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CMU-Q graduates 80 students

Carnegie Mellon University in Qatar celebrated its seventh graduation ceremony last night, bringing together dignitaries, family and faculty to recognize 80 graduates representing 24 different countries as they were awarded…

Teams to present Twitter sentiment Analysis Research in Ireland

Two CMU-Q teams have placed 3rd and 4th in SemEval 2014, an international competition on computational semantic evaluation that draws entries from researchers across the globe. Tackling on one of…

Oil and gas still to make up bulk of energy sources by 2040: ExxonMobil President

Exxon Mobil president presents “Energy in the 21st Century” at Carnegie Mellon Qatar DOHA, QATAR – By 2040, the world’s population will rise by more than 25 percent, reaching almost…

Carnegie Mellon University in Qatar co-hosts international conference in the United States

CMU Information systems student wins best paper, “Evaluating the Use of Emerging Technologies in Education” DOHA, QATAR – Carnegie Mellon University in Qatar co-hosted the fourth annual Undergraduate Conference in…

Carnegie Mellon Qatar’s robotics tournament creates pathways for students to enter Computer Science and related fields

DOHA, QATAR – Over 200 participants from 22 schools across the region participated in the 10th annual Botball Educational Robotics Program at Carnegie Mellon University in Qatar. The Botball Educational…

CMU-Q Hosts Pittsburgh Students at Case Competition

Congratulations to “Delta Consulting” on winning the 2014 Internal Case Competition. CMU-Q business administration students Anas Farah, Shafiya Fasalu and Amalan Roshan claimed the trophy along with Nancy Yue, a…

CMU-Q Students Win at GCC Henkel Challenge

Two Carnegie Mellon Qatar students have won first place in the Henkel Innovation Challenge 7 regional semi final, which took place in Dubai this February. The competition challenged students to…

CMU-Q Teams Shine at Programming Competitions

A team of computer science students from Carnegie Mellon Qatar took first place at the Qatar Collegiate Programming Contest 2014, held at Qatar University this March. The competition was organized…

Students compete in Carnegie Mellon Qatar’s 3-day entrepreneurship program CMU contributes to local drive to promote entrepreneurship

DOHA, QATAR – Twenty students from universities across Doha recently competed in Quick Startup 2014, a business-training program launched this year by Carnegie Mellon University in Qatar. The program coaches…

Her Highness Sheikha Moza bint Nasser Commemorates Carnegie Mellon Qatar’s 10-year anniversary

DOHA, QATAR –Her Highness Sheikha Moza bint Nasser, Chairperson of Qatar Foundation for Education, Science and Community Development, attended Carnegie Mellon University in Qatar’s 10th anniversary celebrations on Tuesday evening,…