On Saturday, April 26, nearly 400 runners, joggers and walkers were ready at the starting line at the East Sports Hall. They included Bilkenters of all ages as well as friends and guests. The 3.5 km route took the competitors from the East Sports Hall to the Stadium. Following the[Read More…]
BY PELİN SU UZUNCAGİL (AMER/IV) Yaghoub Heydarzade is an assistant professor in the Department of Mathematics. He received his MS from Shahid Beheshti University in Gravitation & Cosmology in 2013 and PhD from Azarbaijan Shahid Madani University in Theoretical Physics in 2018. He instructs courses such as MATH 225 (Linear[Read More…]
Emma Louise Baysal, faculty member in the Department of Archaeology, was appointed as associate professor. Seçkin Köstem, faculty member in the Department of International Relations, was appointed as associate professor. Eray Tüzün, faculty member in the Department of Computer Engineering, was appointed as associate professor.
BY MAHİR HASSAN MİAN (ECON/III) Name: Santino Di Dio Department: Economics University: University of Naples Federico II Country of Origin: Italy What were your first impressions about Türkiye? Türkiye is a fascinating country with a rich cultural heritage. The people are incredibly welcoming, and the blend of modernity and tradition[Read More…]
Name: Mojtaba Jaberi Department: POLS How often do you exercise? I exercise three to four times a week. How has regular exercise affected your life? It has given me an opportunity to cope with the stress of academic life. It’s also been a time to think and reflect on life[Read More…]
Burcu Ayşen Ürgen was appointed Assistant Chair of the Neuroscience Graduate Program.
The Bilkent Symphony Orchestra (BSO) gave a special concert on April 14 at the Bilkent Concert Hall to mark the 110th anniversary of the birth of Prof. İhsan Doğramacı, the founder of Bilkent University, who was a lifelong music lover. The performance, which began at 8 p.m., was conducted by[Read More…]
Students from the Faculty of Engineering have been awarded an Honorable Mention in the “Reaching and Accessing Türkiye 2053 Inter-University Idea Competition,” organized by the Republic of Türkiye Ministry of Transport and Infrastructure. Now in its second year, the competition was launched to shape the future of Türkiye’s transportation, maritime[Read More…]
Bilkent University hosted its annual Zero Waste Festival during the week of April 9–17. The festival began with a series of seminars on April 9 and continued with an outdoor event on April 17 at the Spring Festival area. Rector Kürşat Aydoğan made the opening speech of the festival. He[Read More…]
On Friday, April 18, Bilkent University hosted the seminar “AI in Education: From Stochastic Parrots to Synergistic Partners” led by Prof. Mutlu Çukurova, Professor of Learning and Artificial Intelligence at University College London. Prof. Çukurova explored how AI can function as tools, cognitive models and collaborative agents in education. The[Read More…]
