Bilkent News Editorial – Page 92

Faculty Promotions

Efe Tokdemir, faculty member in the Department of International Relations, Faculty of Economics, Administration and Social Sciences, was promoted to associate professor position on November 6, 2023.

November 28, 2023 by Bilkent News Editorial

The “Bilkent Sports Games” fall semester squash tournament took place last week, on the evenings of November 21–24, with competitions in four categories. Below are the names of the players who finished in the top four places in each category. Women’s (Beginner) 1- Ece Melisa Koçak 2- Aleyna Akkaya 3-[Read More…]

November 28, 2023 by Bilkent News Editorial

FACULTY Q&A: Interview with Abdullah Atalar

As a professor in the Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Abdullah Atalar got his BSc from METU. He received his MSc and PhD from Stanford University. In 1980, he started teaching at METU. For some time, he also worked for companies like HP, Leica and ASELSAN. In 1986, he[Read More…]

November 28, 2023 by Bilkent News Editorial

THM at Travel Expo 2023

While celebrating the 100th year of the Turkish Republic, the 6th International Travel Expo Ankara Fair opened its doors on November 16–19, at the ATO Congresium. This year, the fair’s theme focused on health tourism and attracted various stakeholders, including tourism industry actors, municipalities from all around Turkey, embassies and[Read More…]

November 28, 2023 by Bilkent News Editorial

Dolby Atmos Listening Sessions Held

The Department of Communication and Design (COMD) organized an event, Dolby Atmos Listening Sessions, which took place on November 17–18. A group of 39 artists, composers, sound designers and mix engineers were hosted for two days / four sessions. Dolby and Apple Music helped support the event. The event took[Read More…]

November 28, 2023 by Bilkent News Editorial

Pigments, Colors and Ideas

The Faculty of Humanities and Letters and the Faculty of Art, Design and Architecture organized the event “Pigments, Colors and Ideas,” which took place on November 23–24, for the occasion of the 100th year of the Turkish Republic. The Opening Reception at the Museum of Anatolian Civilizations started with the[Read More…]

November 28, 2023 by Bilkent News Editorial

IAED Student at NYC NFT Event

Oğuzhan Gülcan’s (IAED/I) project “Red” was accepted for exhibition in the NFT NYC event, which will be held this April in Times Square in New York. NFT NYC, established in 2019, connects leaders, influencers, developers and fans of NFTs (non-fungible tokens) in New York City (NYC). It focuses on the[Read More…]

November 28, 2023 by Bilkent News Editorial

New Book by Mustafa Çelebi Pınar

Prof. Mustafa Çelebi Pınar, associate provost and faculty member at the Department of Industrial Engineering, has coauthored the new book, “Problems and Solutions for Integer and Combinatorial Optimization: Building Skills in Discrete Optimization” in the SIAM/MOS series of the Society of Industrial and Applied Mathematics (SIAM) and the Mathematical Optimization[Read More…]

November 28, 2023 by Bilkent News Editorial

Sedat Simavi Health Sciences Award to Urartu Şeker

Asst. Prof. Urartu Şeker from Bilkent University’s National Nanotechnology Research Center (UNAM) won the 2023 Sedat Simavi Foundation Health Sciences Award for his work “Engineered Bacteria with Genetic Circuits Accumulating Nanomagnets as Magnetic Resonance Imaging Contrast Agents.” The Sedat Simavi Award was established in 1977 by the Turkish Journalists Society.[Read More…]

November 28, 2023 by Bilkent News Editorial

Prof. Hansson Discusses Intriguing Aspects of Quantum Theory

Bilkent University hosted Prof. Thors Hans Hansson of Stockholm University and the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences as a speaker for the 2023 İhsan Doğramacı Memorial Lecture. This year’s memorial lecture titled “Five Wonders of the Quantum World,” was held on Wednesday, November 15, at the İhsan and Ayser Doğramacı[Read More…]

November 21, 2023 by Bilkent News Editorial