This term’s “Bilkent Sports Games” Swimming Weeks will take place September 30 – October 6. All students are invited to participate in these races for men and women. Categories: 25m, 50m and 75m Freestyle, 25m Breaststroke, 25m Backstroke Times: Participants can choose the date and time they compete, and they[Read More…]
Forget these questions and excuses: “I could do regular sports if I had someone to run with,” “I want to run but I don’t know how to start,” “How can I run without getting out of breath?” or “I have no sports background, can I still run?” The Physical Education[Read More…]
The American Chemical Society (ACS) has launched a new journal dedicated to electrochemistry, ACS Electrochemistry. Assoc. Prof. Burak Ülgüt of the Department of Chemistry has been appointed as a member of the inaugural Editorial Advisory Board, joining distinguished electrochemists across the globe (https://pubs.acs.org/page/aeclc7/editors.html). According to Editor-in-Chief Prof. Patrick Unwin, the[Read More…]
Assoc. Prof. Gülüm Özçelik, Faculty of Law, has been awarded a Jean Monnet Chair on the Legal Aspects of Migration Management in the European Union and in Türkiye. With its teaching, research and dissemination activities, the chair aims to promote academic discussion on the legal aspects of migration and international[Read More…]
Bilkent PhilFest, Türkiye’s only large-scale philosophy festival, will take place this year on Saturday, September 28. The event is organized by the Department of Philosophy, Bilkent Philosophical Society, Bilkent University Library, Psychological Counseling and Development Center and Teaching and Learning Support Center. Attendance is free and open to everyone. Visitors[Read More…]
Bilkent students were awarded second prize in a short film competition organized by the Ankara Bar Association Gelincik Center for their work, “Anlatmam Gerek.” The script was written by Bahar Candemir (LAW/III) and Firdevs Sayan. Candemir also played the lead role in the film. The second lead character was portrayed[Read More…]
A groundbreaking study published in “Nature Communications” unveils a method for laser nanofabrication directly within silicon, with significant implications for the fields of nanophotonics, silicon photonics and 3D electronic-photonic integrated systems. The research, led by Asst. Prof. Onur Tokel from the Department of Physics and UNAM – National Nanotechnology Research[Read More…]
The “Turkish and International Students Come Together: Gather and Mingle” event, held for the first time this year as part of the GE100 Orientation Course, received great interest from new Bilkent students. Organized in collaboration with the Student Activities Center and the Bilkent International House, the event took place on[Read More…]
Batu Özcan, a percussion student at Bilkent University Music Preparatory School, won first place at the BOLERO International Music Competition held in Slovenia. The competition included participants from Hungary, Italy, Ukraine, Serbia, Russia, Turkey, Poland, Croatia and Slovenia. Congratulations to Batu Özcan and his instructor, Aydın Mecid.
BY EKİNSU POLAT (AMER/III) Efe Alpay holds a PhD in Industrial Design (2023) and an MSc in the same field from Middle East Technical University as well as a BFA in Graphic Design from Bilkent University, where he was the second-ranking student. His research interests include generative design, 3D printing[Read More…]
