Category: Alumni

Carnegie Mellon Qatar hosts 1st ‘Alice Middle East’ Programming Competition

DOHA, QATAR – Carnegie Mellon University in Qatar held the region’s inaugural ‘Alice Middle East’ programming competition, hosting 148 students from nine independent and international schools in Qatar. To showcase…

Carnegie Mellon University in Qatar graduates 89 students

Class of 2016 join more than 100,000 Carnegie Mellon alumni worldwide DOHA, QATAR – Carnegie Mellon University in Qatar celebrated its ninth graduation ceremony as 89 graduates received their diplomas…

Vodafone, CMU-Q debate business ethics at CSR Majlis

Vodafone Qatar, in collaboration with its knowledge partner Carnegie Mellon University in Qatar (CMU-Q), brought together peers and experts in corporate social responsibility and sustainability to debate the critical role…

Doctor Disruption in Doha

The idea for Meddy came from a snippet of conversation Haris Aghadi overheard at a family gathering: could you recommend a good doctor? He had heard similar conversations for years—Aghadi,…

Computer science is transforming the world, says CMU’s Andrew Moore

Andrew Moore, dean of the School of Computer Science at CMU, gave an inspiring look at the direction technology is heading at a CMU-Q lecture on Wednesday. In his top…

CMU-Q hosts its largest hackathon to date

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…

CMU-Q alumni part of WISE Learner’s Voice program

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…

Carnegie Mellon Qatar and AlFaisal Without Borders Foundation launch entrepreneurship center

DOHA, QATAR – His Excellency Sheikh Faisal bin Qassim Al Thani, chairman of AlFaisal Without Borders Foundation, and Ilker Baybars, dean of Carnegie Mellon University in Qatar, inaugurated the AlFaisal…