The student council mid-year assembly general meeting was held on Tuesday, February 17, to fill the recently vacated student council seats. Emre Kurt (PHIL) and Zeliha Hazal Oğuz were elected as new members of the executive board. New audit committee members are Hüseyin Ata Yılmaz (THM) and Sıla Erdem (POLS).
The 28th Career Fair was held at Bilkent University’s Main Campus Sports Hall on February 17 and 18, attracting over 5,300 students. The event hosted human resources professionals and unit managers from 71 major corporations. Organized annually by the Career and Alumni Office, the Career Fair offers Bilkent students the opportunity to learn about[Read More…]
BY EHSAN SHAREEF (CTIS/II) Name: Zuzanna Helena Morawek Department: Archeology Erasmus +University: University of Wrocław Country of Origin: Poland What were your first impressions about Türkiye?My strongest first impression of Türkiye came from a trip I took a year before coming to Bilkent. I was amazed by the colors, the[Read More…]
The film “Sunflower Seeds,” directed by Zeynep Sude Baran (LAW/IV) and Bahar Candemir (LAW/IV), students from the Faculty of Law, became a finalist among 163 films in the Sabancı Foundation Short Film Competition. The theme of this year’s competition was “Educational Inequalities.” In addition, the production and editing were carried out by Zeynep Sude Baran, while the screenplay was written by Bahar Candemir, who[Read More…]
Bilkent University is launching a Science Café event series. The first event will take place on Saturday, February 21, at 2 p.m., featuring a talk by Prof. Tayfun Özçelik, chair of the Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics, titled “Fostering a Culture of Creativity in Science.” The event will be held at[Read More…]
In the University Sports Federation of Türkiye Division 1 American Football League, Bilkent’s team played a match on February 8, defeating Okan University with a convincing score of 41–6. The Bilkent Judges will play the final match of the group against Başkent University on February 21 at Hacettepe University Stadium. The winner will be promoted to the Super League. All Bilkent members are invited[Read More…]
By İrem Naz Duymuş (AMER/III) & Eda Emekoğlu (AMER/III) nazduymus@ug.bilkent.edu.tr eda.emekoglu@ug.bilkent.edu.tr Tutto Passa This week, my friends and I visited OMM (Odunpazarı Modern Museum), located in Eskişehir. Some of you might have visited OMM before or know of the large site-specific bamboo installation by Japanese artist Tanabe Chikuunsai IV, which has almost become a symbol of the museum itself. What makes this museum unique for me[Read More…]
Investment Weekend, organized by the Bilkent Management & Economics Community (MEC), was held last weekend at the Bilkent Hotel. The event focused on investment and the business world. Throughout the day, speeches and panel sessions were conducted on topics including global finance, technology, personal development, corporate strategy and human-centered investment. Representatives of BeNova Consulting, Türkiye İş Bankası, Bilkent Holding, Bilkent Cyberpark and Ekonomi Ekranı attended the event and met with[Read More…]
Bilkent graduate student, Ahmet Arif Aslan, along with his advisor, Asst. Prof. Erdinç Tatar, won the best paper award at “The 39th International Conference on Micro Electro Mechanical Systems (IEEE MEMS 2026)” in Salzburg, Austria, January 25–29, 2026. IEEE MEMS is the premier international conference in the field of Micro Electro Mechanical Systems (MEMS). Mr. Aslan and Dr. Tatar’s[Read More…]
Prof. Refet S. Gürkaynak, Dean of the Faculty of Economics, Administrative and Social Sciences, has been elected as a Fellow of the International Association for Applied Econometrics (IAAE) for 2025. The IAAE Fellowship recognizes distinguished contributions to applied econometrics. Fellows participate in the governance of the association, including the annual selection of new fellows. The distinction is awarded for[Read More…]
