Fuat Keyman, Director of Istanbul Policy Center and Professor of International Relations at Sabancı University, spoke at a high level German Foreign Ministry panel on Improving German Foreign Policy in Berlin on May 20, 2014. 

Professor Keyman was joined by the German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier, the president of an influential Washington think tank, as well as representatives and experts on Europe and Ukraine. Prof. Keyman shared his insight on the actions Germany should take to respond to an increasingly uncertain global order.

Ersin Bayramkaya, one of the Clinical Psychologists from CIAD, has joined the team of five specialists from Turkish Psychologists Association Trauma Unit who have volunteered to provide psychosocial support for the miners, families and students who have been effected by the sorrowful incidence in Soma, Kırkağaç and Savaştepe.

Sabancı Univesity Offtown Festival'14 which was planned to happen on 23rd and 24th May, 2014 is postponed to a later date. We are saddened to receive the news of the coal mine blast in Soma on 13th May which has claimed so many lives. Our thoughts are with the families and friends of the victims and with many miners still trapped inside.

We are deeply saddened by the loss of lives and the present entrapment of many of our miners due to the accident in the coal mines in Soma.

We send our heartfelt condolences to all the relatives who have incurred a loss.

We are anxiously waiting for news of the rescue of our entrapped miners and for the recovery of the wounded.

Nihat Berker
Rector

Graduate School of Social Sciences Graduate Programs Fall applications 
By Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences  |  20 February 2014

In honor of the late Sakıp Sabancı, Honorary Chairman of the Board of Trustees of Sabancı University, the Sakıp Sabancı International Research Awards will be given for the 9th time this year at a ceremony hosted by Board of Trustees Chair Güler Sabancı and President A. Nihat Berker on Tuesday, May 13, 2014, at the Sabancı University Sakıp Sabancı Museum the Seed.

Given by Sabancı University in fields including Turkish and Islamic art, and the history, economy and sociology of Turkey, the Sakıp Sabancı International Research Awards will be given in “Gender Equality in Turkey” this year.

The theme was chosen because despite significant efforts and progress toward reducing the gender gap in its economic, political and social life, Turkey has fallen short of realizing the goal of gender equality by most standards. To cite only one assessment, it ranks 124th out of 135 countries in World Economic Forum's Global Gender Gap Report in 2012. It is thus as urgent as ever to understand the nature and extent of gender-based inequalities in Turkey in their structural dimensions and diverse patterns, as well as to recognize and evaluate the scope and impact of the achievements in the direction of equality. This requires a consideration of the interconnections between different domains of the gender regime in Turkey, from economic and political practices that prevent equal empowerment, to the taken-for-granted forms of everyday gendered behavior, the propagation of patriarchal values, or the restrictions on sexuality and gender identity rights. Such a consideration will benefit from alternative conceptualizations of persisting problems, proposals for new countervailing strategies, and the contextualization of issues of gender equality in different theoretical and comparative frameworks.

Sabancı University Gender and Women’s Studies Forum Director Sibel Irzık will speak at the ceremony on behalf of the jury panel consisting of internationally-distinguished scholars from Turkey and the world.  The Jury Prize will be given for the third time this year.

About the Sakıp Sabancı International Research Awards:
•    All entries, which may be coauthored, must be new and original works, not published previously in any form.
•    Essays must be of the format and size of a regular academic journal article (25 to 35 pages, in double-space format, including references).
•    An abstract of 500 words embedded into the original essay and a short CV of the author(s) are required.
•    Entries must be submitted in English, in the form of a Word document to the following address: http://award.sabanciuniv.edu/submityourentry/
•    A series of Essay Awards will also be given to researchers under 45 years of age. Th¬is category includes 10,000 USD for each of three award-winning essays selected by the same jury panel from among submissions made for the competition.
•    Th¬e Sakıp Sabancı International Research Award entails a Jury Prize for 25,000 USD on the above-mentioned theme.  The Jury Prize will be awarded to an individual who has made distinguished contributions in this theme.  The same jury will select this Awardee.

