The commencement ceremony for the 12th undergraduate and 9th graduate classes of Sabancı University will take place on Saturday, June 25th, 2011 with the attendance of Board of Trustees Chair Güler Sabancı and President A. Nihat Berker.

Graduates will receive their diplomas at the commencement ceremony to be held at the Tuzla campus.  Awards established in memory of the late Sabancı University faculty member Gürsel Sönmez, who passed away in 2006, will also be given at the ceremony.

Commencement ceremonies have been important events to build the institutional memory of the university since 2000, when the first students graduated.  The “Academic Year Closing Lecture” given to the commencement class one day before the ceremony has also become a tradition.

NanoTR - Nanoscience and Nanotechnology Conference is the most comprehensive meeting organized annually in Turkey in the field of nanoscience and nanotechnology. The 7th Nanoscience and Nanotechnology Conference (NanoTR VII) will be held in Sabancı University on June 27 - July 1, 2011 in Istanbul.

The Sakıp Sabancı International Research Award Was Given to Professor Kemal Kirişci for His Article on a Multidimensional Look at Turkey’s Foreign Policy

Held in honor of the late Sakıp Sabancı, the Honorary Chairman of the Sabancı University Board of Trustees, the 6th Sakıp Sabancı International Research Awards will be given at a ceremony hosted by the Board of Trustees Chair Güler Sabancı and President A.

The exhibition, entitled “Across - The Cyclades and Western Anatolia During the 3rd Millennium BC” is composed of artifacts from various Turkish museums as well as the National Archaeological Museum and the N. P. Goulandris  Foundation Museum of Cycladic Art, Athens. It examines the relations between the Cyclades in the Aegean and the nearby Anatolia that gave rise to reciprocal influence, creating two cultures which are similar in many respects, nonetheless maintained distinctive regional characteristics.

Ayşe Parla receives the TUBA-GEBIP award 2011, given by the Turkish Academy of Sciences to Outstanding Young Scientists.

One of the young stellar researchers at FASS, Ayşe is a sociocultural anthropologist teaching mainly in our Cultural Studies programs.

The award will finance a research project on migration and citizenshipfor the next three years. Ayşe will receive the award in a ceremony on June 3, at the annual Academy Day in Istanbul.

The SU Alumni Reunion of those living in America took place over a nice dinner on Friday, May 6th, at the Harvard Faculty Club.

Named in honor of the late Sakıp Sabancı, the Honorary Board of Trustees Chairman of Sabancı University, the Sakıp Sabancı Conference is held annually by Sabancı University in association with the Brookings Institution to discuss the latest developments in global politics and to draw attention to the role of Turkey in political developments on an international level.