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Daron Acemoğlu, Simon Johnson, James Robinson win economics Nobel for work on wealth inequality
The Nobel prize in economics was awarded on Monday to Turkish-American Daron Acemoğlu and British-Americans Simon Johnson and James Robinson for research into wealth inequality between nations.
At MIT, Black and Latino enrollment drops sharply after affirmative action ban
The Massachusetts Institute of Technology's incoming class of 2028 saw a precipitous drop-off in the percentage of Black, Hispanic, Native American and Pacific Islander students, the university announced Wednesday. It is MIT's first undergraduate class to be admitted since the U.S.
The 10 Most Expensive Universities in the US: Tuition Costing Up to $500,000
The total annual cost of tuition and fees at four-year American colleges and universities has more than tripled over the past 60 years, from an average of $5,369 annually in 1963 to $17,709 in 2023, according to the U.S. National Center for Education Statistics.
A Bulgarian University Still in the Top 750 in the World
Bulgaria's Sofia University "St. Kliment Ohridski" has maintained its position among the top 750 higher education institutions worldwide, according to the latest QS World University Rankings for 2024. The university secured a place in the 741-750 range, continuing its presence in the ranking since 2014.
Turkish physicist wins Germany's top science prize
A Turkish physicist has received the Alexander von Humboldt Professorship award, Germany's most prestigious science prize.
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From Columbia to Yale: Pro-Palestinian Protests in US Universities
Across the United States, a groundswell of student protests in solidarity with Palestinians is gaining momentum, sparking both cancellations of classes and clashes with authorities on campuses nationwide.
Scientist develops wearable ultrasound scanner
A new ultrasound device that can identify breast cancer at the earliest stages of the disease has been developed by a Turkish scientist and her colleagues in the U.S.
Canan Dağdeviren, a Turkish scientist at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), has designed a bra-mounted ultrasound scanner that can detect breast cancer in the early stages.
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Robot doctors and oenologists
Is there a way to predict the quality of the wine from this year's grape harvest? Can we know what a court will decide months before its final ruling? Can we help prevent cardiovascular disease in the future? Or, even, can we predict the weather using historical meteorological data? Artificial intelligence is here to provide a positive answer to all these diverse questions.
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10 Turkish universities feature on top in global ranking
Ten Turkish universities, with three of them in the top 500, have made it into the top 1,000 of the 2024 QA World University Rankings.
Quacquarelli Symonds (QS), a higher education rating agency headquartered in London, announced the "2024 World University Rankings," which is considered one of the most important rankings in the world.
Student at ODTÜ bags job at Amazon
While sharing his success story, a student from Middle East Technical University (ODTÜ), who recently bagged a job at Amazon, one of the companies he dreamed of working at from a very young age, has said that studying dedicatedly in his field of choice is the secret behind his success.
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