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…]
In 2016, the Faculty of Engineering launched a program, led by the Academic Student Coordination Unit (ASCU), that connects incoming engineering students with volunteer upperclass students through contact groups. The volunteers welcome the newcomers, help them settle in at Bilkent and answer their questions. This year the tradition continued. The[Read More…]
The Department of Communication and Design (COMD) and the Neuroscience Program will hold “IMMERSION+ | Sound. Mind. Space.” on Thursday, October 15, from 1 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. at FADA, FFB-08. The event grows out of a two-year collaboration between the two units on sound, perception, immersive environments and their[Read More…]
Ufuk Balaman was appointed as Chair of the Department of Educational Sciences. Fulya Türker was appointed as Acting Chair of the Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics. Burcu Ayşen Ürgen was appointed as Assistant Director of the National Magnetic Resonance Research Center (UMRAM).
Bilkent students, alumni and faculty earned several awards at the 33rd International Adana Altın Koza (Golden Boll) Film Festival. Nehir Üstündağ (COMD ’26), now a master’s student in the Media and Visual Studies program, won the Best Experimental Film award in the National Student Films Competition for “Everything I Saw[Read More…]
