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Dr. Martin Raiser, Country Director for Turkey of the World Bank, stated that the Turkish economic growth has come down to a modest 3-4% range, and in order to sustain growth, Turkey needed to boost savings and level of schooling, and boost female employment.
 

Students of Izmir University of Economics (IUE) Faculty of Fine Arts and Design, Department of Architecture reflected the future look of Basmane and Kadifekale to their projects. Urban architecture the students designed in their senior projects revealed the socio-cultural and historical values of Basmane and Kadifekale. By taking the residents’ needs into consideration, students developed suggestions for buildings on subjects such as healthy living, children’s museum, public education, soup kitchen, art and handicraft training, textile center, and observatory.
 

Students of Izmir University of Economics (IUE), Faculty of Fine Arts and Design graduated with their futuristic design projects. As IUE Rector Prof. Dr. Oğuz Esen viewed each project, he tested the folding electric scooter designed by Egemen Yenikale, student of IUE Department of Industrial Design. 147 students from Departments of Industrial Design, Visual Communication Design, Interior Architecture and Environmental Design, Architecture, and Fashion and Textile Design within the Faculty of Fine Arts and Design have taken steps into the professional life.
 

Learning knows no age limit. Ebru Tunçgenç, a junior at IUE Department of Culinary Arts and Management and her son Berk Tunçgenç, freshman at IUE Department of Translation and Interpretation, want to complete their undergraduate studies and take steps into their future.   
 

More than 17 million 500 thousand students in pre-schools, primary schools, and secondary schools are getting ready to receive their report cards. As students are about to begin their 3 month summer break, the experts state that report card is a good source for children in terms of informing them about areas they need to improve, and that expecting children to be perfect is a big delusion.
 

Interior architects came together at a colloquy where Iris Dunbar, President of the IFI (The International Federation of Interior Architects/Designers), Sebastiano Renari, Roberto Lucena, and IFI authorities attended as part of the World Interiors Day celebrations. The future of the profession of interior architecture was discussed at the event organized by Izmir University of Economics (IUE) Faculty of Fine Arts and Design, Department of Interior Architecture and Environmental Design, with collaboration of TMMOB- Chamber of Interior Architects of Turkey, Izmir Branch and Assoc. Prof. Dr. Ö. Osman Demirbaş, Past Acting President of IFI Executive Board. Students and academicians asked questions to Dunbar at the “Talking Interiors (İç Mekanları Konuşmak / Konuşan İç Mekanlar)” titled event organized by Assoc. Prof. Dr. Deniz Hasırcı, Head of IUE Department of Interior Architecture and Environmental Design, Research Assistant Seren Borvalı, Lecturer İpek Kaştaş, students Ozan Can Çiçek, Özün Özgen, and Pelin Saygı.    
 

Students of Izmir University of Economics (IUE), Faculty of Engineering and Computer Sciences, Department of Software Engineering, returned with a championship award in sectorial category form "Young Minds, New Ideas Project Market" contest. Students came in first place with their “Smart Touch” project, intended for the visually impaired, at the contest hosted by Izmir Metropolitan Municipality and co-coordinated by Izmir Branch of Informatics Association of Turkey and Ege University EBILTEM – TTO. Also, the "Smart Pet Assistant" project developed for pets by the students of Department of Computer Engineering under the guidance of Prof. Dr. Murat Aşkar, Vice Rector of IUE, came in second place in sectorial category and first place by the visitor votes. 
 

Senior students of Izmir University of Economics (IUE), Faculty of Fine Arts and Design displayed their designs with an awesome fashion show at “Pasaport Dalgakıran”. Students of Department of Fashion and Textile Design, who got inspired by Oscar Wilde’s ‘Gül ve Bülbül’ (The Nightingale and the Rose story), showcased their ready to wear outfits they at the graduation fashion show.
 

Future scientists learned about basic chemical and microbiological properties of foods through series of lab experiments at the “Science Days” event organized by Izmir University of Economics (IUE), Department of Food Engineering. High school students extracted DNA from kiwi fruits; measured colored reactions in foods at the event which intended to teach different perspectives of food science to the students.  IUE Rector Prof. Dr. Oğuz Esen also accompanied the students as they took their first steps into the world of science.    
 

Izmir University of Economics (IUE) will receive support within the scope of TUBITAK’s 1601-Capacity Building for Innovation and Entrepreneurship Grant Program. IUE qualified to receive 100% grant for projects and education programs it carries out in order to instill perception of entrepreneurship and innovation. Total of 61 universities applied for this program.