Students who are going to apply to an MS or PhD program soon may need to include a statement of purpose (SoP) with their application. They are invited to come to a Statement of Purpose Workshop to learn how to write an SoP more effectively and tailor it to different[Read More…]
Dr. Onur Erdem (EE – BS ’13, MSc ’15, PhD ‘20), a former graduate student researcher at UNAM, and his doctoral supervisor Professor Hilmi Volkan Demir have published a booklet entitled “Oriented Self-Assembly of Colloidal Semiconductor Nanoplatelets on Liquid Interfaces.” In their booklet, Dr. Erdem and Prof. Demir give a[Read More…]
Bilkent faculty members are among the scientists that have received this year’s Outstanding Young Scientist Awards from the Turkish Academy of Sciences (TÜBA). The Bilkent awardees are Asst. Prof. Yunus Emre Türkmen (Chemistry) and Asst. Prof. Hamdi Dibeklioğlu (Computer Engineering). TÜBA introduced the program to Award Young Scientists (GEBİP) in[Read More…]
The first Library Lunchtime Lecture of the semester took place on November 16 in the Library Art Gallery. The topic was “Privacy and Data Protection in the Digital Age,” which addressed the need for legal tools in protecting privacy and personal data in the digital age. The lecture was presented[Read More…]
Last week, the Department of Performing Arts organized its “Ancient Drama Week” and hosted five students from the ALEF University of Iran as well as Professor Mirali Fotouhi and Delaram Habib Piran. Throughout the week, the Iranian theatre students joined second-year Bilkent Performing Arts students in attending two master workshops.[Read More…]
On Tuesday, November 15, the Republican People’s Party’s (CHP) Chairman Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu gave a speech at Bilkent. The event, organized by Atatürkçü Düşünce Topluluğu, filled the Bilkent Concert Hall to capacity with 800 students, staff members and professors. Mr. Kılıçdaroğlu shared his reflections on economics and current political issues as[Read More…]
A team of students from the Faculty of Engineering recently came in third in the Digital Turkey Blockchain Hackathon-Digiathon competition with their project MikroVeri. The team included Kaan Aydeniz (CS/I), Ege Aybars Bozkurt (EE/II), Kadir Metehan Çalışkan (EE/III) and Utku Koca (ME/I). The competition was held on November 12 and[Read More…]
Winter is coming, and with it the potential for slippery roads and hazardous driving conditions. As a precautionary measure to avoid weather-related accidents and traffic tie-ups in the Bilkent vicinity, all academic and administrative personnel, students and visitors to the campus area are required to have winter tires on their[Read More…]
“Hotelier Middle East” has unveiled the 100 best GMs in the Middle East hotel industry in the publication’s General Manager Power 100 list, 2022. Department of Tourism and Hotel Management ’98 graduate Hakan Özel was selected as one of the top 10 most powerful hotel managers in the UAE. Mr.[Read More…]
BY ERİNÇ ADA CEYLAN (ME/II) For most of us, a new role in life presents a variety of challenges and some surprises, too. Advice from someone who’s already been there can help get us through the rough spots. In the case of university students, who better than seniors to offer[Read More…]
