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Prospective teachers are becoming self-aware about violence against women. 47 prospective teachers are getting trained on how to use language that supports gender equality as part of the project initiated by Assoc. Prof. Dr. Nesrin Oruç Ertürk, Director of IUE Continuous Education Center (IUECEC).

Izmir University of Economics (IUE), whose medium of instruction is English, has been awarded Silver A' Design Award for its new building of School of Foreign Languages equipped with smart classes. The building has been awarded the Silver A' Design Award in the category of Architecture, Building and Structure Design by the grand jury panel of the A’ Design Award & Competition that took place in Italy. With this award, the design excellence of Izmir University of Economics has been recognized on international stage.

Izmir University of Economics (IUE) shook hands with Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST). A Memorandum of Understanding was signed between IUE Rector Prof. Dr. Can Muğan and KAIST Rector Prof. Dr. Kang Sung Mo. The MOU will enable exchange of academicians and students. Also, lecturer from KAIST department of engineering will work at IUE.  

There are all together 8.5 million handicapped people in Turkey, however, 97% of this group are deprived of education opportunities. The experts state that handicapped individuals need continuous education and that parents seeking inclusive education are turned down by the schools.  

Students of IUE Faculty of Engineering and Computer Sciences went on an expedition to Izmir Chamber of Commerce Organized Industrial Zone (ITOB) and Izmir Science Park. They met with managers of the companies in the region, and took first steps for new projects. Ekrem Demirtaş, President of IUE Board of Trustees and CEO of ITOB, welcomed the students onsite, stated that there were 360 factories within the region and he said, "I hope you get a chance to own a factory here after you graduate, or develop a project for Izmir Science Park.”  

As Izmir University of Economics (IUE) has raised the “Entrepreneurship Flag” up to the flagpole for the 2^nd time with the most number of enterprising projects in “Bu Gençlikte İş Var” titled competition organized by Turkish Industry and Business Association (TUSIAD), it was awarded the 3^rd place in the grand finale. Nurdan Boğa, student of IUE Department of Fashion and Textile Design and her team mate  Yağmur Boğa came in third place with their, “Sen Fısılda Dünya Duysun” (You Whisper and the Whole World Will Hear) titled project at the contest where 3 thousand 195 university students participated with one thousand 292 projects.  

Today’s youth use social media to express their feelings. They express their sorrow, joy, anger through “emojis” (pictograph). The experts point that today’s language turned into a new language of expressions among youth.   

The number of children who got jailed last year in Turkey reached to 6 thousand. İbrahim Altıtaş, Judge of Izmir Juvenile High Criminal Court, reported that the number wasn’t even in the thousands in 2009, and he said that 65% of the children committed crimes again and sent back to jail. 

Young chefs of Izmir Economics created new tastes with artichoke. The future chefs presented very interesting, delicious tastes made with artichoke such as cup cakjes, macaroons, lemonade, marmalade, sushi, and “kokoreç” (charcoal grilled seasoned mutton intestines) at the "2^nd Urla International Artichoke Festival", co-organized by Izmir Metropolitan Municipality, Urla Municipality, and Izmir University of Economics. IUE Rector Prof. Dr. Can Muğan tasted each recipe, and the innovative recipes received full scores from the Rector.

Students of Department of Interior Architecture and Environmental Design, Faculty of Fine Arts and Design, Izmir University of Economics (IUE), designed a 21 meter sailboat as part of interior architecture studio course. Students, who made a custom design, submitted their projects to the jury. Ekrem Demirtaş, President of IUE Board of Trustees, who attended the jury meeting, listened to the presentations of students and graded full scores.