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The experts pointed out that each patient going to the hospital with high fever lately in Turkey being diagnosed with “swine flu” was a mistake. They said that incidence and prevalence of flu increased starting from the last week of December, and those cases were due to seasonal flu, and the best way to get protected was flu shots.   
 

Students of Department of Electrical and Electronics, Izmir University of Economics (IUE), designed a lighting system that would increase people’s concentration level, creativity, and individual productivity. Students stated that level of productivity and creativity of people working/studying indoors changed based on lighting and color temperature. Entrepreneurial students are presented a white colored Dynamic Lighting System and red, green, and blue colored RGB LED lighting design in their project. This way, they aim to increase productivity in office environments and save energy at the same time.
 

Parents will get trained on how to raise healthy and confident children. Methods of establishing and practicing healthy and effective communication skills with children will be taught in the courses intended for parents, parents-to-be, and students of child development program. Izmir University of Economics, Continuous Education Centre (IUECEC) aims to help parents (with children aged 0-18) get expert opinion in order to help and support their children.
 

Izmir University of Economics (IUE) continues to reach the summit with its entrepreneurial and leading structure. Following the success of qualifying for the “Entrepreneurship Flag” in the “Bu Gençlikte İş Var” titled competition organized by Turkish Industry and Business Association (TUSIAD) for the most number of enterprising projects for the 2^nd time, IUE has ranked 15^th place to have published in 23 scientific fields among 193 universities according to METU URAP (University Ranking by Academics Performance) Research Laboratory.
 

Student chefs baked New Year’s cookies for sick children. The New Year’s cookies baked by students of Department of Culinary Arts and Management, Izmir University of Economics (IUE) as part of their “Pastry” course, are being sold in order to help purchase a dialysis machine for children with kidney failure. Student chefs, who contributed to the purchase of dialysis machine for children who are hospitalized at Nephrology Ward at Ege University, will help sick children welcome new year with a new hope.
 

High school students got one step closer to choosing their professions. The “3^rd I am Choosing My Profession” fair organized by Izmir University of Economics (IUE) took place at the Conference Hall. One thousand 126 students from Uşak, Aydın, Manisa, and Izmir talked to the academicians for two days, got information about the departments, and briefed about how to overcome exam anxiety.  
 

Students of Department of Fashion and Textile Design, Faculty of Fine Arts and Design, Izmir University of Economics (IUE) made a fashion feast. The young designers- sophomore, junior, and senior students of IUE Department of Fashion and Textile Design- displayed 101 designs including costumes inspired by Lewis Carroll’s ‘Alice in Wonderland’, ‘Recurring Time’ themed experimental outfits, “Iconic Styles of Music Stars”, and ‘Pearl of the Aegean’ themed ready to wear collection at Agora Shopping Mall.
 

Izmir University of Economics (IUE) has raised the “Entrepreneurship Flag” up to the flagpole for the 2^nd time. IUE has qualified to have the new “Entrepreneurship Flag” in the “Bu Gençlikte İş Var” titled competition organized by Turkish Industry and Business Association (TUSIAD) for the most number of enterprising projects with its 299 students. IUE has qualified to have the flag in 2013 which was raised on the flagpole for two years.   
 

Prof. Dr. Arif Ergin, President of TUBITAK (The Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey) visited Izmir University of Economics (IUE) and Izmir Bilimpark (Science Park). Prof. Dr. Ergin stated that he visited a university for the first time since he held office. He said, “If I was asked to dream about a university and describe it, Izmir University of Economics would fit that description 99%.”  
 

The experts remind that each student has a unique capacity to understand a course and they need to develop their own personal approach to study and learning in a way that meets their own individual needs. Students most of the time simply give up by saying that they don’t understand, says Songül Özgün, Lecturer at Child Development Program, Vocational School of Health Services, Izmir University of Economics. She says that each individual learns in a different way, and needs to keep anything that prevents them from studying under control.