Tag: CMU

Remembering Dean Ilker Baybars 

Ilker Baybars, one of the longest-serving and most impactful academic leaders at Carnegie Mellon University, passed away on December 23, 2022, in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Baybars was the former dean of…

Qatar campus student named CMU 2024 Innovation Scholar

A sophomore in business administration at Carnegie Mellon University in Qatar (CMU-Q), a Qatar Foundation partner university, was named a 2024 Innovation Scholar by the Swartz Center for Entrepreneurship at…

Alumni from 15 graduating classes return to Carnegie Mellon Qatar

CMU president and CMU-Q dean welcome back more than 350 graduates More than 350 alumni from Carnegie Mellon University in Qatar (CMU-Q), a Qatar Foundation partner university, returned to campus…

CMU-Q graduate wins MCS Gilman Award

Ayah Salameh, a biological sciences graduate from Carnegie Mellon University in Qatar (CMU-Q), a Qatar Foundation partner university, has been named one of two MCS Gilman Award winners for 2022.…

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…

CMU-Q graduate named runner-up for School of Computer Science award

A graduate from Carnegie Mellon University in Qatar (CMU-Q), a Qatar Foundation partner university, was named a runner-up for the Allen Newell Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Research.  Đorđe Popović…

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…

Inside baseball: CMU-Q dean reflects on the past, present and future of operations research

This past summer, Michael Trick, dean of Carnegie Mellon University in Qatar (CMU-Q), a Qatar Foundation partner university, was invited by Amazon to share his insights into the field of…

BA student becomes first Innovation Scholar from the Qatar campus

A rising junior in the Business Administration Program has become the first Innovation Scholar at the Qatar campus. Yusufbek Nasriddinov was one of 13 Carnegie Mellon students accepted into the…

CMU award recognizes Qatar campus bio sci student

Class of 2021 graduate Mariam El-Esnawy was named the 2021 recipient of the Elizabeth W Jones Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Research. The award is given annually by the Department…