Campus & Community

Faculty Promotions

Ayşe Çelikkol, faculty member in the Department of English Language and Literature, Faculty of Humanities and Letters, was promoted to Associate Professor position on January 5, 2023.

Le Piment Rouge Reopens

With the beginning of the new semester, the Department of Tourism and Hotel Management’s practice restaurant, Le Piment Rouge, will again be welcoming guests for lunch as of Wednesday, February 8. Each week, a different set menu will be served, including an appetizer, main course and dessert, at a charge[Read More…]

Economics PhD Graduates Shine in Dissertation Competition

Merve Demirel Derebaşoğlu and Ömer Faruk Akbal, two recent PhD graduates from the Department of Economics, attained second and third place respectively in the 2022 Best PhD Dissertation competition held by the Turkish Economic Association (Türkiye Ekonomi Kurumu). Dr. Demirel Derebaşoğlu’s thesis, “Three Essays on the Effects of Education Policies[Read More…]

Bilkent Well-Being Days

This weekend, the Psychological Counseling and Development Center and the Teaching and Learning Support Center will be hosting the second “Bilkent Well-Being Days.” Open to all Bilkent students, the event will take place on Saturday, February 11. The topics to be discussed during the event’s sessions will be “Self-Development and[Read More…]

Nefise Abalı Publishes Her New Book

Nefise Abalı, a 2011 MA graduate of the Department of Turkish Language and Literature, has published her new book, “Havva’nın Düşü.” Ms. Abalı is currently working as a lecturer in the Turkish Unit at Bilkent. A collection of short stories, the book focuses on a woman’s account of growing up[Read More…]

Bilkent Aid Drive to Assist Earthquake Victims

The earthquake in Kahramanmaraş and the surrounding area on Monday, February 6, has deeply affected everyone. In response to this devastating event, the Bilkent University Social Awareness Projects (TDP) together with Radyo Bilkent are organizing an aid drive to support emergency operations in the region and to reach out to[Read More…]

Orhan Alisbah Mathematics Award Ceremony

The Department of Mathematics has a long tradition of honoring outstanding undergraduate and graduate mathematics students through the annual Orhan Alisbah Mathematics Awards, supported by the generous contributions of the Alisbah family. Two students, Metin Can Aydemir (MATH/IV) and Reidi Haderi (MATH/PhD), received this year’s Orhan Alisbah Fellowships at a[Read More…]

Best Practices Award From Zero Waste Summit

The third “Zero Waste Summit and Award Ceremony,” organized by the Ministry of Environment, Urbanization and Climate Change, was held at the Haliç Congress Center in İstanbul on December 23. The Zero Waste Project aims to control waste within the framework of sustainable development principles and to leave a clean[Read More…]

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