAW ’17), who passed away in Malatya during the earthquake of February 6, 2023. Ege was celebrated with deep love through the eyes and memories of her family and friends at the ceremony. Ege’s name and memory will be[Read More…]