For further information: http://award.sabanciuniv.edu

Program
Date:      Tuesday, May 13, 2014
Time:      7:15 pm Welcome
               7:30 pm Awards Ceremony
               8:30 pm Refreshments
Place:     Sabancı University Sakıp Sabancı Museum, the Seed

NEW EXHIBITION AT KASA GALLERY

Time Is Money

OLGA KISSELEVA

Time is Money and Money Is Time are the two new exhibitions by Olga Kisseleva for Kasa Gallery and for the Museum of Contemporary Cuts. The exhibitions are conceived as two complementary and intertwined shows that happen simultaneously in physical and online spaces, creating a constant dialogue and reflection on the concept of money and time.

Time is Money, the exhibition at Kasa Gallery, will show a series of artworks and videos by Kisseleva that analyze the monetizing of time not as an invaluable personal possession but as an object that can be exchanged. As an artist that crosses multiple media – video, installations, performances – Kisseleva through her works of art questions the role that we all play in relinquishing our time for monetization.

Particularly within the context of contemporary 21st century media based societies, technology allows massive forms of exploitation and abuse. Time, as a personal property, is left at the mercy of a large variety of forms of exploitation that enshrined in forms of crowdsourcing and capitalistic frameworks of servitude, transpose time from the individual’s agenda to the corporation’s agenda. The tasks associated with time are no longer dictated by individual concerns but by corporative structures that, by re-allocating and creating tasks, steal time and money.

The landscape, in Kisseleva’s works of art, is a space of exploitation and abuse where time signals the disappearance of resources; the time left to consume resources is directly related to the time necessary to appropriate those resources. Consumption is instantaneous – and within the circuit of the circulation of goods even anticipated with Futures; the time of the future (a time not come into existence yet) is already consumed. 

In this landscape humanity itself becomes part of the ‘consumption goods.’ Its time is taken away and reassigned in the increased velocity of human interactions restructured and framed within meta-data frameworks of post-capitalistic exploitation.

Senior Curator: Lanfranco Aceti.

Event Manager: Çağlar Çetin.

Exhibition dates: May 9 – June 7, 2014.

Address: Kasa Galeri Bankalar Cad. No: 2, Karakoy, Istanbul.

Visiting hours: 10:00 – 17:00 every day except Sunday.

Follow Kasa Gallery on the web:

Website: http://kasagaleri.sabanciuniv.edu

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/pages/Kasa-Galeri/77695156678

Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/kasagaleri

SUMMER SEMESTER DORM APPLICATIONS

Details of placement and payments for undergraduate and graduate students who wish to use dormitory facilities in the 2013 - 2014 Summer Semester are given below.

• The details of students who will be staying at the dormitories for summer semester projects, compulsory internships, Summer Semester School of Languages (7 weeks) or the Summer Semester Courses (7 weeks) will be provided to Accommodations Services by the administrative assistans of faculties and Student Resources.
• Housing applications for the 2013 - 2014 Summer Semester will be made on-line at the student information system(bannerweb.sabanciuniv.edu). Applications will begin on 20.05.2014 at 10 am and end on 16.06.2014  at 5 pm.
• Placement results of all students applying online will be announced on student information system 20.06.2014.
• Dormitory fees must be paid between 20.06.2014 and 24.06.2014.

Having paid their fees, Foundational Development Year students may apply to the dormitory managers with their payment slips starting on 24.06.2014 to enter their rooms, Undergraduate and Graduate students starting on 29.06.2014.

We would like to remind you that you need to apply on-line even if lists have been sent to Housing by your faculties and Student Resources.

2013 - 2014 SUMMER SEMESTER HOUSING FEES

For students attending the Summer Semester Courses (7 weeks) and the Foundational Development Year Summer School (7 weeks):

• 4 person room 700 TL/per person/per semester/VAT Included
• 2 person room 1.100 TL/per person/per semester/VAT Included
• 1 person room 1.500 TL/per person/per semester/VAT Included

Undergraduate - Graduate students which stay at dormitory for that compulsory internship, assistantship, project: (In case of housing for 15 days or less in a month, the housing fee will be reduced by half. In case of housing for more than 15 days, the full rate will apply)

• 4 person room 300 TL/per person/per month/VAT Included
• 2 person room 400 TL/per person/per month/VAT Included
• 1 person room 500 TL/per person/per month/VAT Included

Graduate students will be accepted for the 2014-2015 Fall Semester leading to the M.Sc. and Ph.D. degrees in the following programs.

