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Fatima Amir on her CMU-Q experience: “As a senior, you look back at your freshman self and say, wow, that growth has been kind of crazy.”

Fatima Amir graduated in 2016 from the Biological Sciences Program, and went on to pursue her master’s degree in genetic counseling at the University of Cincinnati. Today she works as a cancer genetics counselor at the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute in…

The Peninsula: Her Excellency Sheikha Hind visits Carnegie Mellon centers for innovation in entrepreneurship and education

Vice Chairperson and CEO of Qatar Foundation, Her Excellency Sheikha Hind bint Hamad Al Thani, visited the Carnegie Mellon University main campus in Pittsburgh. While at CMU, she met with Farnam Jahanian, president of CMU, and toured the Swartz Center…

Zaid Haque on his years at CMU-Q: “If I could go back, I would tell myself to sleep less and enjoy the experience even more”

Zaid Haque, a 2012 graduate from the Information Systems Program, has built a career in the field of technology and design. Now living near Seattle, Washington, he visits Qatar regularly and maintains a strong connection to his former classmates.  …

CMU-Q team creates fast, inexpensive screening kit for genetic disease carriers

Interdisciplinary project earns Bronze Achievement at iGEM 2019 A student team from Carnegie Mellon University in Qatar (CMU-Q) created a fast, inexpensive method to test for carriers of genetic diseases like sickle cell anemia and cystic fibrosis. The team presented…

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