The Department of Archaeology, in collaboration with the British Institute at Ankara, recently hosted a hybrid conference titled “Integrated Approaches to the Political Geography of Southern Anatolia, 1650‒550 BCE.” The event was organized by Dr. N. İlgi Gerçek and Dr. Michele Massa along with the help of a dedicated team[Read More…]
Campus & Community
Sounding Off – The Next Generation of Women in Sound
The Department of Communication and Design (COMD), with support from the United States Embassy in Turkey, hosted the Sounding Off 2023 event at Bilkent on May 6 and 7 in the COMD media production studio. The purpose of the event was to motivate and provide guidance to women who have[Read More…]
2023 Graduation Ball
The 2023 Graduation Ball will be held on June 20 at the Bilkent Hotel’s Sakarya Ballroom at 8 p.m. The ball will feature Ankara Express Orchestra and DJ Levent Özkazanç. The ticket price is 970 TL. per person. Those who want to attend the ball can fill out the application[Read More…]
TDP Holds Children’s Festival
Toplumsal Duyarlılık Projeleri (TDP) organized their annual Children’s Festival in person for the first time in three years on May 6, at the East Campus grass field. More than 250 children from TDP’s eight target groups as well as earthquake victims participated in the event. TDP had many activities for[Read More…]
THEA Students Premiere Eugene O’Neill’s Early Short Plays
Three early short plays written by Eugene O’Neill premiered on May 5 in the Faculty of Music and Performing Arts Theater Hall. Directed by Jason Hale, chair of the Department of Performing Arts, the production is being staged by the Department of Performing Arts students as a senior project. Performances[Read More…]
The Bilkent History Graduate Symposium
Bilkent History Graduate Symposium was hosted on May 4–5 by the Department of History. The two-day symposium brought together 28 graduate students from Turkey, the UK, the US and Austria. The symposium opened with a welcoming speech by Department Chair Mehmet Kalpaklı and a keynote talk by Christoph K. Neumann[Read More…]
BLIS Inagurates New Documentation Studio
Bilkent Laboratory and International School (BLIS) inaugurated its Documentation Studio on May 3, marking the opening of the first such facility in Turkey. Documentation Studio is an innovative initiative that provides educators from pre-K to high school, as well as higher education faculty, with an open space to document and[Read More…]
New Magazine by IEEE Bilkent Student Branch
IEEE Bilkent Student Branch initiated a new magazine, Mercek Dergi, which aims to provide undergraduate students from science and engineering faculties with the opportunity to read and analyze academic papers and write articles that reflect their understanding of the topics. In addition, the magazine encourages students to interview alumni and[Read More…]
Administrative Appointments
Şerife Tokulluoğlu, who has been serving as a coordinator at the Registrar’s Office, is appointed the Registrar. Zeynep Ekmekçioğlu, who successfully carried out her duties as the Registrar, retired on April 28, 2023. Bilkent University extends its gratitude to Ms. Ekmekçioğlu for her hard work and diligence during her time[Read More…]
Mechanical Engineering Students Win Best Poster Award
Mechanical Engineering students Alihan Bakır, Doğa Özbek, Amirali Abazari, Mustafa Uğur, Burak Arslan and Alperen Özzeybek joined the sixth IEEE-RAS International Conference on Soft Robotics (RoboSoft 2023) in April. This annual event, which this year took place in Singapore, is one of the world!s leading conferences on soft robotics and[Read More…]