Detailed information on research areas including basic sciences can be obtained at http://fens.sabanciuniv.edu

Academic inquiries should only be posted to contact names for each program given below; for administrative or procedure related questions please contact to Student Resources. 
Phone: +90(216) 483 9093, E-mail: studentinfo@sabanciuniv.edu

	Biological Sciences and Bioengineering The program emphasizes the latest developments and technological innovations in this globally emerging field. Areas of specialization include molecular and cellular biology, bioinformatics, and plant biotechnology..
	Academic Contact: Batu Erman,  Phone: (0216) 483 9530,  E-mail: batu@sabanciuniv.edu	MSc. and PhD. Interview**: May 26, 2014 Important Notes
	Computer Science and Engineering Research areas; natural language processing, pattern recognition, formal methods, software engineering, cryptography and information security, network security, computer architectures, distributed systems, database systems, data mining, computer graphics and virtual reality, embedded systems, knowledge representation and reasoning. Starting from 2013-2014 Spring applications, the CS program will request a GRE Subject test score from all international applicants. For 2014-2015 Fall semester applicants, please be aware that a GRE Subject Test score would strengthen your application; so submit your score document, if you have already taken the test.
	Academic Contact: Cemal Yılmaz,  Phone: (0216) 483 9532,  E-mail: cyilmaz@sabanciuniv.edu	MSc. and PhD. Written Exam: To be announced Interview: May 15, 2014 Important Notes
	Electronics Engineering   Research areas; wireless communication, wireless networks, sensor networks, signal, speech and image processing, computer vision, pattern recognition, data networks, RF, microwaves, antennas and propagation, RF MEMS and RF Circuit design, photonics and fiber optic telecommunication, high-speed electronic devices, microsensors and microelectromechanical systems, medical and industrial ultrasonic imaging, medical instrumentation, analog and digital VLSI design, ASIC and FPGA design, computer-aided design and testing.
	Academic Contact: Ayhan Bozkurt,  Phone: (0216) 483 9537,  E-mail: abozkurt@sabanciuniv.edu	MSc. and PhD. Interview : May 21, 2014 Important Notes
	Industrial Engineering The program focuses on production and service systems, integrated manufacturing, supply chain management, logistics, joint inventory-pricing decisions, product development process, modeling and analysis of manufacturing processes and equipment, manufacturing and technology strategies, fuzzy systems, combinatorial optimization and operations research approaches to telecommunication and energy systems. Emphasis is given to close collaboration with the industry.
	Academic Contact: Güvenç Şahin,  Phone: (0216) 483 9619,  E-mail: guvencs@sabanciuniv.edu	MSc. and PhD. Interview: May 21, 2014 Important Notes
	Energy Technologies and Management Energy security is one of the most important issues of the global economy. Developing renewable, sustainable, secure, efficient, smart energy solutions is critical both for economic development as well as social welfare. With the growth of energy sector in the world and in our country day by day, and with increasing investments, the demand for professionals who are specialized and educated in energy technologies and management is also increasing. This master program aims to educate the human resources suitable to the needs of energy sector.
	Academic Contact: Umut Ekmekçi,  Phone: (0216) 483 9968,  E-mail: umutekmekci@sabanciuniv.edu	MSc. Interview : To be announced Important Notes
	Materials Science and Engineering The program focuses on the interrelationships between structure, properties, and processing of materials for advanced technological applications. Areas of ongoing research include semiconductors, synthetic and biological polymers, ceramics and composites at the nanometer scale, with particular emphasis on applications in nano-technology.
	Academic Contact: Özge Akbulut,  Phone: (0216) 483 9968,  E-mail: ozgeakbulut@sabanciuniv.edu	MSc. and PhD. Interview : May 22, 2014 Important Notes
	Mechatronics Engineering Research areas; smart product design, multi-disciplinary design optimization, topology design optimization, metamaterials, microsystems, intelligent control systems, robotics, machine vision, haptics, computer aided engineering, renewable energy systems, embedded systems, process control, hydro-turbines, advanced seals, turbine blade reverse engineering. Two-phase flow, Boiling heat transfer, MEMS, Boiling instabilities in microsystems, Convective heat transfer, Critical Heat Flux, Microchannels, Cavitation, Micro- and Nanofluidics, Micro pin-fins, Cross flow, Electronics cooling, Miniaturization of heat sinks.
	Academic Contact: Serhat Yeşilyurt,  Phone: (0216) 483 9579,  E-mail: syesilyurt@sabanciuniv.edu	MSc. and PhD. Interview : May 13, 2014 Important Notes
	Mathematics The program emphasizes the interaction between pure mathematics and its applications, including those leading to interdisciplinary work. The main areas of concentration are number theory and algebra with applications in coding theory and cryptography, analysis and applications.
	Academic Contact: Alp Bassa,  Phone: (0216) 483 9595,  E-mail: bassa@sabanciuniv.edu	MSc. and PhD. Written Exam and Interview: May 14-15, 2014 Important Notes
	Physics In condensed matter physics the main research areas are experimental and theoretical semiconductor physics, mesoscopic and nanoscopic physics, and superconductivity. In high energy astrophysics, X-, gamma ray and optical obervations of compact objects (neutron stars and black holes) and their environments are the main areas of interest. Other research fields are quantum information and high energy physics. The written exam covers the topics of the first & second year introductory physics, the third & fourth year classical mechanics, electromagnetic theory, statistical mechanics, and quantum mechanics. Applicants who provide GRE Physics subject test scores may be exempt from the written exam.
	Academic Contact: Zafer Gedik,  Phone: (0216) 483 9610,  E-mail: gedik@sabanciuniv.edu	PhD. Written Exam* and Interview: May 12, 2014 Important Notes

