Faculty of Engineering and Natural Sciences 2004 graduate Emre Salman receives a CAREER award from the National Science Foundation.

Faculty of Engineering and Natural Sciences 2004 graduate Emre Salman receives a CAREER award from the National Science Foundation.

The award will provide approximately half a million dollars in funding over five years to Salman’s research on three-dimensional, energy-efficient integrated circuits.  Closely linked to the semiconductor industry, the research efforts are supported by the National Science Foundation and the Semiconductor Research Corporation.

Furthermore, Emre Salman's book "High Performance Integrated Circuit Design," printed in September 2012, is currently a textbook in several universities.  The 700-page book was published by McGraw-Hill.

About Emre Salman:

After graduating from Sabancı University, Salman completed his master’s and doctorate degrees at the University of Rochester.  During his studies, he worked as an R&D engineer in companies including Synopsys and Freescale Semiconductor.  Following a one-year postdoctoral research appointment, he became an assistant professor at SUNY Stony Brook University in 2010.  He has been the director of the "Nanoscale Circuits and Systems (NanoCAS)" research laboratory at Stony Brook since 2011.

The first exhibition of the year at Sabancı University Kasa Galeri is by SU graduate Aslı Narin.  Narin’s first personal exhibition, titled “Spin” will be available between January 24th and February 22nd.

It's not easy to stand in my spot

I seem to sense the call of other spots

Yet could my standing-in-a-spot be called just that

When that spot I stand in will not stand still

Özdemir Asaf, Electronic 

Aslı Narin’s first solo exhibition Spin is about the artist, having set out on the road with no purpose of destination, searching for what is constant in nature and within herself. At points where she pauses along her path, Narin captures distinct moments as photographs and videos. In these monochromatic, almost abstract images, the essence of matter momentarily appears to become visible; nature and the body reveal their secrets. The movement of the path, of light and of water remind the viewer of the impossibility of remaining in a single spot, and the inevitability of returning to a point of origin.

Özdemir Asaf’s poem titled Electronic is the most important source of inspiration in Narin’s research process. As a science, electronics is based on the principle of the movement of electrons (free electrons dragged towards a magnetic field form an electrical current). In this sense, the dynamic structure of the atomic universe implied by the title of the poem enables us to view the desperate search of the self from a physical and universal perspective. Why do we seek stability, while the world we inhabit, and in fact, the universe itself, revolves and flows? What happens when that state of equilibrium is disturbed? Balance lost, disrupted, drifting towards uncharted territory, where do the oscillations of the self take us? It is perhaps these lines from T.S Eliot's Four Quartets that best shed light on these questions posed by this exhibition: “We shall not cease from exploration / And the end of all our exploring / Will be to arrive where we started / And know the place for the first time.” 

The sound production of the video installation titled “Tours” in the exhibition was carried out by Emre Malikler. Elif Gül Tirben is the guest curator at Kasa Gallery for Aslı Narin's first solo exhibition Spin. 

Guest Curator: Elif Gül Tirben

Exhibition Dates: January 24 – February 22, 2014

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

Visiting Hours: 10:00 – 17:00 (closed Sundays)

ABOUT THE ARTIST

Aslı Narin was born in 1985, and she graduated from the Department of Visual Arts and Visual Communication Design at Sabancı University. She completed her master’s degree in the same field at Goldsmiths College, University of London. For the last two years she has been teaching at the Department of Graphic Design of the Faculty of Art and Design at Kadir Has University. Narin continues to work on her PhD at the Proficiency in Art Program of Yıldız Technical University. 

Follow Kasa Gallery on the web:

http://kasagaleri.sabanciuniv.edu/
https://www.facebook.com/pages/Kasa-Galeri/77695156678
http://www.twitter.com/kasagaleri

The following programs leading to  MA and PhD degrees are accepting early applications for  2014-2015 academic year Fall semester. Contact names for each program have been provided for academic inquiries only. For administrative or procedure related questions, please contact Student Resources Office.

Economics (MA/PhD) econ.sabanciuniv.edu/ 

Contact: Mehmet Barlo, (216) 483 92 84, barlo@sabanciuniv.edu

History (MA/PhD) hist.sabanciuniv.edu/

Contact: Hülya Canbakal, (216) 483 92 40, hcanbakal@sabanciuniv.edu

Turkish Studies (MA) ts.sabanciuniv.edu/

Contact: Halil Berktay, (216) 483 92 37, hberktay@sabanciuniv.edu

Applicants must have completed their previous degree programs by September 1, 2014, at latest.

