Senior Lecturer Jason Hale, chair of the Department of Performing Arts, was invited to speak at the Shanghai Strategic Dialogue 2026, held at the Shanghai Theatre Academy in China on October 29–30. Organized by the ITI/UNESCO Network for Higher Education in the Performing Arts, the dialogue brought together international scholars,[Read More…]
Elif Küzeci was appointed as Associate Provost. Burak Ülgüt was appointed as Acting Dean of the Faculty of Science and Assistant Director of the Graduate School of Engineering and Science. Çağrı Mardin was appointed as Associate Dean of the Faculty of Law.
The second-term 2026 call for the TÜBİTAK 2247-C STAR Intern Researcher Scholarship Program is now open to undergraduate students and teachers. The program aims to encourage research engagement by supporting them as scholars in scientific projects funded by TÜBİTAK, conducted at TÜBİTAK institutes, or backed under the Council of Higher[Read More…]
The exhibition “LÖSEV: The Name of Hope and Miracle” opened on Thursday, November 5, at the FADA Exhibition Hall, bringing together printmaking works created by students in the Department of Fine Arts’ FA 213 Introduction to Printmaking I and FA 467 Curatorial Studies I courses. Developed in partnership with LÖSEV[Read More…]
On Tuesday, October 20, the IR Mentorship Network held its first meeting of the new academic year, bringing together mentors, mentees and faculty members from the Department of International Relations. The gathering gave students and alumni an opportunity to connect, exchange experiences and mark the beginning of a new mentorship[Read More…]
The Comparative Tort Law Conference, organized by Prof. Başak Baysal, Dean of the Faculty of Law, and Prof. Bénédict Winiger, honorary professor at the University of Geneva Faculty of Law, took place at Bilkent on October 16–17. Marking the centenary of the Turkish Civil Code and Code of Obligations, the[Read More…]
TEDxBilkent 2026 took place on October 24 at the Bilkent Odeon under the theme “Kıvılcım” (Spark). Organized by the TEDxBilkent club, the independently run event brought together speakers from a range of fields to share ideas, experiences and perspectives. This year’s speakers were Nükhet Duru, Yusuf Dikeç, Somer Sivrioğlu, Özgür[Read More…]
The Bilkent CYBERPARK ULUS Startup Office opened on Monday, October 13, in the Historical Ulus İş Hanı. A joint initiative of the Ankara Metropolitan Municipality, Bilkent University and Bilkent CYBERPARK, the office was inaugurated with a ribbon-cutting by Industry and Technology Minister of Türkiye Mehmet Fatih Kacır. Speakers at the[Read More…]
The final step in the Student Council elections was completed on October 12 with the selection of the council’s president and the elections for the vacant executive and audit committee positions. The new president is Doğa Vuslat Avcı (MAN/II), and the vice president is Sıla Erdem (POLS/III). The executive board[Read More…]
Assoc. Prof. Emel Özdora of the Department of Communication and Design gave a Science Café (Bilim Kafe) talk titled “From CSR to ESG: Sustainability and the Transformation of Green Industrialization in Türkiye in Light of COP31” on Wednesday, October 14, in the C-Block Auditorium. The talk was part of the[Read More…]