For Admisson: 
Admission Requirements and the Necessary Documents for Graduate School of Engineering and Natural Sciences

Applicants must have completed their previous degree programs by September 1st, 2014

Financial Support
Financial support is available in the form of a monthly stipend and/or tuition waiver. Decisions on scholarship will be made by the Admissions Committee.

Deadline: 
Applications must be submitted by May 2nd 2014. After initial screening, interviews will be scheduled for potential candidates during May, 12th – 23rd, 2014. Applicants will be informed by e-mail. It is highly recommended to check e-mails for candidates.
For Online Application: https://admission.sabanciuniv.edu

*All candidates are required to attend the admission exam at the given date. 
**Eligible candidates are going to be invited via e-mail for the interview.

Applications:
Online applications are accepted via http://admission.sabanciuniv.edu/ . Application documents (official exam results, transcript, etc..) should be uploaded on the online system and application packages be submitted either in person or post by mail to the address below. Please note that print-out of the completed application form should also be added to the application package. The packages sent via mail must arrive at the department by the application deadline. Applications sent via e-mail are not accepted.

Warning! All the application documents become property of Sabancı University. It is suggested to keep the original reports of TOEFL, GRE and ALES scores, and apply with the copies of those test scores. But please note that the originals must be produced at the time of registration to Sabancı University.

The 7th USA Alumni Meeting took place over a nice dinner on Saturday, May 3th, at the Columbia University, Faculty House (New York).

Representing the University, in attendance were Güler Sabancı, President Nihat Berker, Professor Halil Berktay, SU Marketing and Institutional Communications Director Berna Özkul and Şule Yalçın from the SU Alumni Office.

At the event the University representatives met with about 75 alumni (Total 120 participants) living in the USA, many of which who are either continuing their education and working. In addition, in presence were faculty members from various universities in New York and representatives from Turkish media: Cüneyt Özdemir (CNN Türk), Güngör Uras (Milliyet Gazetesi), İsmet Berkan (Hürriyet Gazetesi), Sedat Ergin (Hürriyet Gazetesi)

The alumni shared their projects and success stories with the other attendees at the event. Many in attendance also made a gift toward the "SU USA Alumni Scholarship", supporting current SU students that are academically successful, yet have a financial burden, in receiving their education.

Please click here for the all photos.

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