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Boğaziçi Lectures Features World-Renowned Historian of Science Prof. Dr. F. Jamil Ragep
The latest installment of the Boğaziçi Lectures series featured Prof. Dr. F. Jamil Ragep, a distinguished scholar and former Director of the Canada Research Chair in the History of Science in Islamic Societies at McGill University, Canada. Renowned for his expertise in the history of astronomy and Islamic science, Prof. Ragep addressed pre-modern astronomical approaches during his lecture.
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Boğaziçi University Has Risen 96 Places To 418th In The QS World University Rankings 2025
Boğaziçi University has risen to 418th in the "QS World University Rankings 2025," published by the London-based university ranking organization QS. This places Boğaziçi University back in the top 500 universities worldwide for the first time in a decade and makes it the "most improved" higher education institution in Europe.
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Prof. Dr. Nurcan Meral Özel Became The New Director of KOERI
Prof. Dr. Nurcan Meral Özel, a member of the Faculty of Geophysics, has been appointed Director of the Kandilli Observatory and Earthquake Research Institute (KOERI) at Boğaziçi University. Prof. Dr. Özel, who is known for her international involvement in the field of earth sciences and was awarded the Order of the Rising Sun by the Japanese government this year, has led her team in the successful establishment of numerous new terrestrial and submarine monitoring stations from Antarctica to the Equator within the framework of the United Nations (UN).
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Boğaziçi University Is Ranked Among The Top 300 Universities In The World In 3 Out Of 5 Broad Faculty Areas
Boğaziçi University has improved its performance in the QS World University Rankings by Subject 2024 compared to previous years. Accordingly, Boğaziçi University is ranked in the top 300 in the world in 3 out of 5 broad faculty areas, in the top 150 in 2 narrow subject areas, in the top 250 in 8 narrow subject areas, and in the top 400 in 14 narrow subject areas.
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Boğaziçi University Has Rised Up Almost 300 Places In The QS Sustainability 2024 Ranking
Boğaziçi University was ranked 335th in the QS World Universities Sustainability Rankings 2024, an improvement of nearly 300 places compared to the previous year. Boğaziçi University was ranked 59th in Asia and third in Turkey. The University of Toronto from Canada took first place in the ranking, which analyzes the current performance of universities in social and environmental sustainability.
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Protocol On Academic Cooperation Between Boğaziçi University and Peking University
Boğaziçi University and Peking University, one of the world's leading universities, have signed a protocol for an academic exchange program. According to the agreement, the two universities will promote academic cooperation through exchange programs for students and researchers.
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Boğaziçi University Rises In THE World University Rankings 2024
Boğaziçi University has moved from the 801-1000 band to the 601-800 band in the "World University Rankings 2024" prepared by the London-based Times Higher Education (THE). Boğaziçi University achieved the highest score in the evaluation criteria for university-industry collaboration.
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Academic From Boğaziçi University Will Study How Patenting Rights For Artificial Intelligence Should Work
"Who has the right to patent an invention created by an artificial intelligence?" To find an answer to this question, to which there is no clear legal answer, Özgür Arıkan, an assistant professor at Boğaziçi University Faculty of Law, has started his studies at Oxford University. The "legAIstatus" project, which is part of the European Union's (EU) Marie Sklodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA), aims to guide lawmakers on the intellectual property rights of artificial intelligence.
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Boğaziçi University Rises 200 Ranks In The QS World University Rankings
In the "World University Rankings 2024" compiled by the London-based university rating agency QS, Boğaziçi University improved by about 200 ranks compared to the previous year and is now ranked 514th.
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Energy And Sustainability Conference in Azerbaijan in Cooperation With Boğaziçi University
Boğaziçi University continues to contribute to the world of science with national and international organizations that it organizes and participates in as a stakeholder. Recently, within this framework, the 3rd Eurasian Energy and Sustainability Conference was held in Baku, the capital of Azerbaijan, from November 24 to 26, with the participation of about 500 participants from 10 countries, organized by Boğaziçi University and Azerbaijan Technical University (AZTU).
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21 Scientist From Boğaziçi University Are Included In The List Of The Most Influential Scientist In The World
The annual list of the world's most influential scientists has been announced. Boğaziçi University managed to be included in the list with 21 scientists in the category of "career-long impact" and 21 in the category of "annual impact".
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Identifying genetic mechanisms of seed dormancy in plants to help agriculture adapt to the long-term effects of global warming
Plants have evolved strategies to tolerate and survive periodic episodes of environmental stress, such as extremes of temperature. Natural selection led to the development of both adaptive behavior and environmental sensing mechanisms that help plants tolerate or avoid such conditions. One of these strategies is the cessation of growth, which takes place after the induction of dormancy in the seeds of many plants. A new project supported by BAP (Boğaziçi University Scientific Research Fund) will start very soon to understand how climate change induces secondary dormancy in seeds. Dr. Steven Footitt from the Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics and his team will investigate how genetically different seeds of the same species survive in soils by using dormancy to adapt to climate change. This project will contribute to understanding of how native flora will adapt to climate change and help in producing the “climate smart crops” needed to sustain Turkey’s farming communities. We conducted an interview with Dr. Steven Footitt for the details of his project.
