In a collaborative effort spearheaded by the Horizon Europe Project CULTURATI, funded by the European Commission with a budget of 3.1 million euros, Dr. Eda Gürel, project coordinator, and Arzu Sibel İkinci, Director of Training from the Department of Tourism and Hotel Management, led a workshop on January 16. The[Read More…]
On December 18, students from the Science Technology and Society (STS) class participated in the Responsible Artificial Intelligence (RAI) competition on Zoom. STS is a class for engineering students at Bilkent University. In the fall of 2023, STS students consulted researchers and innovators working in artificial intelligence on their responsible[Read More…]
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. Three students, Yaman Paksoy (MATH/PhD), Yusuf Nar (MATH/IV) and Uzay Çetin (MATH/IV), received this year’s Orhan Alisbah Fellowships[Read More…]
To commemorate the 100th anniversary of the Republic of Turkey, the Department of Graphic Design organized a workshop titled “New Faces for This Century” Analogue Collage: Book Jacket Design Exhibition. The creative results of the workshop are on exhibit at the Library Art Gallery until December 25. The exhibition displays[Read More…]
Bilkent University Social Awareness Projects (TDP) volunteers visited Samankaya near Hatay’s Defne district on December 9 and 10. They met with children affected by the earthquake and engaged with them in various activities organized at Samankaya Muti–Zöhre Primary School. The volunteers also helped adults heal wounds left by the earthquake[Read More…]
The Department of Communication and Design celebrated its 25th year with a COMD alumni party on Wednesday, December 13. The event took place at Last Penny, where 450 COMD students and faculty performed live. The Bilkent COMD community gathered to honor the department’s contributions to the field of communication and[Read More…]
On December 11, Bilkent University celebrated the 2023 Nobel Prize awards with a symposium. The Nobel Day Symposium, with the theme “Enhancement of Cultures of Creativity,” took place at the Bilkent Concert Hall. Four hundred and fifty high school students from around Turkey attended the event, which aimed to engage[Read More…]
The Department of Computer Engineering has named the B-201 and B-202 computer laboratories in memory of Dr. David Davenport, a faculty member in the Department of Computer Engineering, who passed away in 2021. Dr. Davenport spent countless hours in these laboratories and helped many students with their first programming experiences in[Read More…]
On December 7, the Department of Tourism and Hotel Management hosted the 12th Bilkent Tourism Forum. This traditional, prestigious and yearly event brings together national and international industry leaders, academics from higher education institutions, corps and students to discuss current issues in tourism. With a theme of the “100th Year[Read More…]
This new year brings an exciting opportunity to make a child smile. Radio Bilkent and K1L0, one of TDP’s suborganizations, are saying “Hearts 1, Leukemia 0” together. Under the umbrella of Social Responsibility Projects (TDP), Radio Bilkent has joined K1L0, a social responsibility project targeting children with leukemia, to fulfill[Read More…]
