Our faculty member Duygu Cihanger Ribeiro, delivered the opening lecture at the 2026–2027 Academic Year Opening Ceremony of Middle East Technical University. 

At the opening ceremony of the University’s 70th Academic Year, following the exhibition prepared as part of the departmental project conducted by the Maps and Plans Archive, the lecture titled “ODTÜ'yü Kuranlar (1954-1964) [The Founders of METU (1954–1964)]” explored the early years of METU through the people, events, and places that shaped its foundation.