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The living colonies which has habituated on Mars and under water in the previous years, has settled in Antarctica in scope of ARCH 202 Architectural Design II, in the “Mission Antarctica: A Biomimetic Structural Organism” workshop. In this two-week workshop, the mission of the 2nd year Architecture students was to design a biomimetic structural organism that would function as a habitat for the first colonizers on Antarctica. 

The 15^th “Career Days” event, organized by Izmir University of Economics (IUE), brings all university students and leading companies together. While students will be able to meet the representatives of 58 national and international companies, the companies will have access to qualified workforce firsthand.

Students of Furniture and Decoration and Interior Design Programs of Vocational School of Izmir University of Economics (IUE) are manufacturing for the students of Karabağlar Atatürk Vocational and Technical Anadolu High School.

“The Epic of Ataturk” titled panel was held at Izmir University of Economics (IUE) in observance of the 100^th anniversary of the War of Independence. In his speech, Ahmet Gürel, who owns an extensive archive of Ataturk photographs in Turkey, pointed out the importance of protecting and keeping the national values alive.

Students of Department of Fashion and Textile Design, Faculty of Arts and Design, Izmir University of Economics (IUE), displayed their works that reflect the art, design, and architectural movement initiated by the Bauhaus School. Students’ exhibition, to celebrate the 100^th anniversary of Bauhaus School, that took place at Ahmed Adnan Saygun Art Center, attracted great attention.

GOING GLOBAL WITH GLOCALZONE The online market “Glocalzone”, founded by the youth entrepreneurs of Izmir University of Economics (IUE) which allows purchasing products, that are hard to find in close surroundings, via travelers travelling abroad, received its second investment for 400 thousand Euros after the first investment of 1 million Turkish Lira in 2018.

David Kusuma, Member of WDO-World Design Organization Board of Directors, has been the first speaker of “FUTURIXMIR: Futurism and Innovation Talks, Izmir University of Economics (IUE). Kusuma, who stated that design was borne out of necessity, held a workshop with the students of IUE Department of Industrial Design, Faculty of Fine Arts and Design.

Assoc. Prof. Dr. Nesrin Oruç, Director of Izmir University of Economics (IUE) Continuous Education Center, developed a project that allows school age children to use internet safely. The Alumni Engagement Innovation Fund (AEIF) supported this project only from Turkey among more than 1,300 project submissions from 156 countries. 80 teachers and 331 5^th graders received training up until now within the scope of this project.

On Monday February 18, 2019, David Kusuma, WDO-World Design Organization Board of Directors member and Director of Tupperware Innovation and Design Department was the first speaker of FUTURIXMIR: İzmir University of Economics, Futurism and Innovation Talks.

On February 19, 2019, approximately 60 students from the Department of Industrial Design attended the design workshop with David Kusuma, WDO-World Design Organization Board of Directors member and Director of Tupperware Innovation and Design Department.