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Bülent Karakuş, Chairman of Executive Board of Muğla Chamber of Commerce and Industry (MUTSO), and Ekrem Demirtaş, Chairman of Executive Board of Izmir Chamber of Commerce and President of IUE Board of Trustees, signed a protocol in Muğla for a bright future of Muğla youth. First degree blood relatives of members of Muğla Chamber of Commerce and Industry and District Chambers qualified for 15% discount in annual tuition fees of Izmir University of Economics as part of the protocol.

Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I, the  Orthodox Patriarch of the Phanar, was awarded the degree of “Doctor Honoris Causa (Dr.hc)” in “Sociology” by the Senate of Izmir University of Economics for his contributions and service to society and humanity; and for improving inter-faith dialogue.

Historical Turkish furniture covering the period of 1920 – 1980 is restored. 68 pieces of furniture, which are explored by the lecturers at IUE Department of Interior Architecture and Environmental Design, as part of the ‘Documentation and Archiving- Modern Furniture’ in Turkey’ titled project, are being exhibited at Izmir Metropolitan Municipality Ahmet Adnan Saygun Art Centre.

Toys, hats, and figurines from waste materials and costumes from rags created by lecturers of Izmir University of Economics, Faculty of Fine Arts and Design are being exhibited in Russia. “Steampunk: Retro Future Exhibition” titled exhibition, which was admired by many in Izmir, is welcoming Russian art lovers in Open Gallery in Moscow. The exhibition, which attracted great attention, will stay open until the end of February. The Russians asked this design of old goods to be a permanent exhibition.

Different cultural influences are reflected in shopping. The study reveals that Turks go shopping without a shopping list and buy whatever they like whereas Germans go on a more planned shopping. The survey titled, “Consumer Logistics in Turkey” which is co-conducted by Izmir University of Economics, Department of Logistics and University of Bremen, Department of Logistics, compared the shopping habits of the two countries. According to the survey, Turks do impulse buying while Germans make a shopping list and stick to that list.

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.