Ubeyd Dincer, a 2022 graduate of the Department of Economics, has been awarded the “Student of the Year” prize by the INFORMS Chicago Chapter for a project titled, “Financial Burden of Stroke Patients Arriving at Non-Specialized Hospitals.” Currently completing his Master’s degree in Data Analytics at Loyola University Chicago, Dincer[Read More…]
Alumni
Bilkent Alumni Receive IEEE Türkiye PhD Thesis Awards
Bilkent alumni were recognized during the IEEE Türkiye Science Awards 2025, where the IEEE Türkiye PhD Thesis Awards were presented. The award ceremony was held on December 13 at İstanbul Technical University, recognizing outstanding doctoral dissertations completed in IEEE-related fields across Türkiye. Among the recipients of the IEEE Türkiye PhD[Read More…]
Erdem Ceydilek Selected for Hubert H. Humphrey Fellowship Program
Dr. Erdem Ceydilek (IR ’08, ’12, ’20) has been selected as one of two participants from Türkiye for the Hubert H. Humphrey Fellowship Program. Dr. Ceydilek, an instructor in the Department of International Relations and the Coordinator of the International Students Office at METU, will spend the 2025–26 academic year[Read More…]
COMD Graduate’s Film Shortlisted by International Festival
Bekir Efe Demetgül (COMD/’25) has had his graduation short film “Crimes De Facto” shortlisted for the 24th International Student Film and Video Festival (ISFVF), organized by the Beijing Film Academy. The ISFVF is considered one of the world’s leading student film festivals and is hosted by the largest film academy in Asia. The[Read More…]
Bilkent Graduate Takes Senior Leadership Role at Standard Chartered
Gürkan Ensari (MAN’01) was appointed Managing Director, Head of Loan Syndicate, Europe at Standard Chartered Bank (SCB). In this senior leadership role, reporting directly to the Global Head of Loan Syndicate, he is responsible for managing the underwriting risk of the bank’s European syndicated loan business and implementing strategies to[Read More…]
MBG Alumnus Receives Vehbi Koç Prize
Bilkent alumnus Assoc. Prof. Kıvanç Birsoy was awarded the Vehbi Koç Prize in the field of health for his biomedical research on the energy and nutrient utilization mechanisms of cancer cells. Through these studies, Dr. Birsoy aims to understand the role of metabolism in cancer and transform the obtained data[Read More…]
Bilkent Graduate Takes Third Place in Miniature Painting Arts Competition
Öykü Terzioğlu Özer, a graduate of the Department of Turkish Literature, was recently awarded third place in the miniature painting category at the 5th International Dârümülk Islamic Arts Competition, organized by the Municipality of Konya. Özer, who completed her master’s thesis under the guidance of the late Talât Halman and[Read More…]
A Solo Exhibition by FA Alumna
Department of Fine Arts ’05 graduate Assoc. Prof. Seval Şener opened a solo exhibition, “Sleeping Venus,” at the Siyah Beyaz Art Gallery on December 6. The artist, who focuses on nudes in relation to original sin and expulsion from paradise, presents works that are centered on art history and mythology.[Read More…]
Bilkent Alumni Win L’Oréal’s Award for Women in Science
Asst. Prof. Zeliha Soran Erdem and Asst. Prof. Gülşah Merve Kılınç, both graduates of Bilkent University, were honored by L’Oréal Türkiye’s annual “For Women in Science” program. Dr. Erdem, a graduate of Materials Science and Nanotechnology (MSN) Ph.D. program, and Dr. Kılınç, who earned her PhD in 2014 from the[Read More…]
Bilkent Alumnus Wins Science Scholarship
Sarp Feykun Şener, a graduate of the Department of Physics and an undergraduate researcher under the supervision of Asst. Prof. Hasan Yılmaz at Bilkent University National Nanotechnology Research Center (UNAM), has received a scholarship from the Teke Tek Bilim Fund. The fund was created through a collaboration between the Contemporary[Read More…]