Students of Faculty of Engineering, Izmir University of Economics (IUE) will be involved in inventions. The new laboratory facility including 13 different units such as Industry 4.0, Aerospace, Electrical and Electronics, Biomedical, Drawing and Design, Computer Games Design, Molecular Research, Cell and Tissue Culture, Biotechnology, Robotics and Mechanics, Cloud and Advanced Simulation, Computer Laboratory, and Clean Room opened for research and innovation at Izmir University of Economics.
Onur Erdurak, student of Cinema and Digital Media at IEU, is currently attending the Cannes Film Festival. Stranded, the short film Erdurak directed, is being screened as part of the Short Film Corner at Cannes. Erdurak is representing IEU at the 71st Cannes Film Festival taking place from May 8th to 19th, 2018. His film has attracted a lot of attention at Cannes.
Students of Izmir University of Economics (IUE) Folk Dance Club shared their stage with the members of Gaziemir Municipality’s Ata Evi Center for Healthy Aging. Members of the Center danced ‘Harmandalı’ and ‘Damat Halayı’ with young students. Ata Evi Team mesmerized the audience. Dancers, between the ages of 18 – 85, performed Zeybek on the stage.
Students of Civil Aviation Cabin Services Program, Vocational School, Izmir University of Economics (IUE), completed their mock-up training at Turkish Airlines (THY) Flight Training Center. Second year students, who completed 2017-2018 academic year education at THY’s cutting-edge training center, experienced emergency situations such as in-flight fires, aircraft decompression, emergency landing, landing gear failure, etc. with realistic flight simulators.
Refugee kids tried to minimize the scars of war with outdoor games as part of the project titled, “See like a Kid”, developed by the students of Faculty of Communication, Izmir University of Economics (IUE). IUE communicators, who want to say, “Stop” to negative discourse about Syrian children, who have been forced to flee their homes, brought almost 40 Syrian children together at the outdoor games festival held on campus. IUE students played “catch the ball”, “hopscotch”, “dodgeball”, “tag”, “angry birds”, etc. with the kids. The happiness on children’s faces was worth seeing.
22 children, who participated in the Leader Children Agriculture Camp, a project by Izmir Provincial Directorate of Ministry of Food, Agriculture, and Livestock to raise awareness about nature and agriculture among children, became chefs for a day at Izmir University of Economics (IUE); cooked dishes with Aegean herbs.
Prof. Dr. Hürol Fışıloğlu, Founder of İlişki Pusulası Institute for Family Studies, and Retired Faculty, METU Department of Psychology, who indicated that arguing couples were shown as an example in most watched TV shows, series, said, “If a relationship is over, you need to avoid everything about that person. The most risky category is the friend category. ‘It is over, but can we stay as friends?’ Where does this need come from? It is done, it is over! Your ex does not have to be your fiend”.
Izmir University of Economics (IUE) Faculty of Business awarded students with high grade point averages. 29 successful students from 2017-2018 fall semester were awarded their certificates of achievement at the “Dean’s List” event, which is being held by Faculty of Business since 2014 – 2015 Academic Year Spring Semester.
Izmir Sciencepark, a science and technology park dedicated to become the center for designing high added value product development in Izmir, ranked second in Early Stage Technology Development Zones (TDZ) Performance Index, performed by the Ministry of Science, Industry and Technology.
Graduating class of the Faculty of Fine Arts and Design with its five departments proudly present, their graduation projects in the 2018 Graduation Exhibition. The students from the departments of Fashion and Textile Design, Industrial Design, Visual Communication Design, Architecture, Interior Architecture and Environmental Design will showcase their work in the Exhibition. Following the Exhibition Opening, the Fashion Design students will present their work in the Fashion Show, with more than 80 pieces.