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The award ceremony for the CSI Education Academy competitions — FISO, USA Olympiad, UNICEPT, ADEPT, and TİBMOC — for the 2025–2026 academic year was held at Izmir University of Economics with strong participation. These competitions are organized in Türkiye by FISO, one of the external stakeholders of the Department of Mathematics and the representative of CSI Education Academy. Students, teachers, and parents from different cities across Türkiye came together to celebrate scientific achievement and academic dedication.

A memorial service was held on June 3, 2026, at the Conference Hall to honor the late Prof. Dr. Canan Başar Eroğlu, a revered faculty member of the Department of Psychology at the Faculty of Arts and Sciences. The ceremony drew a large gathering of university members, colleagues, students, loved ones, and family members, all coming together to pay their respects.

We have successfully held our poster exhibition, where our Psychology Department students presented the research projects they prepared as part of their Independent Study course.

During the exhibition, our students had the opportunity to share their research on a wide range of topics and present their findings to the visitors.

We congratulate all our students and their academic advisors who contributed to this valuable event, and we extend our gratitude to everyone involved in the organization.

Senior students from the Department of English Translation and Interpreting at the Faculty of Arts and Sciences, Izmir University of Economics (IEU), organized a poster exhibition titled “Structural and Cultural Adaptations in the Retranslations of Children’s Literature” on June 1–2, 2026, as part of the ETI 470 History of Translation course.

İzmir University of Economics (IUE) student Türkan Şimal Geyik from the Department of English Translation and Interpreting won third place in the “14th Young Translators Contest” organized by the Directorate for EU Affairs.

On Friday, May 22, 2026, Izmir University of Economics, Department of English Translation and Interpreting, hosted a seminar titled "Is Audiovisual Translation Only About Subtitling and Dubbing? Remakes/Adaptations through the Eyes of Viewers." Assistant Professor Dr. Mehmet Erguvan from the Department of Translation Studies at Yeditepe University was welcomed as the guest speaker at the event.

The results of the “2209-A Research Project Support Programme for Undergraduate Students” carried out by TÜBİTAK (BİDEB), were announced on May 13, 2026. 

The results of the “2209-A Research Project Support Programme for Undergraduate Students” carried out by TÜBİTAK (BİDEB), were announced on May 13, 2026. 

Two projects from the Faculty of Arts and Sciences, Department of English Translation and Interpreting at İzmir University of Economics have been awarded support under the TÜBİTAK 2209-A program.

We are proud of the valuable contributions made by our students and faculty members.

The scientific evaluation process for the applications submitted under the 2025 call of the “2209-A Research Project Support Programme for Undergraduate Students” carried out by TÜBİTAK (BİDEB) was completed on May 13, 2026.

Four project proposals from the Faculty of Arts and Sciences, Department of English Translation and Interpreting at İzmir University of Economics have been awarded support under the TÜBİTAK 2209-A program.

We are proud of the valuable contributions made by our students and faculty members.

Students from Izmir University of Economics have achieved significant success within the scope of the TÜBİTAK 2209-A Research Project Support Programme. Two independent research projects focusing on contemporary sociological issues, conducted under the supervision of Research Assistant Dr. Borabay Erbay, have been awarded funding by TÜBİTAK.

Within the scope of the supported projects, the study titled "Artificial Intelligence and Human Identity: The Transformation of Empathy and Identity Construction Among University Students (The Case of Izmir)" to be conducted by Zeynep Sıla Yasıter and Duru Deniz Kahya, and the project titled "The Impact of Digital Friendships and Real Relationships on the Socialization Process: A Qualitative Research on University Students" prepared by Öykü Gürlük will receive funding.

We sincerely congratulate our faculty advisor, Res. Asst. Dr. Borabay Erbay, and our undergraduate students for this outstanding achievement, which highlights and encourages the early involvement of undergraduate students in scientific research. We wish them every success in their research endeavors.