Category: Sustainability

Carnegie Mellon Qatar lecture explores national food security

Kamel Abdallah, Group CEO of Baladna Food Industries, shares vision of Qatar food self-sufficiency, sustainability DOHA, QATAR: At a lecture at Carnegie Mellon University in Qatar (CMU-Q), Kamel Abdallah, Group…

Education City Health and Wellness Fair comes back to CMU-Q

Education City students, faculty and staff explored Qatar’s resources for well-being at this year’s Health and Wellness Fair. The annual fair was held at Carnegie Mellon University in Qatar, where…

CMU-Q grad named regional finalist for UN Young Champions of the Earth

Dina Altarawneh has been named one of five finalists for the UN Young Champions of the Earth competition for the West Asia region. Altarawneh graduated from the CMU-Q Biological Sciences Program…

Smart about Smart Cities

By Chadi Aoun With the opening of the Doha Metro, Qatar has taken an important step toward harnessing smart technology for the benefit of the wider community. The network, which…

Students explore sustainability and resilience in Greece

During an educational trip over spring break, a group of 12 students from Carnegie Mellon University in Qatar learned about the innovative ways that Greece is approaching questions of sustainability.…

Qatar Shell chairman discusses human and sustainable development at CMU-Q Dean’s Lecture Series

Population growth one of the world’s greatest challenges DOHA, QATAR: Andrew Faulkner, managing director and chairman of Qatar Shell, highlighted the dual global challenges of rising population levels and increasing…

CMU-Q’s Chadi Aoun: “We have the means to stop global warming”

Qatar Investment Authority hosts seminar on climate change and sustainability Doha, Qatar  –Carnegie Mellon University in Qatar’s Chadi Aoun shared his expertise on the environmental underpinnings of climate change at…

Health and Wellness Fair brings together Education City community

Event that started at CMU-Q in 2015 has grown to include all of Education City partners This year’s Education City Health and Wellness Fair was the largest since the fair…