Prof. Refet S. Gürkaynak, Dean of the Faculty of Economics, Administrative and Social Sciences, has been elected as a Fellow of the International Association for Applied Econometrics (IAAE) for 2025.
Refet S. Gürkaynak Elected IAAE Fellow
New Book by Bülent Batuman
Assoc. Prof. Bülent Batuman, chair of the Department of Architecture, has published a new book, “Mekânın Politikası: Kriz, Kent ve Mimarlık” (The Politics of Space: Crisis, City, and Architecture).
Scholarship Funds and Donations
Smoke-Free Bilkent University Campus
Dr. Zavagno Leads Turkish Part of ERC Grant
Assoc. Prof. Luca Zavagno of the Department of Archaeology and the Department of History will serve as a key collaborator and coordinator of the Turkish Unit in the European Research Council (ERC) Advanced Grant project titled “Byz-GOVAG—Agents of Cohesion in the Governance of an Empire: The Anthropogeography of Byzantium, 7th to 12th Centuries.”
Dr. Fatih İnci Honored with Eczacıbaşı Award
National Nanotechnology Research Center’s (UNAM) Asst. Prof. Fatih İnci has been awarded the 2025 Eczacıbaşı Medical Incentive Award.
Dr. Demir Honored with IEEE ComSoc Award
Asst. Prof. Özlem Tuğfe Demir has been awarded the 2025 IEEE Communications Society Best Young Researcher Award for the Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) Region.
ICGEB Awards Dr. Fulya Türker Research Grant
Asst. Prof. Fulya Türker of the Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics has been awarded funding under the ICGEB-CRP Early Career Return Grant 2025 for her research on neurodegenerative diseases.
Dr. Ordu Wins TOYP Türkiye 2025 Award
UNAM Asst. Prof. Mustafa Ordu has been honored with an award in the TOYP Türkiye 2025—Ten Outstanding Young Persons of Turkey program.
Thomas Howard Receives Ralph Cohen Prize
Asst. Prof. Thomas Howard from the Program in Cultures, Civilizations & Ideas has been awarded the 2025 Ralph Cohen Prize from “New Literary History” journal.
Human and AI: The Power of Harmonious Collaboration
Assoc. Prof. Yıldıray Yıldız of the Department of Mechanical Engineering delivered a plenary lecture on recent advances in human–machine systems at the IFAC HMS’25 Symposium held in Beijing.
Math Problem for Every Month
Every month the Mathematics department hosts an open competition for any student. Problems will continue to come out each month, and allow a month for you to submit solutions.