The “Sports As a Way of Life” Fitness Challenge events are now complete. Participants of the Fitness Challenge exercised regularly for four weeks. They committed to taking part in physical activity at least two and at most five times per week. The main aim of the challenge was to help[Read More…]
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“Bilkent Sports Games” Tennis Tournament Results
The “Bilkent Sports Games” Spring Semester Tennis Tournament took place last week, on the evenings of April 5–7, with competitions in five categories. Students who played at least two matches received their GE250/251 points. Players who finished in the top four places in each category are listed below. Women (Beginner)1-[Read More…]
“Sports As a Way of Life” Cycling Tour
On Sunday, April 9, nearly 50 participants were at the starting line of the cycling tour, near the East Campus Sports Hall. They included Bilkenters of all ages as well as friends and guests. There were two routes, beginners and advanced, that took the competitors from East Campus to Main[Read More…]
“Sports As a Way of Life” Trekking
Nearly 40 individuals took part in the trekking activities held during the “Sports As a Way of Life” Walking Week. The participants covered a distance of about five km by walking two laps around Bilkent Lake. Students who completed the event received a GE250/251 score.
Lutz Peschke Presents Horizon 2020 Project in European Parliament
Following the invitation of Stelios Kympouropoulos, Member of the European Parliament (EPP, Greece), Asst. Prof. Lutz Peschke from the Department of Communication and Design presented the first results of the Horizon 2020 project PandeVITA in the European Parliament on March 21 in Brussels. Lutz Peschke is the coordinator of this[Read More…]
Thomas Zimmermann Elected Scientific Board Member for German-Turkish Academics Association
Assoc. Prof. Thomas Zimmermann, Department of Archaeology, was recently elected scientific board member of the German-Turkish Academics Association at Göttingen (Deutsch-Türkischer Akademikerbund Göttingen, DTAB). Amongst the prominent and internationally renowned board members are geologist Prof. Dr. Celal Şengör, historian Prof. Dr. İlber Ortaylı, economist Prof. Dr. Şevket Pamuk and Turcologist[Read More…]
April 3 Bilkent Day Celebration
April 3rd is the birthday of Bilkent University’s founder, Prof. İhsan Doğramacı. Each year, the university community celebrates the occasion as Bilkent Day, with special events including the annual Bilkent Day Conference and a commemorative concert. All of the day’s events took place in the Bilkent Concert Hall. The Bilkent[Read More…]
Academic Administrative Changes
Assoc. Prof. Emine Ülkü Sarıtaş Çukur was appointed Associate Provost, effective April 1, 2023. We wish her every success in this position.
FACULTY Q&A: Interview with Craig Ireland
BY PELİN SU UZUNCAGİL (AMER/II) Dr. Craig Ireland teaches at the American Culture and Literature department. He received his BA from Berkeley and PhD from Université de Montréal. Prior to joining Bilkent, Dr. Ireland taught for the philosophy and comparative literature departments at the Université de Montréal. His research and[Read More…]
Master of Conference Interpreting Students Receive Special Training
On February 27th, students from the Master of Conference Interpreting program participated in a special virtual session organized by the Directorate-General for Interpretation of the European Commission. Over 200 students from 28 universities joined the virtual session and practiced note-taking skills with professional interpreters. Note taking is an essential part[Read More…]