ALL NEWS

Plastic bottles, which are considered environmental wastes and have negative impact on human health, have been turned into a rainbow by Gökhan Keskin, Graduate Student in IUE Design Studies Program. Keskin, with his project developed as part of Ethics and Social Responsibility in Design course, wanted to show reaction to plastic bottles ending up in oceans, natural habitats and landfills by creating a rainbow using them.

Izmir University of Economics (IUE) Department of Sustainable Energy has been accepted to membership of European Energy Research Alliance – EERA in collaboration with TUBITAK. Izmir University of Economics will be working to establish collaboration with research institutions and industry at the alliance where Turkey was represented by only METU before.  

Izmir has joined DELICE Network of Gourmet Cities, including 23 cities leading in gastronomy worldwide. Aziz Kocaoğlu, Izmir Metropolitan Mayor and Ekrem Demirtaş, Chairman of the Executive Board of Izmir Chamber of Commerce (ITO) and President of IUE Board of Trustees, signed the membership agreement in Lyon, France.

Digital game sector’s most important game development organization Global Game Jam’s (GGJ) Izmir leg gathered software developers and members of computer world together at Izmir University of Economics (IUE). 100 participants worked for 48 hours to create computer games at the organization which was also visited by Ekrem Demirtaş, President of IUE Board of Trustees, and IUE Rector Prof. Dr. Oğuz Esen.

Range hood, oven, and stove top, the essentials of a kitchen, are being redesigned. Students of IUE Department of Industrial Design, made the kitchen equipment more safe and handy, as part of the design studio course they took. Approximately 35 students working on built-in products determined the current trends. 

Cold winter nights are getting warm with “Çorbada Senin De Tuzun Olsun” (have a hand in) campaign intended for mainly homeless people and everyone that has to work outdoors. Ece Altınörs, Student at IUE Department of Computer Engineering and Sibel Arslan, Student at International Trade and Finance, bicycle through the streets of Izmir and put a smile on faces who are in need.  

A protocol was signed between Reşit Özer, Chairman of Executive Board of Milas Chamber of Commerce and Industry, and Ekrem Demirtaş, Chairman of Executive Board of Izmir Chamber of Commerce and President of IUE Board of Trustees, for a bright future of Milas youth. First degree blood relatives of members of Milas Chamber of Commerce and Industry qualified for 15% discount in annual tuition fees of Izmir University of Economics as part of the protocol. Along with Demirtaş and Özer, IUE Rector Prof. Dr. Oğuz Esen, Mehmet Yiğit, Vice Chair of Milas Chamber of Commerce and Industry, and Halil İbrahim Gülen and Soner Çamlıbelen, Members of the Executive Board the ceremony that took place at  Milas Chamber of Commerce and Industry.

A protocol was signed between Reşat Anya, Chairman of Executive Board of Söke Chamber of Commerce, and Ekrem Demirtaş, Chairman of Executive Board of Izmir Chamber of Commerce and President of IUE Board of Trustees, for a bright future of Söke youth. First degree blood relatives of members of Söke Chamber of Commerce qualified for 15% discount in annual tuition fees of Izmir University of Economics as part of the protocol.

The performance fashion show for IF Wedding Fashion Izmir - Wedding Dresses, Suits, and Evening Gowns Fair, the only fair specialized in Turkish wedding gown industry, will be organized by Firdevs Tülin Gülhan, Graduate of IUE Department of Fashion and Textile Design.

As the students are excited about getting their first semester report cards, the experts state that students and their parents need to come up with a plan to spend some quality time together. Experts, who remarked that time spent together during holiday strengthened the family ties, also was a good opportunity to find out about children’s interests and abilities.