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Izmir University of Economics (IUE) moved from 35^th place to 28^th in the “Interuniversity Entrepreneurship and Innovation Index” listed by TUBITAK based on the entrepreneurship and innovation performances of the universities. In this way, Izmir University of Economics resumed its status of being the only foundation university from Aegean Region with 38.95 points in the index announced by the Ministry of Science, Industry and Technology.

Meerkats, the adorable residents of the Kalahari Desert, miles away from Izmir, are the subject of a study conducted by Selin Ersoy, Graduate of IUE Department of Psychology. Ersoy, the one and only Turkish female scientist working at the research station located at the riverbed of Kuruman River, Kalahari Desert in South Africa, starts the day at 5.30 a.m. every day to search for the meerkats she studies. Ersoy stated that she dreamed about studying the animal behaviours throughout her studies at IUE Department of Psychology, and she conducted biological and behavioural measurement of the meerkats in a 20 km research area at the Kalahari Desert.

IUE Graduates of Faculties of Engineering and Computer Sciences, Fine Arts and Design, Arts and Science, and School of Applied Management Sciences, who successfully completed their studies in 2013 – 2014 Academic Year, were granted their diplomas. The students threw their caps into the air as they sang the 10th Year Anthem at the second of the graduation ceremonies that took place at IUE Amphitheatre.  

2014 graduates of Izmir University of Economics (IUE) started their journey as the new soldiers of business life. One thousand 52 young individuals who completed their successfully in 2013 – 2014 Academic Year, received their diplomas at the ceremony that took place at IUE Amphitheatre. At the end of the ceremony, the graduates proudly threw their caps into the air as they sang the 10^th Year Anthem. Ekrem Demirtaş, President of IUE Board of Trustees, stated that they graduated one thousand 52 Soldiers of Mustafa Kemal, and sent them off to battle of life for the development of the country.

Ekrem Demirtaş, President of the Board of Trustees of Izmir University of Economics (IUE), stated that they were expecting youth with dreams and they worked to make their goals and dreams come true. President Demirtaş said, “We are offering more than a university to those who want to excel, those with dreams”.

Izmir University of Economics questioned the place of technological developments in higher education at the "Technology Enhanced Teaching in Higher Education Conference" and "2^nd International Consultancy Council Meeting". Ekrem Demirtaş, President of IUE Board of Trustees, Prof. Dr. Oğuz Esen, IUE Rector, Seeram Ramakrishna, IUE Consultant and Lecturer at University of Singapore, Prof. Dr. Philip Kitchen, IUE Visiting Lecturer, Adrian Kirkwood from Open University, England, and scientists from various universities across Turkey participated at the meetings where the need for innovation and technological developments to be reflected to course systems discussed thoroughly. Prof. Dr. Neil Gordon from University of Hull, England also participated via web camera.  

Izmir University of Economics (IUE) is helping the students make realistic and conscious university choices with experienced experts after a difficult exam period. The experts, in addition to 45 students and all academic units, will be guiding the prospective university students at IUE Conference Hall where 15 guidance and information tables set up. As the results have been announced, Ekrem Demirtaş, President of IUE Board of Trustees, met the very first prospective student himself and told them to go after their dreams.

Those stuff that we do not use at our homes will be used by someone else. Senior students of IUE Department of Software Engineering will allow free sharing of goods between the people in need with the project they developed. Students Yücel Karaman, Cenk Ünlü, Güven Şeker, Doğan Deniz Lafcıoğlu, and Onur Babalıklı, who created www.bedavalazim.com internet project, aim to prevent unused stuff to go to garbage.

As the weather got warmer, water accidents reached dramatic dimensions. According to the World Health Organization (WHO) data, water accidents rank in third place among the unintentional causes of death worldwide, and some 500 thousand people died each year because of this reason. It has been reported that an average of 654 people died due to drowning in Turkey.

The experts state that suicides and suicide attempts will become a major problem in Turkish society in the near future. Based on the 2013 data by Turkish Statistical Institute (TUIK), number of suicide attempts resulted in death was 3 thousand 189.   Prof. Dr. Erol Kahveci, Head of IUE Department of Sociology, who evaluated TUIK data said that at least 4 out of one hundred thousand people in Turkey committed suicide.