Admission Requirements

Admission Requirements for Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences

Financial Support

A limited number of scholarships based on academic achievement are available in the form of partial or full tuition waivers and/or stipends.

Click for SU Graduate Scholarships.

Click for Graduate Funding, Other Opportunities and Awards

Please note that those candidates who fail to submit a sufficient English proficiency exam score and thus attend the course of English Language Preparation will receive no scholarship until they successfully complete the course.

Deadline

January 31st, 2014 is the deadline for the early applications. For History, all applicants take a written exam, afterwards eligible candidates are invited for an interview via e-mail. For other programs, after an initial screening, eligible candidates are invited for an interview via e-mail.

Please note that applications from abroad will not be required to take the written exam; they will be interviewed via phone or net meeting (Skype, etc.) if they’re found eligible after the initial screening.

The Graduate Admissions Calendar

 Economics (MA/PhD)

 Interview** : To Be Announced

 History (MA/PhD)

 Written Exam* : 17 February 2014
 Interview** : 21 February 2013

 Turkish Studies (MA)

 Interview** : To Be Announced

*All candidates are required to attend the admission exam / interview at the given date.

Applicants for more than one program must get in touch with the contact names of those programs and petition to take the entrance exams in a different time period to avoid possible time conflicts. 

 **Eligible candidates are going to be invited via e-mail for the interview.

Applications:

Online applications are accepted via 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.

Student Resources Office
Sabancı University, Orhanlı
34956, Tuzla/ İstanbul-Turkey
www.sabanciuniv.edu
Phone: +90 (216) 483 9093
Facsimile: +90 (216) 483 90 73
E-mail: studentinfo@sabanciuniv.edu

Likeminds – German-Turkish Junior Expert Initiative, launched by Robert Bosch Stiftung, European Academy of Berlin (EAB) and Istanbul Policy Center at Sabanci University (IPC), 2014 program application process has started.

The program aims to strengthen ties between young German and Turkish top performers, and also to intensify the practical and topic-oriented exchange of ideas, experience, and understanding. In addition, it aims to contribute towards creating a professional and personal network, bringing together young experts, the deciders of the future.

In practical terms, the program is designed to address German and Turkish future experts, ‘high fliers’, young or junior experts, opinion formers, and disseminators from all sectors of society. Participants will enter into current social and political debates and confront cutting-edge issues. “likeminds” consists of three components: a preparatory workshop, held simultaneously in Istanbul and Berlin, followed by two tours d’horizon in both countries. At the workshop, participants choose different aspects of the focus topic of the year to be elaborated on during the program year. At the tours d’horizon, they have the opportunity to discuss their chosen issues with German and Turkish leading experts from politics, economy, academia, and media.

The program is seeking 10 junior experts from Germany and Turkey in the fields of politics, economy, academia, media and the arts with professional achievement and organisational responsibility.

Applicants from Turkey should contact with Gülnur Kocapınar from gulnurkocapinar@sabanciuniv.edu at Sabancı University-Istanbul Policy Center and German applicants should contact with Ute Böhr from ub@eab-berlin.eu at European Berlin Academy.

Application Form

Your application and all required documents should be received until February 9, 2014.

January 2013 ELAE Results

22^nd ELAE result code explanations are as follows:

SL (Satisfactory in the ELAE): indicates students who have received the required grade or above in the January 22nd ELAE and who have gained the right to start their faculty studies as Spring (irregular) Freshman in the 2013-2014 Spring Semester.

EL: (Exempt from the ELAE): indicates students who are exempt from the January 22^nd ELAE. These students have already gained the right to start their faculty courses in the 2013-2014 Spring Semester.

UL (Unsatisfactory in the ELAE): indicates students who have not been able to obtain the required grade in the ELAE.*

NA (Non-attendance): indicates students who did not attend the exam and is equivalent to a “UL” grade*.

Grade bands are as below:

Postgraduate candidates who have taken the January 22^nd ELAE will be informed of their results by their faculties.

A Placement Exam will be given to inactive students who want to continue at FDY on the 27th of January at 9 a.m. They should contact to SL Directorate on the 24th of January at 4 p.m. latest.

