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The CMU-Q Alumni Association elected new officers to lead its Qatar Chapter. The new officers are: Saleh Al-Raisi (Class of 2014), president; Jummana Al-Kahlout (Class of 2011), vice president; Fatima Al-Emadi (Class of 2016), communication director; and Zuhair Syed (Class…
CMU-Q News editor’s note: Four CMU-Q students in the Information Systems Program designed QCS Application as their junior project. These students are Latifa Al-Thani, Noor Al-Athba Al-Marri, Manisha Dareddy and Avni Pherwani. In Qatar Tribune, April 27, 2017 Qatar Cancer Society (QCS)…
Aisha Mohamed, a rising senior in computer science at Carnegie Mellon University in Qatar (CMU-Q), has been selected for Google’s 2017 Women Techmakers Scholars Program. Mohamed is one of only 20 scholars in the Europe, Middle East and Africa region.…
In iloveqatar.net, May 11, 2017 Is there a doctor in the house? With Qatar-based website Meddy.co you can locate the best doctors and specialists based on a database of patient reviews as well as credentials. This ingenious startup helps Doha…
CMU-Q News editor’s note: Saquib Razak, associate teaching professor of computer science at CMU-Q, participated in QNRF’s Research Outcome Seminar in March 2017. Razak is the lead principal investigator of Alice Middle East, an NPRP-funded project to localize the Alice educational…
The closing ceremony of the Carnegie Mellon University in Qatar (CMU-Q) Algorithmic Trading Competition was held at the Qatar Stock Exchange (QSE), with prizes going to the top three student teams. The competition brings together students from different disciplines to…
Outreach initiatives highlight new academic and career paths DOHA, QATAR: About 40 business-minded high school students gather on a Saturday in the bright and airy majlis area at Carnegie Mellon University in Qatar. They are divided into buyers and sellers…
Terry Jones, entrepreneur and founder of Travelocity and Kayak, spoke about disruption and innovation at CMU-Q’s last of the Dean’s Lecture Series for the 2016-17 academic year. Jones was in Qatar as a guest of the US Embassy and part…
CMU-Q’s Senior Honors event celebrates the achievements in academics, research and leadership of the Class of 2017. Selma Limam Mansar, associate dean for education, congratulated the students for their many accomplishments at CMU-Q: “Your hard work has helped to mold…
In a study of more than 10,000 students in 21 countries, Diane Mizrachi has found that students overwhelmingly prefer print to electronic reading material. Mizrachi is the social sciences and undergraduate instruction librarian at the University of California, Los Angeles.…
