Category: Research

CMU-Q celebrates excellence at Senior Honors 2017

CMU-Q’s Senior Honors event celebrates the achievements in academics, research and leadership of the Class of 2017. Selma Limam Mansar, associate dean for education, congratulated the students for their many…

Students prefer print to electronic: Diane Mizrachi speaks at CMU-Q

In a study of more than 10,000 students in 21 countries, Diane Mizrachi has found that students overwhelmingly prefer print to electronic reading material. Mizrachi is the social sciences and…

Student cancer research takes top awards at CMU-Q symposium

QNRF and Ministry of Development Planning and Statistics present special awards at ‘Meeting of the Minds’  DOHA, QATAR – A research project that sought to identify novel biomarkers for better…

Winners of Pi Day math contest: DPS-Modern Indian

Carnegie Mellon Qatar holds second annual contest, draws 400 high school students from across Qatar A team from the DPS-Modern Indian School took the top prize at the second annual…

Pioneer of computational design on “the art of the possible”

Ramesh Krishnamurti, professor of computational design at Carnegie Mellon’s School of Architecture, delivered a Dean’s Lecture on the history of computational design. Krishnamurti was one of the first to use…

CMU-Q at Al Faisal Without Borders Educational Festival

Ilker Baybars, dean and CEO of Carnegie Mellon University in Qatar, attended the opening ceremonies of the first Educational Festival, a four-day event organized by Al Faisal Without Borders Foundation…

Local schools create, code and compete at CMU-Q programming contest

Alice Middle East Programming Competition inspires 36 student teams to explore computer science DOHA, Qatar: Computer science took center stage at Carnegie Mellon University in Qatar (CMU-Q) as 125 students…

Scientists put human interaction under the microscope

CMU-Q, Robotics Institute investigate what makes a successful negotiator In CMU News, March 8, 2017 Researchers at Carnegie Mellon University in Qatar and Pittsburgh have joined forces to explore the…

TESOL Summit discusses the future of teaching English to speakers of other languages

TESOL International Association brought together thought leaders, policy makers and industry professionals for the Summit on the Future of the TESOL Profession in Athens on February 9 and 10. Dudley…

CMU-Q introduces high schoolers to computing

Mindcraft outreach program engages students in the precision and possibility of a career in computer science As computer science becomes integral to more and more fields of study, Carnegie Mellon…