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Students of Izmir University of Economics (IUE) carried the “Abla-Ağabey-Kardeş (The Sibling Project)”, which aims to support disadvantaged children for 13 years continuously, to online platform. Göztepe team football players did not stand idle by the exemplary behavior of students, who meet with children between the ages of 10 and 13 in digital environment, help them with their lessons, and do their best to meet the needs of these children.

Asst. Prof. Zeynep Özdamar Ertekin has been the guest of the “Online Seminar Series” held by IUE Graduate School as part of Campus Izmir Talks. Ertekin, who delivered “Sustainable Marketing and COVID-19” titled seminar, stated that everyone should work collaboratively to ensure that sustainability efforts are not reduced, and sustainable development goals are not adversely affected post-coronavirus. 

Prof. K. Nazan Turhan, Head of Department of Food Engineering, Izmir University of Economics (IUE), reported that there was insufficient evidence that any food or diet could strengthen the immune system and prevent Covid – 19, that an adequate and balanced diet rich in fruits and vegetables should be preferred to keep the immune system strong.

Millions of people, who have been looking for ways to spend time at home by not going out unless it is necessary due to coronavirus, found cure in watching movies and series. In Turkey, while the number of Netflix users, an online series and movie viewing platform, exceeded 4 million, the epidemic movies have seen intense interest. 

Izmir University of Economics (IUE) will organize a “GençYaratıcı (Young Creative) Festival” in order to improve the vision of young people in the field of advertising and to bring them together with the leading names of the communication sector. The online festival that will take place on 29-30 May, will be broadcast live on IUE Faculty of Communication’s YouTube page and will be open to everyone.

Taylan Demirkaya, Lecturer from IUE Faculty of Business has been the first guest of the series of webinars titled, “Transformation in Tough Times”, co-organized by  Izmir Chamber of Commerce (IZTO) and Faculty of Business, Izmir University of Economics (IUE) to support companies in the difficult period caused by the coronavirus. 

Those, who were least affected by the coronavirus epidemic, were highly skilled university graduates with opportunities to work from home. Prof. Oğuz Esen, Lecturer, Department of Economics, Izmir University of Economics (IUE), who had been the guest of Pandemic Academy, held by IUE Faculty of Communication as part of Campus Izmir talks, stated that the university graduates kept both their health, their income and their jobs.

Izmir University of Economics (IUE) has initiated the “Pandemi Akademi (pandemic academy)” in order to get the effects of coronavirus in different fields such as law, education, health and trade evaluated by experts and create the solutions needed.

Thousands of people who did not go out and stay away from crowded places, unless necessary, due to coronavirus, started to search for “detached houses”. Burçin Önder, Director of Vocational School, Izmir University of Economics (IUE), said that according to researches, the detached house prices increased 25 percent, while the search for detached houses on the internet increased by 252 percent in Turkey in two months. 

Data analyzing will be among the professions of the future. Izmir University of Economics (IUE) Faculty of Business, which offers education to its students based on the understanding of excellence in education, will teach students data analytics literacy and data analytics, which would be a first in Turkey.