Hikmet Budak of the Faculty of Engineering and Natural Sciences was appointed as the National Coordinator for Turkey in the European Plant Science Organization (EPSO).  Turkey is being represented in the EPSO for the first time by Hikmet Budak.

Sabancı University ranked 106th in the UI Green Metric Ranking 2011 compiled by the University of Indonesia for the second time this year.  The only other university from Turkey on the list was Bilkent University, ranking 165th.

The highlights of Sabancı University in 2011 are in the Sabancı University 2011 Almanac

Research and Graduate Policies (RGP) Director Prof. Dr. Hasan Mandal has been appointed as Vice President as of 22 December 2011.

Our Rectorship will thus continue to serve with two Vice Presidents. Prof. Mandal will also continue as RGP Director.

A ceremony was held to celebrate the emeritus professorships of the valued Sabancı University faculty members Professor Ayşe Öncü, Associate Professor Cemil Arıkan, Professor Fikret Adanır, Professor Kemal İnan, Professor Korel Göymen, Professor Sabri Sayarı and Professor Vyacheslav Zakharyuta for their invaluable contributions to the institution and their respective fields of study.  The ceremony at Sabancı University was attended by President Professor Nihat Berker, deans of faculties, faculty members, students, employees and guests from academia.

Dear Sabancı University Members and Students,

In honour of our retired faculty members Fikret Adanır, Korel Göymen, Kemal İnan, Ayşe Öncü, Sabri Sayarı and Vyacheslav Zakharyuta becoming “Emeritus Faculty Member”, and retired RGP Director Cemil Arıkan becoming “Emeritus Director", we would like to invite you to the “Emeritus Faculty Membership Ceremony” which will be held on 22 December 2011.

We would like to thank our Emeritus Faculty Members, once again, for their distinguished service to our University.
 
Date: Thursday, 22 December 2011

The Digital Forensics Challenge held by the US Department of Defense’s Cyber Crime Center received 1147 groups from 52 countries this year.