Cemil Koçak and Emeritus Professor Şerif Mardin receive Turkish Writers Association Annual Award

Turkish Writers' Association annual awards honor the best of the prose, poetry and social science research produced during the past year. The research award 2010 goes to Sabancı University faculty member Cemil Koçak for his book "Second Party" (İkinci Parti) analyzing and documenting the early years of the multi-party era in the Turkish political system (1945-1950). Koçak's book has also been selected by the editors of Radikal newspaper as one of the best fifty books of the year.

Turkish Writers Association has also honored Sabancı University Emeritus Professor Şerif Mardin with a lifetime outstanding service award. 

The 9th annual "Serhat Özyar Young Scientist of the Year" award for 2011 will be given jointly by the Science and Utopia Cooperation, METU Faculty Member Association and Chamber of Electric Engineers. All applicants must meet the following criteria: have completed her/his PhD in Turkey after January 01, 2010 and before the application date; made an important contribution by creating a solution(s) for a fundamental problem(s) in the country's science agenda; not a previous candidate for the reward. The winning scientist will receive a 3000 TL cash reward. All applications will be considered based on the criteria mentioned before.  Applications for the 2011 award will be accepted until February 4, 2011.

For further information please click here  

For applications:

Tel/Fax: 0312 210 4225

Address: ODTÜ Güneşevi 06531 ODTÜ-Ankara

E-mail: oed@metu.edu.tr

As the directorship term of Dilek Cetindamar has been completed, Izak Atiyas has been appointed as the new director of Tusiad-Sabanci University Competitiveness Forum (REF)

Please join us congratulating him in his new post.

We wish all the best for the new Director in advancing this excellence center in our university.

Sabanci UniversityVAVCD student, Gizem Acarla  was at the Cracow Academy of Fine Arts in Spring 2009 as a participant at the Socrates Exchange Program.

She was chosen for this exhibition by Prof. Piotr Kunze with other 51 talented and award wining students from all Polish institutions in 2010.

The exhibition was held from 16th April up to 16th May 2010 under the patronage of Richard M. Daley, Mayor ofChicago. 

People with vision loss have difficulty in differentiating colors that do not contrast. These yellow strips pasted on dark glass provide a contrast easily perceived by everyone. We've started this application in the University Center, our University's most frequently visited building, and it will be extended to other buildings. We would like to take this opportunity to express our gratitude to University Operations Unit for the implementation.

Support Services for Students with Disabilities/CIAD"

The Istanbul Policy Center (IPC) at Sabancı University in partnership with the Europaeische Akademie Berlin (EAP) is starting a new dialogue project supported by the Robert-Bosch Foundation.

Likeminds -- Foreign Expert Initiative is an exchange programme geared towards future leaders in Turkey and Germany respectively and aims at creating a dialogue for better understanding and future cooperation beyond the span of the programme. "likeminds" consists of three components: a preparatory workshop, held simultaneously in Turkey and Germany, followed by two tours d'horizon in both countries. At the workshop, participants will choose different aspects of the year's focus topic to be elaborated during the program year. At the tours d'horizon, they get the opportunity to discuss their chosen issues with German and Turkish leading experts from politics, economy, academia, and media.

We would like to invite you to apply for our new project on http://ipc.sabanciuniv.edu/news_detail/35356

Winners of the Mevhibe Ateş Undergraduate Graphic Design Poster Contest held by the Sabancı University FASS received their awards yesterday.

This year’s theme was Freedom of Faith, and winners received their prizes from President Nihat Berker, Dean of FASS Mehmet Baç, and Mevhibe Ateş.

1. Ezgi Didem Dağcı

2. Dilara Irmak

3. Ettema Ettema Dirk

Held for the first time this year, the “Civic Involvement Projects for Employees” are open to all employees of Sabancı University, and received support from 60 Sabancı University employees for 6 projects since October.

The Sabancı University Civic Involvement Projects (CIP) have been focusing on socioeconomically disadvantaged groups for 11 years with an average of 1000 volunteers in 75 projects annually.  The CIP for Employees began with two pilot projects last year, and was expanded to a full effort with 60 people working on 6 projects.  The average time committed to the project is three hours a week throughout the year.

This year’s projects are:

1- Municipality of Kartal Civic Center and Women’s Handiwork Market
2- Rowing without Barriers
3- Social and Artistic Development for the Disabled
4- Ecocampus Project
5- Animal Rights Projects
6- Mobile Literature Workshops

Municipality of Kartal Civic Center and Women’s Handiwork Market Project
This project aims to support women with training and social activities, helping improve their quality of life, and is being led by 11 employees.  The project takes place in Civic Centers for women or Women’s Guidance Centers, and includes computer skills training, drama and literature workshops, civic education and women’s rights.

Another aspect of the project is to help women realize their potential, believe in themselves, and become a part of the labor market.  Supported by the KEDV (Foundation for Women’s Work) and the Municipality of Kartal, the Kartal Women’s Handiwork Market is an ideal environment for helping women who are already a part of the labor market realize their full potential.

Project supervisor, School of Languages Instructor Zeynep İskenderoğlu Önel says:

“Every week, we meet with approximately 20 women at the Kartal Civic Center to support them in their daily lives.  For the first month and a half, we train them in computer skills, which they may need in their everyday lives.  This will be followed by education in human rights and citizenship.  This will include sessions on the role of women in the society and in the family, the depiction of women in mass media, and effective communication within the family.

“At the Kartal Women’s Handiwork Market, we help women sell their own products more effectively.  We began with a visit to the market.  During the year, we will try to support them with marketing and sales techniques, new product development, and communication skills.”

To be continued…

5 January 2011 Wednesday > 12:30
Performing Arts Center

FROM PALACES TO TENTS

Albanian violinist Aida Pulake (Boydağ) and pianist Jerfi Aji present a program titled "FROM PALACES TO TENTS" ranging from classical repertoire to virtuoso showpieces of gypsy music.

PROGRAM

W.A. Mozart: Sonata for Violin and Piano, No. 4, E minor, K. 304

L. van Beethoven: Sonata for Violin and Piano, No. 7, C minor, Op. 30 No.2

M.Ravel: Tzigane, concert rhapsody for violin and piano

P. de Sarasate: Zigeunerweisen

G. Dinicu – J.Heifetz: Hora Staccato

Medley (Anonymous-Goran Bregovic): Niska Banja
arr: Roby Lakatos & Kálmán Cséki
transcribed for piano and violin by: Eray Altınbüken

This concer is free of charge !

It is often said that Cracow Academy of Arts is an enclave of traditional form, one of the last bastions of classical art in central Europe. Is it even possible to be classical and young at the same time? As a young artists we take as a duty not to agree with everything they teach us. Do not take us wrong- we are not a rebelled, sometimes we are just suspicious. We have our right to question the spirit of our academy. This is how our work is created. Some people say it is immature, other say it is pure. Here comes a big portion of a raw meat- art of barbarians from Cracow.

Participants:
Cracow Academy of Fine Arts students
Marcin Dymek –Socrates exchange student at Sabanci University,
Barbara Janczak
Zuzanna Jura
Marta Niedbal
Wojciech Sobczyk
Bartosz Wajer

Assistants: Sedef Aydogan, Nihan Somay
Curator: Wieslaw Zaremba Supported by Consulate General of the Republic of Poland in Istanbul