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High school seniors will design their own prom dresses, and the most successful 3 designs will be sewn at Izmir University of Economics as a reward. As the students are looking forward to having a great time with their friends at the senior prom, IUE Faculty of Fine Arts and Design, Department of Fashion and Textile Design is presenting them an opportunity to have their dream dresses. 

Turkish and French scientists came together to prevent cancer cells from growing and get rid of them without damaging the healthy ones. The biochemists, electrical and electronics engineers, mathematicians, who initiated a research titled “Modelling, Analysing, and Optimum Control of Intracellular Networks Under Parameter Uncertainty”, aim to come up with ways for patients to take cancer drugs without damaging the healthy cells by studying the interaction between the genes. 

Projects developed at Embryonix Centre within Izmir University of Economics, made it in the first 40 among 2000 applications in e-tohum organization that brings entrepreneurs and investors together. The projects named GIFTEK and PALWAR, developed at IUE Embryonix Centre, attracted great attention at E-tohum Entrepreneurship Summit, a market place who aims to bring entrepreneurs that want to launch their own internet businesses and companies, investors, professionals together. Project owners meet with the investors to get support for their innovative ideas. 

Experts have reported that Turkey being listed among the most fragile 15 emerging economies by US Federal Reserve (FED) should not come as a surprise to anyone. Economists indicated that the Turkish economy was experiencing fragility due to low savings rates, high current deficits, and high ratio of unemployment. US Federal Reserve (FED) announced the fragility index results for 15 emerging economies the other day. Based on this index Turkey, Brazil, India, Indonesia and South Africa are the most fragile countries where as Asian countries such as South Korea, Taiwan, and China are considered the least fragile ones.

Old historical houses in the back alleys of Izmir’s Historical Kemeraltı Bazaar are being renovated to serve the art world. Thomas Keogh, Lecturer at Izmir University of Economics Department of Interior Architecture and Environmental Design, who got highly impressed by the historical texture of the city, brought one of the historical houses on Ismet Inonu Street, where Ismet Inonu Museum House is also located at,  into use by students and international artists. In his ‘Maquis Projects Kemeraltı’ titled art space, Keogh helps international artists to get to know Izmir better and carry out their art work. Meanwhile, students of IUE Faculty of Fine Arts and Design, get a chance to gain experience from these international artists. 

Izmir University of Economics (IUE) is set out to meet the health needs of the society. Eko-Health Meetings are organized by IUE Faculty of Health Sciences to discuss and inform the public on current health issues. The guests, each an expert in their respective fields, share information on different topics as cold, flu, obesity, elderly care, patient care at home, etc. at the informative meetings conducted at public places.

Cold pressed olive oil brings flavour to the table. Özgü Mehmet Manisalı, graduate of Izmir University of Economics- Department of Economics, brought along research conducted on olive oil in Tuscan Valley, Italy to Turkey. He brought the olive oil machine, which presses olive oil in 25 degrees cold that is rarely used worldwide to Turkey for the first time. And then Turkish olive oil started to receive awards from the most prestigious competitions worldwide.  

Izmir University of Economics (IUE) will be a click away for prospective students. The prospective students will be offered detailed information about the university life on IUE website. After entering the necessary information in the system, prospective students and their parents will be invited to Izmir University of Economics by the specialists. They will be informed about the application requirements for the departments they are interested in, and meet with the head of the department as well as lecturers and students from that department.

Izmir University of Economics hosted computer geniuses. The Aegean Region step of the Global Game Jam (GGJ) 2014, a worldwide event where participants are asked to develop computer games in 48 hours based on the assigned theme for that year, took place at Izmir University of Economics.   As the participants spent 48 sleepless hours, they worked on to design games based on this year’s theme, “We don’t see things as they are, we see them as we are”.80 participants in 15 groups took part in the Aegean Region step of the organization that was held in 8 centres all throughout Turkey. Sercan Altundaş, İnan Evin, Bahadır Sevim, and Can Ürük became in first place with their games named, “Psychic Baby”.

Izmir University of Economics (IUE) came in first place among the 4 higher education institutions from Turkey that participated in the most environmentalist universities ranking worldwide. Izmir University of Economics ranked in 254^th place at the "UI Green Metric World University Sustainability Ranking 2013” list published for the 4^th time this year. Among other universities from Turkey, Sabancı University ranked in 260th, Bilkent University 290^th, and Inonu University ranked in 293^rd place.