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The second of the "Academy of Sustainable Post-Disaster Sustainable Life", which was planned by the Student Life, Career and Alumni Advisory Unit (Kültür Point) with the theme of raising awareness for and after the disaster, with the title of "Earthquakes and Disaster Education in Türkiye", was held on Tuesday, April 4th, at 15.00 via Microsoft Teams. Kandilli Observatory and DAE Regional Earthquake and Tsunami Monitoring and Evaluation Centre Director Geophysical Eng. Assoc.

IKU Psychology Club organized an event titled "Gender Roles" on the ZOOM platform on Friday, March 10, 2023. Expert Psychologist Aylin Cengiz Akpınarlı attended the event as a speaker. Speaking on gender roles, Akpınarlı conveyed to the participants the perceptions of the person and the society, the repressive aspects of the roles on the individual and the consequences it brings. The event ended after the students' questions were answered.

The "Sakurai" team was founded by Boran Toktay, Ahmet Can Günay, Arda Tekin and Harun Yazgan, which operates in the breast cancer field of the "Artificial Intelligence in Health" project.

The ABIS ROV team, which was established in 2021 within the IEEE IKU, qualified for the final in the 2023 TEKNOFEST "Unmanned Underwater Systems" competition. Our team, which has been working for two years, passed all the qualifications and will participate in the competition to be held in April 2023. The team, which includes eight engineers, developed the ABIS to complete the assigned tasks fully autonomously and made it ready for the competition. We congratulate our team and wish them continued success.

IKU Red Wings, one of the IEEE IKU Club TEKNOFEST teams, completed the Critical Design Report stage, which is the last stage of the "2023 Fighting UAV Competition", in the first place. Our team, which broke the record with 97.50 points out of 100, will be in a fierce competition to raise the name of our university to the highest level in the races to be held at Bursa Yunuseli Airport between April 15-19.

Our Autonomous team, which produces its own unique car within the Asimov Technology Club, continues being a success this year as it was in 2022. Our team got 80/100 points from the "Critical Design Report" of the TEKNOFEST "Robotaxy-Passenger Autonomous Vehicle" competition and got into the finals. We wish success to our team that will take the track in the competition to be held in Gebze Bilişim Vadisi between 10-13 April.

The first of the "Academy of Sustainable Life after Disaster", planned by the Student Life, Career and Alumni Counseling Unit (Kültür Point) with the theme of awareness and consciousness-raising for the disaster period and beyond was held on Tuesday, March 28, at 16.00, on Microsoft Teams with the title “Social Traumas and Our Mental Health.” Psychiatrist Dr. Arzu Erkan, who participated in the event as a speaker, gave information about what primary and secondary traumas experienced after a disaster are, how to cope and proper communication. Psychiatrist Dr.

Student Life, Career and Alumni Counseling Unit (Kültür Point) Assistant Alumni Relations Specialist Kadir Akhan visited Cemaleddin Aslan, one of our 2012 graduates of the Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics (MOBIGEN), in order to strengthen alumni relations, support graduate-students in their career paths and establish new connections. Our 2nd year students from the Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics, Asena Aydın and Özge Öztürk, also attended the visit on Wednesday, March 22, 2023.

Kültür Point Alumni Relations Development Assistant Specialist Kadir Akhan met with Tacettin Tatlıağız, General Coordinator of Sporting Work company, on Wednesday, March 8, 2023, in order to create new career opportunities for our graduates and students.

Within the scope of the “Alumni Mentoring” project carried out by Kültür Point, a training was given to our graduates and students who volunteered as mentors in the 2022-2023 Academic Year by Alumni Relations Development Assistant Specialist Kadir Akhan. The content, flow and expectations of the program were conveyed to 40 mentors and mentees who came together at the training and meeting held on Microsoft Teams on Wednesday, March 8, 2023 at 20.00. The meeting, which focused on the details of the mentoring processes, ended after the questions were answered.