Category: Academics

CMU-Q senior represents Qatar at international cancer research conference in France

DOHA, Qatar – Khalid Al Abdulla, a senior biological sciences student at Carnegie Mellon University in Qatar (CMU-Q), traveled to Lyon, France, to present his breast cancer research. Al Abdulla…

Student team secures third place at National Cyber Security Agency’s Capture the Flag 

A team of Carnegie Mellon University in Qatar (CMU-Q) students secured third place at the National Cyber Security Agency’s “Capture the Flag” competition. Held as part of the 12th National…

CS senior awarded Generation Google Scholarship 

Adan Jawad, a graduating senior in the Computer Science program, was awarded the Generation Google Scholarship for the North American region. The program supports aspiring computer scientists who demonstrate a…

CMU-Q showcases AI leadership at World Summit AI

DOHA, QATAR — Faculty, students, and alumni from Carnegie Mellon University in Qatar (CMU-Q), a Qatar Foundation partner university, gathered at the World Summit AI to showcase the university’s growing…

CMU-Q faculty lead special journal issue on the future of undergraduate research

Three Carnegie Mellon University in Qatar faculty members have been appointed as guest editors for an upcoming special issue of the Social Sciences and Humanities Open journal by Elsevier. Reya…

Dudley Reynolds co-edits new volume on reshaping power in the multilingual classroom

Doha, Qatar – A new book co-edited by Carnegie Mellon University in Qatar (CMU-Q) senior associate dean for education, Dudley Reynolds, challenges the traditional power dynamics of English language teaching,…

AI’s Inclusion Gap: CMU-Q’s expert in Arabic AI calls for research that “reflects our culture and identity”

Houda Bouamor, a leading Arabic NLP researcher, outlines the key challenges for AI in the Middle East—and how CMU-Q is building a new generation of talent to meet them. The…

CMU-Q student entrepreneurs pitch to industry leaders at Tech Demo Day

DOHA, QATAR – Five student teams at Carnegie Mellon University in Qatar (CMU-Q) pitched their original technology startup concepts to a panel of industry experts at Tech Demo Day. The…

The Peninsula: Qatar’s growing artificial intelligence landscape creates new opportunities

Originally published December 13, 2025 in The Peninsula By Fazeena Saleem  Doha, Qatar: The next generation of artificial intelligence professionals will need more than technical know-how, and they must be…

CMU-Q professor traces 50,000 years of plagues and pandemics in new book

DOHA, QATAR – Carnegie Mellon University in Qatar (CMU-Q) is proud to announce the publication of Endemics, Epidemics, and Pandemics in World History by Benjamin Reilly, teaching professor of history.…