Sabancı University Gender and Women's Studies Forum held a meeting on Thursday, October 15 to announce that the Forum would continue its endeavors as a Center of Excellence. The first event of the Center was a lecture by Professor Yakın Ertürk from the Middle East Technical University Sociology Department and former United Nations Special Rapporteur on Violence against Women on "Fighting Violence against Women in Peace and War."

The third Akkök Executive Development Program held by Sabancı University Executive Development Unit EDU in association with Akkök Holding conclded with a certificate ceremony held on Friday, September 4, 2015 at the Sabancı University campus in Tuzla.

Attending the ceremony were Akkök Holding Board of Directors Member and CEO Ahmet Dördüncü, Holding HR Director Şerife Füsun Ömür and a number of executive directors.

Melsa Ararat's recommendation submitted to the W20 Summit regarding flexible quotas for women on corporate boards was adopted.

With the invaluable support of Akbank Sanat, Sabancı University Sakıp Sabancı Museum is preparing to host “The Sky Event”, a series of conferences and art performences bringing together art, science, technology and architecture on October 23-24, 2015, in conjunction with its latest major exhibition titled “ZERO. Countdown to the Future”.

The knowledge gained in Sabancı University  Advanced Composite Materials and Polymer Processing-Structural Health Monitoring Laboratory has resulted with the first place in the Technology category of the TÜBİTAK University Entrepreneurship and Innovation Competion. Graduate students of Material Science and Nanoengineering Program; Çağatay Yılmaz, Çağdaş Akalın in the advisory of Assoc. Prof. Mehmet Yıldız won first prize with their project titled "  In-situ structural health monitoring of composite materials with embedded fiber optic sensors ." 

Sabancı University School of Management faculty member Can Akkan won the CEEMAN Teaching Award given to one person every year since 2010 to recognize outstanding individuals. As the first and only Turkish faculty member to win this recognition, Can Akkan received his award at the CEEMAN Conference held in Almaty, Kazakhstan on September 25, 2015.

The winners of the Hakan Orbay Research Awards given by the Sabancı University School of Management in honor of faculty member Hakan Orbay who passed away in 2011 were chosen. The award is designed to support young researchers of finance and microeconomics in creating original work.  This year's first prize went to Naveen Jindal School of Management, University of Texas at Dallas faculty Ümit Gürkan Gürün with his paper “Resident Networks and Firm Trade.”

Times Higher Education (THE) reveals 2015-2016 World University Rankings. 800 universities were evaluated this year, and Sabancı University was within the 351-400 bracket. 

World Economic Forum reveals Global Competitiveness Report 2015-2016. Turkey declines 6 places due to issues with the macroeconomic environment and institutions, becoming 51st among 140 countries.

Key Findings:

1. According to the Global Competitiveness Report 2015-2016, countries need to increase efficiencies to combat the decline in growth worldwide and high unemployment.

RePEc (Research Papers in Economics), the leading academic index in economics, included Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences Faculty Members Eren İnci, Remzi Kaygusuz and Hakkı Yazıcı in the “Top 40 Economists Under 40” rankings this year.