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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.

Assoc. Prof. Aslı Ceylan Öner, Head of Department of Architecture, Faculty of Fine Arts and Design, Izmir University of Economics (IUE), said that cities have entered a rapid learning process due to coronavirus, and after the epidemic, there would be improvements in public spaces for people to socialize by maintaining social distance.

During this period where we are confined at homes due to the coronavirus epidemic, Trainer Chef Tolgahan Kamiloğlu of Department of Gastronomy and Culinary Arts, Izmir University of Economics (IUE) prepared 16 healthy snack recipes that can be easily prepared at home.

Izmir Chamber of Commerce (IZTO) and Faculty of Business, Izmir University of Economics (IUE) are hosting a series of webinars titled, “Zor Zamanlarda Dönüşüm (Transformation in Tough Times)” in order to support companies in the difficult period caused by coronavirus.

Reopened beauty salons, hairdressers and barbers, as part of the "Normalization Process" which started to be implemented with the reduction in coronavirus cases, have been flooded with customers from the first day. As thousands lined up to refresh their looks, Asst. Prof. Nevra Cem Ersoy, Lecturer, Department of Psychology, Izmir University of Economics (IUE), stated that psychological factors were determinative in this behavior as well as the needs. 

During this process, where we could not go out due to the coronavirus, thousands of people, who were looking for ways to spend time without getting bored at home, found the cure in the "games". Studies have shown that money spent on video games has increased by 60 percent and game downloads have increased by 30 percent compared to last year. 

Izmir University of Economics (IUE) Student Council celebrated the “Mother’s Day” of the elderly staying in nursing homes who could not go outside for a long time due to the coronavirus. IUE students delivered the 42 houseplants, they obtained in collaboration with the 5^th professional group, ‘Ornamental Plants, Landscaping and Pets Group’ of Izmir Chamber of Commerce, to the Family and Social Policies Izmir Provincial Directorate to be presented to the elderly.