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Her Excellency Dr. Hessa Sultan Al Jaber, former minister of Information Communications Technology Qatar (ictQatar), delivered a talk titled “Digital Disruption – Shaping the Future of Qatar” at Carnegie Mellon University in Qatar (CMU-Q). Her Excellency focused on the advent…
Fourteen students traveled to Jebel Shams, a mountainous area outside of Muscat, as the capstone activity to the semester-long GPS program. Students worked as a team to set up camp and complete a series of mental and physical challenges over…
Five students from the CMU-Q debating society showcased their debating skills at the World Universities Debating Championship (WUDC) over the winter break. Yousuf Akhlaq, Tehseen Niaz, Shahan Ali Memon, Moussa Zekak and Farha Khan travelled to Thessaloniki, Greece, to compete…
The largest hackathon in CMU-Q history took place on January 22 and 23, with 74 participants forming 20 teams. Sponsored by Ooredoo, the CarnegieApps Hackathon is an annual programming competition for university students, where individuals and teams compete in a…
DOHA, Qatar: Carnegie Mellon Qatar welcomed the first wave of accepted students for the fall 2016 semester. This marks the first year CMU-Q offered Early Decision, where select students were offered admission before the deadline of March 1. Ilker Baybars,…
Osaama Shehzad, a computational biology sophomore, has created an app called “Game of Proteins” to help undergraduates learn amino acids. “The idea for my app came toward the end of my freshman year, when I saw a friend of mine…
Dudley Reynolds delivered opening remarks at the International Conference on English Language Teaching on January 15 at Qatar University. Reynolds stated that English language teaching “empowers individuals in a world where multilingualism is not just an asset or expectation, it…
CMU-Q is pleased to welcome three exchange students from the Pittsburgh campus. Joseph Hill, a junior, visited Doha previously for the IMPAQT program, and will be doing an internship at Al Jazeera. Thomas (TJ) Murray, also a junior and previous…
Two CMU-Q alumni were selected for the Learners’ Voice program of the World Innovation Summit for Education (WISE). Eman al-Kuwari, a technology researcher at ictQATAR, and Hassan Salatt, who works with Qatar Airways, are joining 32 young learners from 29…
