Next in the series of interviews with alumni who pursue their graduate careers in reputable research universities abroad is the story of Zeynep Selçuk (FENS, BIO 2018).

Faculty of Engineering and Natural Sciences Member Zehra Sayers became the first Turkish national to win the AAAS Award for Science Diplomacy given since 1992.

Sabancı University alumni continue graduate education in the leading research universities of the world. Last year, 8% of our undergraduate alumni chose to pursue graduate education in prestigious universities abroad.  

We asked Burak Aksar (FENS, EE 2018) what he considered when he made his choices, his experiences in the process, and his advice to students thinking of going abroad for education.

Interview: Melek Sarı

Collaboration Space Workshops continue in February.

Faculty of Engineering and Natural Sciences (FENS) Member Dr. Emre Erdem was chosen for the TÜBİTAK 2232 - Research Fellowship Program for Returning Researchers with the project "ZnO Nano Kristalleri ve Grafen Köpük Elektrot Malzemelerin Sinerjik Etkisiyle Üretilen İleri Nesil Süperkapasitörler" where he is implementer. The advisor of the project is Dr. Canan Atılgan. 

Sabancı University Big Data Analysis and Visualization Lab (BAVLAB) and MIT Human Dynamics group won second prize in the "Social Integration" category of the "Data for Refugees Competition" organized by Türk Telekom.

A panel discussion was held on the role of companies in fighting domestic violence on Monday, February 4, at the Sabancı Center as part of the Sabancı University Corporate Governance Forum, TÜSİAD and UN Population Fund (UNFPA) project on "Business Against Domestic Violence" to help women take action against systematic pressure and violence they encounter at home or in their close relationships.

Faculty of Engineering and Natural Sciences (FENS) members receive TÜBİTAK Career Development Program 3501 support for their project.

Implementer Dr. Esra Koca and advisor Dr. Nilay Noyan won the support with their project titled “Stochastic programming problems with restricted recourse”.

The TÜBİTAK Career Development Program 3501 aims to encourage scientists with PhDs at the start of their careers through project support. 

Seven projects developed by Sabancı University were chosen to receive support from the TÜBİTAK 1001 Program. The TÜBİTAK Scientific and Technological Research Support Program (1001) aims to encourage projects on new knowledge generation, scientific advances and solutions to technological problems.

Faculty of Engineering and Natural Sciences (FENS) members Özgür Gürbüz Ünlüyurt and İbrahim Tekin won the 2018 Elginkan Foundation Technology Award.  

The winners of the 13th "Turkish Culture Research and Technology Awards" endowed by the Elginkan Foundation were announced.