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The Faculty of Arts and Sciences held its 2025–2026 Spring Semestre Opening Lecture on Thursday, February 26, with the participation of faculty members and students. The lecture, titled “John Bell’s Secret Treasure: Hidden Variables in Quantum Mechanics,” was delivered by Prof. Zafer Gedik from the Faculty of Engineering and Natural Sciences at Sabancı University.

As the Department of Mathematics at İzmir University of Economics, we will celebrate World Mathematics and Pi Day on March 16, 2026, with a special event. The event will take place on Monday, March 16, 2026, at 14:00 in the D Block Multi-Purpose Hall.

İzmir Ekonomi Üniversitesi is now a home to FAMILY-Lab, a research laboratory dedicated to studies in family and developmental psychology.

FAMILY-Lab aims to conduct research focusing on parenting, interparental relationships, and adolescent and young adult development, examining how family processes influence adolescents’ and young adults’ psychological, social, and academic adjustment. The laboratory provides a research environment that brings together the subfields of developmental and family psychology and emphasizes theory-driven and empirical research.

Within the scope of the laboratory, potential collaborations with faculty members, joint research projects, and student involvement are considered highly valuable. Actively involving undergraduate and graduate students in research processes and strengthening interdisciplinary interaction are among the core objectives of FAMILY-Lab.

Detailed information about FAMILY-Lab can be accessed via the links below:

https://familylab.ieu.edu.tr/en

The 14th Young Translators Contest was held in Istanbul on January 17, 2026.

On Tuesday, December 23, 2025, Izmir University of Economics, Department of English Translation and Interpretation hosted a webinar titled “Gender-Based Violence from the Perspective of Translation Studies: Abjected Bodies and Translation” as part of the ETI 320 Subject Specific Translation course. The event, held via Zoom, featured Assoc. Prof. Dr. Hilal Erkazancı Durmuş from Hacettepe University’s Department of English Translation and Interpreting as the guest speaker.

Prof. Dr. Canan Başar, a faculty member of the Department of Psychology at Izmir University of Economics (IUE), has received the 2025 ‘Science Award’, given to only one recipient, presented by the METU Parlar Foundation. 

İzmir Ekonomi University (IUE) Department of English Translation and Interpreting organized a seminar titled “Psychoactive Substance Use and Addiction in Literary Works” on Monday, December 1, 2025. The event featured expert psychologist Dilek Aksoy from Ege University Institute on Drug Abuse, Toxicology and Pharmaceutical Science as the guest speaker.

You are invited to our Sociology Seminar featuring Dr. Cansu Sönmez on October 30, 2025.

On Monday, October 20, 2025, the Department of Mathematics at İzmir University of Economics organized a well-attended event in celebration of World Statistics Day. The event attracted great interest from both academics and students.

The distinguished invited speaker of the event was Prof. Dr. Serkan ERYILMAZ, Rector of Atılım University, who delivered an insightful talk titled “Statistics in the Age of Artificial Intelligence: Needs and Trends in the Context of Education and Research.”