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7 thousand rare diseases never been heard of are affecting our lives negatively. One in every 16 people in Turkey suffers from a rare disease, 80% of which are caused due to genetic inheritance. Patients often consult with a wide range of clinical practitioners over a period of years before receiving the appropriate information about their condition.

IUE fashion designers designed dolls, felt trees and stockings, and toys in order to make children being treated at oncology ward feel hopeful about the New Year. The event, co-organized by Izmir University of Economics (IUE) Faculty of Fine Arts and Design, Department of Fashion and Textile Design and Faculty of Medicine, allowed children to have fun and get toys with get well wishes written on them. IUE students volunteered for this event that took place at IUE workshops and wished full and speedy recovery to children being treated at oncology ward.

IUE “paramedics” are saving lives. Students of IUE Vocational School of Health Services, Paramedic Program, got involved in a simulated emergency exercise on Balçova campus. The life-like exercise drew great attention. The young future paramedics dedicated themselves to save lives in the Paramedic Day event, observed by Council of Higher Education in honor of establishment of paramedic programs in Turkey.

Halit Soydan, Lecturer at IUE Department of Economics, and Former Managing Director of Yapı Kredi and Garanti Banks, stated that 2017 would be “prudent”. He recommended that 2017 budgets need to be based on three month goals.

The transformation of Basmane has been a course topic. Graduate students of Architecture Program of Graduate School of Natural and Applied Sciences, Izmir University of Economics, studied the physical and historical texture of Basmane, a district home for the refugees.  

An “Entrepreneurship Seminar” was held at Izmir University of Economics as part of the “Entrepreneurship Project Strengthened by EU Connections” co-coordinated by Finance Managers Association of Turkey–Finance Club and the Association of Young Entrepreneurs in Valencia (AJEV) and supported by Izmir University of Economics.  

Ekrem Demirtaş, President of IUE Board of Trustees, shared his experiences with the students. Demirtaş, who told the students that they took a risk for the future at the time they were establishing the University in 2001, said, “You will take risks and make a difference. Preserving what you have is not considered success. I established this University so you can become entrepreneurs.” 

Izmir University of Economics will be establishing a science valley in Güzelbahçe. All the cases, filed by various institutions and the Izmir Branch of Chamber of City Planners, Union of Chambers of Turkish Engineers and Architects, against the establishment of a new campus in Güzelbahçe, have been dismissed. The objections to use the total of 2,367.922 feet square land in Güzelbahçe as a “university campus” have been repealed. The construction of Izmir University of Economics Güzelbahçe Campus, whose master plans are already prepared, will begin as soon as the 1/25000, 1/5000, 1/1000 plans are ready.

Gender perspective of Belgium, Germany, Hungary, Holland, Poland, Spain, England, and Turkey will be analyzed. The EU Project titled, “Homo’poly”, will measure how much people rely on taboos. Taboos in education will be questioned.

Hakan Çakır, senior student at Department of Architecture, Faculty of Fine Arts and Design, Izmir University of Economics (IUE), qualified to take part in a book project after his article on, “Architectural Designs for Future Transportation Systems” was accepted at the contest on “transportation” category at the “Smart Metropoles-Integrated Solutions for Sustainable and Smart Buildings & Cities” Platform that was held in Istanbul.