Julian Bennett, faculty member in the Department of Archaeology, was promoted to professor position on January 18, 2024. Onur Özcan, faculty member in the Department of Mechanical Engineering, was promoted to associate professor position on January 18, 2024.
Lecturer Jülide Akşiyote Görür was appointed as assistant chair of the Department of Communication and Design, effective December 1, 2023. Prof. Ceyhun Bulutay was appointed as chair of the Department of Physics, effective January 22, 2024. Prof. Bulutay took over the position from Prof. Mehmet Özgür Oktel.
This semester’s “Bilkent Sports Games” Swimming Weeks will take place February 6–18. All students are invited to participate in these races for men and women. Dates: February 6– 8 Categories: 25m, 50m, 75m Freestyle, 25m Breaststroke, 25m Backstroke Times: Participants can choose the date and time they compete and have[Read More…]
The fall semester 6-on-6 football tournament has ended and the results are in. Organized by the Physical Education and Sports Center as part of the “Bilkent Sports Games” program, a total of 75 teams and 715 participants participated in the tournament. Each team represented one of the eight Sports as[Read More…]
The Physical Education and Sports Center has another semester of healthy, fun activities scheduled for Spring 2024. The courses and programs being offered include badminton, group exercise programs, martial arts, pilates, squash, table tennis, tennis and yoga, among others. Spring semester sports courses will take place at the Indoor Tennis[Read More…]
On January 10, the Department of Architecture hosted an international student workshop on developing circular solutions for the post-earthquake redevelopment of Hatay. The workshop was based on the #CircularCityChallenge framework, developed by Özlemnur Ataol (University of Groningen) for her ongoing research project on collaborative planning. Workshop facilitators included Job Schoren[Read More…]
In a collaborative effort spearheaded by the Horizon Europe Project CULTURATI, funded by the European Commission with a budget of 3.1 million euros, Dr. Eda Gürel, project coordinator, and Arzu Sibel İkinci, Director of Training from the Department of Tourism and Hotel Management, led a workshop on January 16. The[Read More…]
BY EKİNSU POLAT (AMER/II) Dr. Emine Geçgil has been teaching at the Department of American Culture and Literature since 2018. She has been with Bilkent for 15 years. She started teaching at the Vocational Program in Translation in 2009, where she taught translation courses for two years. When the department[Read More…]
The traditional bazaar, organized by Bilkent University UNICEF volunteers, opened on January 16 and will run until April 16, 2024. For the month of January, the bazaar will be open every Tuesday and Friday from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Main Campus in building 49. New and secondhand souvenirs, clothes,[Read More…]
On December 18, students from the Science Technology and Society (STS) class participated in the Responsible Artificial Intelligence (RAI) competition on Zoom. STS is a class for engineering students at Bilkent University. In the fall of 2023, STS students consulted researchers and innovators working in artificial intelligence on their responsible[Read More…]
