Month November 2014

Pilot phase underway in independent SEC schools DOHA, QATAR – A team of faculty and students from Carnegie Mellon University in Qatar recently introduced ‘Alice Middle East,’ a 3-D interactive educational animation software designed to help primary and secondary school…

Hosted under the patronage of Director General of Public Security at the Ministry of Interior DOHA, QATAR – Carnegie Mellon University in Qatar hosted a Dean’s Panel on Cyber Security under the patronage of Staff Major General Saad Bin Jassim…

44% of incoming students participated in outreach programs DOHA, QATAR – Carnegie Mellon University in Qatar recently held the first outreach program of the 2014-2015 academic year, Ibtikar. The Ibtikar workshop, which focused on human-centered design and the impact of…

For the second year in a row, a team of Carnegie Mellon students claimed first prize in the university division of the Shell Enterprise Challenge. Another Carnegie Mellon team earned second place, with the top two teams beating more than…

It’s hard for many of us to imagine life without our mobile phones, but just one in three people in the least developed markets have access to this technology. That’s a problem—because the ability to get online through mobile phones…

DOHA, QATAR – The Qatar Foundation community gathered at Education City on October 29 to close the month-long ‘Stand Up! Speak Out!’ awareness campaign on domestic violence. Carnegie Mellon, Georgetown, and Northwestern universities in Education City collaborated to host activities…