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Carnegie Mellon Qatar shares its Tablet PC know-how with teachers at Qatar Academy.

DOHA, QATAR – Carnegie Mellon University has been pivotal in developing applications for Tablet PCs that are free to the education community. Applications such as MathWiz, Flashcards and Lemonsketch are…

2nd Annual Ibtikar Qatar Competition: The Charismatic Doctors team from Al Resala School wins first place in the poster competition

DOHA, QATAR – A team of students from Al Resala Secondary School captured first place in the Second Annual Ibtikar Qatar competition held at Carnegie Mellon University in Qatar Saturday,…

Distinguished Lecture Series hosts Kuwaiti Parliamentarian Aseel Al-Awadi, Ph.D.

DOHA, QATAR – Aseel Al-Awadhi, Ph.D., member of the Kuwait National Assembly, was the first speaker in Carnegie Mellon University in Qatar’s Distinguished Lecture Series 2010. Al-Awadi’s lecture “Gulf Women…

Students develop online patient referral system: System aims to improve communication between health care centers and the Qatar Diabetes Association

DOHA, QATAR – During the fall semester, four students from Carnegie Mellon University in Qatar worked for 15 weeks to develop an information system for the Qatar Diabetes Association. The…

Charles E. “Chuck” Thorpe to step down as dean

DOHA, QATAR – Charles E. “Chuck” Thorpe is stepping down as dean of Carnegie Mellon University in Qatar at the end of the Spring 2010 semester. Initially appointed in February…

“Bridging the Language Divide” lecture

DOHA, QATAR – Alex Waibel, Ph.D., professor of Computer Science at the Language Technology Institute at Carnegie Mellon and the Institute of Anthropomatics at the University of Karlsruhe, gave a…

Ibtikar Qatar and CS4Qatar workshops held

DOHA, QATAR – Carnegie Mellon University in Qatar hosted two outreach workshops this weekend. Ibtikar Qatar, the Information Systems Innovation competition for high school seniors and juniors, kicked off with…

ETE-Q 2009: National English Teachers’ Conference addresses student transition to university-level English

A one-day national conference cosponsored by Carnegie Mellon University in Qatar and Weill Cornell Medical College in Qatar (WCMC-Q) was held Saturday, November 14, at Carnegie Mellon. The program was…

“First-Year Programs Office” aims to help first-year students transition to university life

DOHA, QATAR – Carnegie Mellon University in Qatar has launched a new program to help first year students meet the rigorous demands of university life and make the transition during…

QSTP & Carnegie Mellon kick off Corporate Innovation and Entrepreneurship Program 2009-2010: Forty-four students enrolled in the nine-month executive education program

DOHA, QATAR – Qatar Science & Technology Park and Carnegie Mellon University in Qatar held a reception at Carnegie Mellon announcing the start of the Corporate Innovation and Entrepreneurship Program…