Your body, gravity and your breath. You don’t need anything else to practice Animal Flow training. Last Saturday, May 27, Animal Flow training was held at the Yoga-Pilates area on Main Campus. Approximately 35 Bilkenters had a chance to learn and experience this workout with Pınar Tansı, Animal Flow regional[Read More…]
Author: Bilkent News Editorial
Gender Equality Committee Established
The Bilkent University Gender Equality Plan was adopted by the University Senate on September 12, 2022. As stipulated in the plan, a Gender Equality Committee has been established at Bilkent University. The committee’s role is to develop and propose initiatives on gender equality and inclusivity, to ensure follow-up of the[Read More…]
Extended Hours at the Library
To help students prepare for final exams, from June 1 to June 16 the Bilkent University Main Campus Library will remain open from 8:30 a.m. to 3 a.m. on weekdays and to 3 a.m. on weekends. These extended opening hours will apply only to the reading rooms in A Block;[Read More…]
Welcome Summer Festival Features Fatma Turgut
Welcome Summer Festival will take place on June 17–18. The Welcome Summer Festival concert will feature the Turkish rock singer Fatma Turgut. The concert will take place at the Odeon on Sunday, June 18 at 9 p.m. The regular ticket price is 400TL per person. Students will be able to buy one[Read More…]
Bilkent Mourns the Loss of Prof. Ersin Onay
Prof. Ersin Onay, founding dean of the Faculty of Music and Performing Arts (1988 – 2000) and retired faculty member (1988 – 2015), passed away on Monday, May 22, 2023. We wish to extend our condolences to the Onay family and friends as well as the entire Bilkent community.
GRA Graduate’s Art Work on Display in New York
Department of Graphic Design 2006 graduate and part time instructor in the same departmentDr. Efe Alpay has had his work “Call for Life” selected as one of the 15 works to be exhibited at the Bang & Olufsen flagship store in Soho Manhattan. It was selected from more than 500[Read More…]
The International Chronicles
BY MAHİR HASSAN MİAN (ECON/I) Name: Alhassan Raad Jassim Al-Badri Department: Computer Engineering Country of Origin: Iraq What do you like best about Turkey?What I like the most about Turkey is how amazingly hospitable and accepting the Turkish people are. Are there any similarities between Turkey and your home country?The[Read More…]
The Sporting Life
Name: Mehmet Üstün Görüş Department: IE How often do you exercise?Three to four times per week. How has regular exercise affected your life?It has improved the quality of my life in every way. What do you suggest to those who are just taking up a sport or starting to exercise?Try[Read More…]
FACULTY Q&A: Interview with Zeynep Şengel
BY PELİN SU UZUNCAGİL (AMER/II) Department of Translation and Interpretation instructor Zeynep Şengel received her BA and MA at Bilkent University. She graduated from the Department of Translation and Interpretation in 2005 and Conference Interpreting in 2008. She has worked as a conference interpreter. Before coming to Bilkent, she also[Read More…]
Badminton Tournament Results
The “Bilkent Sports Games” spring semester badminton tournament took place last week on the evenings of May 23 and 24, with competitions in three categories. The names of the players who finished in the top four places in each category are listed below. Women (Beginner)1- Tuğçe Sena Koyuncu 2- Selen[Read More…]