On February 11, 2026, Sabancı University, through its Career Development & Internship Office, hosted the Happy Place to Work Türkiye CHRO 100 Award Gala, bringing together leading figures in the field of human resources. The gala, held at the Sabancı University Performing Arts Center, was attended by approximately 900 guests.

In conjunction with Suzanne Lacy: Birlikte/Togæther, organised by Sabancı University Sakıp Sabancı Museum with the support of the Sabancı Foundation, the online talk series Performance Talks: Strategies of Keeping It Live, taking place on 24 February and 5 March, reconsiders performance art’s presence within museum collections through the lenses of vitality, time, and care.

The Istanbul Policy Center (IPC) is addressing a significant dimension of current political debates with a panel discussion titled “Authoritarianism Through Law: Global Patterns of Legalism as Governance,” to be held at IPC Karaköy on February 24th. The panel will be moderated by IPC Senior Scholar Alper Kaliber.

Sabancı University, through its bilateral collaboration with Human Resocia, a Japan-based human resources company, offers its students the opportunity to work in Japan after graduation. Within the framework of this long-term collaboration, students gain the chance to embark on an international career after a selection and preparation process conducted during their undergraduate studies. We spoke with our graduates Berna and Yiğit about this experience.

The Istanbul Policy Center hosted Renata Salecl, a leading figure in contemporary critical theory, for a talk on her book, "Running on the Spot – The Subject as a Hostage of Neoliberalism." The event explored how neoliberal systems shape individual and societal experiences through the concepts of freedom, choice, and responsibility.

Our recently approved TÜBİTAK 1001 project is titled “Dynamics of Weighted Shifts on Directed Graphs.” To fully understand the terms in this title — and therefore its essence — one would normally need a substantial mathematical background. In this article, however, we will attempt to illustrate the main ideas behind the project for a broader audience.

Sabancı University's Foundations Development Program (FDP) is a unique educational model inspired by the Core Curriculum and Liberal Arts traditions in higher education. This program aims for students to develop holistically, not only in their fields but also intellectually, ethically, and analytically.

The results of the 2025 call for proposals for the Marie Sklodowska-Curie Action Postdoctoral Fellowships (MSCA PF) Programme under the Horizon Europe Programme have been announced. The project ‘AIMLA’, to be coordinated by Sabancı University, has been awarded funding by the European Commission for 24 months.

The 12th Women Directors Conference, organized by the 30% Club and hosted by the Sabancı University Corporate Governance Forum, took place on February 12th at The Marmara Taksim with the theme "Resilience in a Multiple Crisis Environment and the Changing Role of Boards of Directors."

We have lost one of our university's emeritus professors, the esteemed academic Prof. Dr. Sabri Sayarı.