Category: In the Media

HBKU’s QBRI wraps up two-month intensive Summer Research Program

Sanaa Al-Marri and Kainaat Nadeem Khan are both biological sciences students from Carnegie Mellon University in Qatar (CMU-Q), a Qatar Foundation partner university. Al-Marri and Khan participated in the 2022…

Gulf Times: Anirban, a legend of his times and beyond

Originally published in Gulf Times, August 19, 2022 as “Anirban, A Legend Of His Times And Beyond He overcame challenges and became a role model himself, impacting the lives of many…

The Peninsula: Alumni startup, Stellic, is a unique story of entrepreneurial success

Originally published in The Peninsula, August 14, 2022 as “QSTP-funded higher-ed tool empowers students on path to graduation” Doha: Stellic is a unique story of entrepreneurial success. A student-founded platform…

CMU-Q’s Zeinab Ibrahim: TEDinArabic is a powerful message

Zeinab Ibrahim, teaching professor of Arabic studies at Carnegie Mellon University in Qatar, a Qatar Foundation partner university, comments on the importance for the Arabic language to hold TEDinArabic. Originally…

Carnegie Mellon’s MindCraft introduces computer science to more than 11,000 students in Qatar

Computer science outreach workshops reach milestone number of K-12 student participants The MindCraft program at Carnegie Mellon University in Qatar (CMU-Q), a Qatar Foundation partner university, has introduced computer science…

CMU Qatar students spend semester in Pittsburgh

Originally published by Mellon College of Science News on May 23, 2022. Written by Kirsten Heuring Five Carnegie Mellon University in Qatar students spent their Spring 2022 semester at the…

Entrepreneur ME on CMU-Q alumni startup Stellic

The startup Stellic was created by Carnegie Mellon University in Qatar alumni Sabih Bin Wasi, Rukhsar Neyaz, and Musab Popatia. The company began as a student project at CMU-Q, a Qatar Foundation partner university, and is now…

Gulf Times: Graduate combines passion for sports, technology

This month, we are celebrating the Class of 2022. Mohammed Al-Qassabi graduated with a degree in information systems. Published originally in Gulf-Times, May 11, 2022, as “QF graduate combines passion…

Alumni startup raises $11 million in Series A funding

The startup Stellic was created by Carnegie Mellon University in Qatar alumni Sabih Bin Wasi, Rukhsar Neyaz, and Musab Popatia. The company began as a student project at CMU-Q, a…

Gulf Times: Dr. Fathy Saoud, former president of QF, passes away

Dr. Fathy Saoud, the former president of Qatar Foundation, was instrumental in establishing the Carnegie Mellon campus in Education City. During the early years of CMU-Q, Dr. Saoud was an…