On November 21, Bilkent Tourism Club hosted the General Manager of Mövenpick Ankara, Mr. Alp Mahir Akyüz, Department of Tourism and Hotel Management (THM) 2000 alumnus, for a business seminar. Initiated by Tourism and Hotel Management (THM) Instructor Güneş Karamullaoğlu as a part of her THM 409 Tourism Law course,[Read More…]
Campus & Community
Senior Theater Students Present Hot L Baltimore: A Milestone Performance
“Hot L Baltimore,” an evocative play, is brought to life by senior theatre students from the Department of Performing Arts under the direction of the department’s chair, Jason Hale. The students were set to perform Lanford Wilson’s acclaimed play in a production that premiered on November 21 at the Faculty[Read More…]
Bilkent’s Cyberpark Named Türkiye’s Most Successful Technopark
The Ministry of Industry and Technology announced the results of the 2022 Performance Index on November 13, 2024. According to the rankings, Bilkent Cyberpark ranked first overall as well as in the mature technoparks category. Bilkent Cyberpark also topped the rankings released in December 2022. Bilkent Cyberpark has numerous national[Read More…]
Faculty Promotions
Seymur Jahangirov, researcher at the National Nanotechnology Research Center and faculty member at Materials Science and Nanotechnology, was appointed as UNAM Associate Professor.
Bilkent AI Society Hosts Alumni Panel with Global AI Leaders
The Artificial Intelligence Society (Bilkent Yapay Zeka Topluluğu) will host a special alumni panel on December 5, featuring leading AI experts from top global companies, including OpenAI, NVIDIA, Google, Google DeepMind, Microsoft, Meta, and IBM. The event will run from 7 to 9 p.m. at FADA, FFB-22, and is open[Read More…]
Academic Administrative Appointments
Kemal Yıldız was appointed as Chair of the Department of Economics.
Bilkent and Japan Foundation Present “The Radiant City”
In honor of the 100th anniversary of diplomatic relations between Japan and Türkiye, “The Radiant City,” a new theater production by Japanese playwright and director Yoko Oike, will be performed at Bilkent University. The play, a collaboration between The Japan Foundation and Bilkent University’s Department of Performing Arts, features second-[Read More…]
Çiğdem and Hossein Dabir Award for Excellence in Short Fiction
The Çiğdem and Hossein Dabir Award for Excellence in Short Fiction is an annual award intended for Bilkent students who display exceptional proficiency in the short fiction form. Current applicants were selected from ENG 312 – Introduction to Creative Writing through their submission of a single work of short fiction.[Read More…]
Exploring Ancient Interactions and Cultural Dynamics
The Department of Archaeology will be organizing the 3rd Pisidia Symposium: “The Interaction of Pisidia with the ‘Outside World,’” on November 21 and 22, at the Library Art Room. The 3rd Pisidia Symposium will explore wide-ranging phenomena such as migration, economic exchange and social mobility, investigating the complex ways in[Read More…]
Training Sessions of Effective Reporting in Higher Education
The training sessions of “Effective Reporting Beyond Scores in Higher Education,” a project supported by TÜBİTAK 4005—Innovative Education Practices Support Program, were held under the supervision of Asst. Prof. İlker Kalender, a faculty member of the Faculty of Education, in two terms on October 7–10 and October 21–24, at Bilkent.[Read More…]