Please see the link for your ELAE results.

We wish you success in your studies,

The School of Languages Directorate

Sabancı University International Relations Office held 3rd Public Speaking competition  among high schools in Pakistan

Sabancı University International Relations Office held 3rd Public Speaking Competition among the students of the leading high schools in Pakistan. The theme of the contest was “Turkey's International Role: Present & Future”. 

Elimination rounds were held between January 13 and 17 among the top students of the leading high schools in Pakistan, including the Lyceum School and Nixor College.  The final was held on January 18 at the Karachi Mövenpick Hotel.

Danish Ahmad, Sabancı University representative in Pakistan; Ebru Koç, Executive at International Relations Office and  Murat M. Onart, Consul-General of Turkey in Karachi spoke at the final event.  The winners of the contest and runners-up received their prizes from Consul-General Murat M. Onart.

The contest was held to promote Sabancı University at the leading high schools in Pakistan.  Out of the 16 students who were successful in the elimination rounds to represent their schools, the top 3 students were rewarded with a trip to Turkey in February.  These students will stay at the Sabancı University campus in February.  The 16 finalists were also given a Sabancı University gift pack and certificates.

Sabancı University students from Pakistan and their parents were among the audience.  Also speaking at the event were Sabancı University student Sheheryar Ahmad, who shared the experiences at Sabancı University. The event concluded with a dinner.

To the attention of Inactive Students
By FDP School of Languages  |  22 January 2014

Haleh Abdizadeh, PhD candidate in the Materials Science and Engineering Program, received the Best Poster Presentation Award in a recent conference on scientific computation 2013 (CSC2013) held on 3-7 December 2013 in Paphos, Cyprus. The prize also constitutes monetary contribution for use towards any other scientific meeting of her choice.

CSC2013 brought together international computational scientists, amongst them the directors of the largest High Performance Computing (HPC) facilities in Europe and the US. The European research community, local academics, scientists from the Eastern Mediterranean region and the United States. This event was funded by LinkSCEEM to support research in high performance computing. Haleh also received support for her attendance to this meeting.

The award-winning poster is entitled, “Monitoring backbone dynamics of human serum transferrin on nanosecond time scale to decipher cooperativity between iron binding lobes.” This project is supported by TÜBİTAK and supervised by Ali Rana Atilgan and Canan Atilgan. Its main aim is to understand conformational changes responsible for human transferrin protein function and interpret complex interactions operative in metal release mechanisms.

Students who will take the 22nd January 2014 ELAE:

• Students whose status is inactive and who have submitted petitions to School of Languages Directorate.
• Students who are using their right to study for a second year at FDY and who have submitted petitions to School of Languages Directorate.
• Graduate students who have received approval from their faculties,

Location and Times:

WRITING & LISTENING     10.00 – 12:10  
READING                          13:15 – 14:45
LOCATION                        FMAN 1099

For the identification check to be done in time, we ask that students who will take the exam be at the exam hall 15-20 min. before the exam starts and that they bring some official identification which includes their photograph (such as a passport, identification card, driver’s license) with them.

Students should also make sure that they bring a pencil, eraser and any other necessary pieces of equipment with them.

The results of the ELAE will be announced on the external web page of Sabancı University. The results will also be posted on the doors of the School of Languages building. These results will be announced on Thursday, January 23th at 9pm.

Graduate students will be informed of their ELAE results by their faculties.
Detailed information about the ELAE and a sample of the exam is available at the link below. We recommend that all students who will take the exam check this link.

http://sl.sabanciuniv.edu/students/elae

http://sl.sabanciuniv.edu/students/elae/assessment-exam

** Inactive students who want to continue at FDY should give a petition to School of Languages Directorate by 24th of January at 5 pm. A "Placement Exam" will be given to these students on the 27th of January at 9 am.

We wish you every success in the exam.
School of Languages

From September 2013 on, Istanbul Policy Center hosts “Cinema–Politics Meetings” series that aims to bring together film directors and social scientists. The event enables a platform to discuss contemporary issues in politics as well as their reflection in Turkish cinema.

We kindly invite you to the discussion on “Kıbrıs’ta Kimlik ve Bellek: Gölgeler ve Suretler (2010)” on Thursday, 30 January 2014 at 17:30.

Click here for registration.

PS: Film screening will not take place.

Istanbul Policy Center at Sabancı University