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IKU Sign Language Choir, consisting of Istanbul Kültür University (IKU) students, took the stage at Akıngüç Auditorium and Art Center on Tuesday, May 10 to raise money for individuals with spinal cord injury and to raise awareness about the issue. At the concert many singers’ songs were interpreted in sign language and all the proceeds from the event was donated to the Turkish Spinal Cord Paralysis Association.

The "IKU Career Days 22" event was held on April 20-21, 2022, in cooperation with Istanbul Kültür University (IKU) Student Life, Career and Alumni Counseling Unit (Culture Point) and IMM Bahçelievler Regional Employment Office. The event hosted by our Ataköy campus was held in the backyard on the first day and on the B1 floor stand area on the second day with the participation of approximately twenty companies.

Career Club hosted Hasan Can Kaya, the host of Talkers, one of the most popular talk show programs of recent times, at our university. The famous comedian, who met with our students at Akıngüç Auditorium and Art Center on Monday, April 25, answered the curious questions. 

Hasan Can Kaya, who talked to the students about his career and future plans, was also asked questions in the format of the "Konuşanlar" program. When asked what is your biggest fantasy, Kaya replied, “My biggest professional fantasy is to do stand-up in English.” gave the answer.

Within the collaboration of Effective Communication Club, New Media and Communicaiton Club, +1 Down and Autism Awareness Club, Department of New Media and Communication, Program of Public Relations and Publicity, an interview was organized on April 21, 2022, Thursday via CATS. Betül Acar, Digital Creative Director of the Feveran, conveyed the adventure of an advertiser working in the sector to the students. Acar also shared the developments regarding the future of the sector with our students.

Istanbul Kültür University (IKU) Tennis Men's Team succeeded in playing the semi-finals as a result of the competitions between 11 universities at the Turkish Inter-Universities Tennis Championship held in Bursa between 18-22 April. We congratulate our students Ömer Dalyancı, Cem Tanın, Ahmad Hussein and Ömer Musab Ünal, who made up our Tennis Men's Team, who completed the tournament as 'fourth place in Turkey', for their success.

An event titled "Future in Tomorrow 2" was held by the Express Science Club at Önder Öztunalı Conference Hall on April 20-21, 2022. In the first session of the two-day event held between 11.30-16.00; Development and Executive Mentor Nesrin Fırat gave a presentation on future career opportunities and advice on what young people can do about career planning and self-development. In the second session of the event, Lecturer & Author Hakan Okay informed the students about Metaverse.

The KUASAR team, which was established within the IKU IEEE Club, continues its activities to help the visually impaired individuals in their lives. Their ability to return to their social lives has become one of the most important motivations for our students to connect with the project. We congratulate the KUASAR team, which became the finalist of 2021 TEKNOFEST with the K-Rod Smart Walking Stick project, and passed the Preliminary Evaluation Reporting Stage in 2022 TEKNOFEST with the same project and qualified to continue the competition.

Senior Engineer Melike Günay and Application Engineer İlknur Akdemir from FİGES Inc., the Turkey Distributor of MATLAB & Simulink, participated in the “Deep Learning-MATLAB” event, which was held as a hybrid by the Asimov Technology Club on Friday, April 15, 2022, between 14.00-17.30. they joined.

For about four and a half hours, our guests talked about the most common algorithms of Deep Learning and how it works with MATLAB.

A seminar titled “Marketing of the Future” was held by the Effective Communication Club on Tuesday, April 19, 2022, on the CATS platform. Brand Strategist Esra Baykal attended the event as a speaker. Baykal, who gave information on the effects of Metaverse and other developing technologies on marketing communication, the emergence of new professions and how they will contribute to these professions, especially in the field of marketing, organized an interactive seminar by creating a discussion and questioning space for the students.

IKU Red Wings team, one of the finalists of the 2021 TEKNOFEST Fighting UAV Competition, continues to work with great devotion for TEKNOFEST 2022. Our team, which passed the Preliminary Design Report, which is the first and important stage of the competition, with a rating of 82.5/100, achieved another great success. Our team, which puts a lot of effort in the field of aviation and technology, continues to reap the fruits of its work. Our team, which will compete with rival teams in the final, is increasing its claim day by day.