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Insulin pumps, injection materials, prospectuses, medical products all turned into artwork. Asst. Prof. Dr. Dilek Himam Er, Lecturer at IUE Department of Fashion and Textile Design, who transformed medical products regularly used by diabetes patients into artwork as part of the World Diabetes Day, is calling attention to diabetes with art.

Art has the perfect solution to the problem of ‘what would happen’ to the clothes, items in the closet that are no longer being used as the seasons change. Jörn Fröchlich, Lecturer, Department of Fashion and Textile Design, Faculty of Fine Arts and Design, Izmir University of Economics (IUE), created new designs with waste materials including curtains, towels, table clothes, jackets, artificial flowers, jewelry, etc. and pointed out to the importance of recycling. Fröchlich designed more than 20 items of wild western wear in his creation titled, “Spring Cleaning”. His designs will be on display at Agora Shopping Mall on December 23.

Izmir University of Economics (IUE) Faculty of Business awarded students with high grade point averages. The successful students from a previous 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. Prof. Dr. Can Muğan, IUE Rector, students and their parents attend the certificate ceremony.  

Donald Trump’s victory against Hillary Clinton in the latest US elections makes people question the validity of political campaigns. Assoc. Prof. Dr. Sema Misci Kip, Vice Dean of IUE Faculty of Communication, who commented on Clinton and Trump election campaigns, stated that the US election results turned all known facts, about organizing a political campaign up until now, upside down.

It has been stated that Donald Trump’s victory over Hillary Clinton in the USA elections caused shock more than surprise because it did not comply with the surveys and analysis held before the election.    

Izmir University of Economics will be steering energy policy of European Union. Department of Sustainable Energy of Izmir University of Economics will be participating in the establishment process of Europe’s Energy Union along with Norway, Austria, Spain, Germany, Finland, and Bulgaria as part of Horizon 2020 program in which R&D and innovation projects are funded by the European Union.

Seasonal depression, also known as Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD) is not all that innocent. Seasonal depression, a mood disorder that happens every year at the same time, is triggered by less sunlight during fall and winter, and causes fatigue, exhaustion, bad-temper.

Thanks to mediation procedure Turkish justice system has to deal with fewer files. As dispute cases may take up to 200 to 400 days, mediation may shorten this period to even one day sometimes. According to the statistics of Mediation Department, 4 thousand 465 disputes were resolved. 3 thousand 693 cases on employer – employee disputes, 252 cases on compensation and receivables arising from copyrights, 151 cases on pecuniary and non-pecuniary damages, and 122 cases on debit and credit were reviewed. There was no resolution on 196 cases however.  

Izmir University of Economics (IUE), Faculty of Fine Arts and Design, Department of Interior Architecture and Environmental Design has joined International Federation of Interior Architects/Designers (IFI) –known as the United Nations of Interior Architecture- as an Educational Member. Izmir University of Economics carried its specialization in interior architecture to the international platform.

Izmir Economics youth, who act upon the principle, ‘world will flourish through design’, will get a chance to improve their design skills thanks to the accomplishments they achieved in the contests held in Italy. Pırıl Ceyin Karakurt, Graduate of Department of Interior Architecture and Environmental Design, Faculty of Fine Arts and Design, Izmir University of Economics (IUE), came in first place among faculties of fine arts and design from Turkey at the contest held by European Institute of Design (IED, Istituto Europeo di Design) and qualified to receive scholarship for graduate studies. Begüm Sena Önal, also a graduate of IUE Department of Interior Architecture and Environmental Design, will receive education with “Invest Your Talent in Italy” scholarship granted by Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs.