The 17th Ayva Cup Basketball Tournament will take place April 24–30. At this annual event, men and women’s basketball teams from local universities – customarily including Başkent University, Bilkent University, Hacettepe University, Middle East Technical University, Çankaya University and Atılım University – to play to win the Ayva Cup trophy.[Read More…]
BY MAHİR HASSAN MİAN (ECON/I) Name: Lea Dupeyron Department: Management Country of Origin: France What do you like best about Turkey?The Turkish hospitality. They told me Turkish people are nice and welcoming, and it is totally true! I’ve met so many amazing people from all around the country, very friendly[Read More…]
BY ELİF BÜŞRA KARAZİYAN (MBG/II) With the continuous search for perfection and effectiveness, scientists are now leaning towards using smart materials in manufacturing processes. Smart materials are advantageous due to their ability to respond to stimuli by changing their self-organization and properties. They are mainly employed as sensors but, day[Read More…]
BY PELİN SU UZUNCAGİL (AMER/II) Associate Professor Bülent Batuman is Chair of the Department of Urban Design and Landscape Architecture as well as an instructor at the Department of Architecture. He is also the Associate Dean of the Faculty of Art, Design and Architecture. He received his B.Arch and M.Arch[Read More…]
Wednesday, April 26 and May 3, 7 p.m.Bilkent Chamber TheaterWritten by Jean-Baptiste Poquelin (Molière)Directed by Volkan M. SarıözTranslated by Sabahattin EyüboğluLighting Design: Yılmaz ErtekinCostume Design: Zeynep VarlıerCast: Aslı Bilge, Orkan Aydın, Yağmur Şen, Ayşe Yağmur Başak, Elif Özkara, Berfin Tosuner, İlker Şengül, Ege TolgaLighting Assistant: Akın ÇalışkanTechnical Assistance: Elif Ekizoğlu,[Read More…]
Name: Renas Akbaş Department: Chemistry How often do you exercise?I exercise more than four days a week. How has regular exercise affected your life?It helps me regulate my life. Because of sports, I can focus on my lessons better. What do you suggest to those who are just taking up[Read More…]
Department of Communication and Design 2021 graduate and current MFA student Nur Özkaya received the Giovanni Scognamillo Best Fantasy Film award at the 55th SİYAD (Turkish Film Critics Association) Awards for her short animation film, “There Is Nothing Called Home.” The film tells the story of a person who is[Read More…]
A ceremony to honor this year’s recipients of the Distinguished Young Scientist (BAGEP) award was held on April 8 at the Bilkent Concert Hall. Eight Bilkent faculty members were among the individuals receiving awards. This year, 39 scientists were named BAGEP award recipients. The Bilkent awardees are: Asst. Prof. Ayşenur[Read More…]
Burçin Ressamoğlu (IR’94), CEO of Sodexo UK Advantage & Reward Services, has been listed among the 100 inspiring women leaders by Yahoo Finance and Involve UK and ranked ninth in the Heroes Women Role Model List due to her activities promoting gender equality and cultural diversity in the business world.[Read More…]
BY ELİF BÜŞRA KARAZİYAN (MBG/II) Zehra Ekiz, a senior psychology student, and Mehmet Batuhan Candar, a senior electrical and electronics engineering student, received TÜBİTAK funding for their research “Machine Learning Analysis of Reducing Türkiye’s Energy Dependency Using Renewable Resources Based on Iceland’s Energy Model.” We asked them about the process[Read More…]
