Tag: interdisciplinary

CMU-Q students explore sustainability in Singapore

A group of 18 students traveled to Singapore over spring break to explore creative options in sustainability. The trip was one of five learning trips for Carnegie Mellon University in…

Carnegie Mellon announces EcoCampus initiative to empower students

Carnegie Mellon University in Qatar (CMU-Q), a Qatar Foundation partner university, has launched an initiative to implement United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) at the campus. The EcoCampus initiative, led…

CMU-Q grad startup is making Qatar greener

In 2020, Carnegie Mellon University in Qatar (CMU-Q) graduates Mohamed Hamdi (BA 2019), Tamim Al-Asfar (BA 2019), and Julian Sam (CS 2019) came together with an idea: to make choosing,…

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…

On UN Arabic Language Day, top CMU-Q team reflects on growth of Arabic debate

As the world commemorates UN Arabic Language Day, a team of four senior students from Carnegie Mellon University in Qatar (CMU-Q), a Qatar Foundation partner university, reflected on the growth…

CMU-Q alumnae featured at Ajyal art exhibition

The artwork of Alanoud Al-Ghamdi and Reem Al-Haddad is featured in an exhibition at Ajyal Creativity Hub in Msheireb. Al-Ghamdi and Al-Haddad are both graduates from the Class of 2021…

Largest online Meeting of the Minds goes live 

Carnegie Mellon University in Qatar (CMU-Q), a Qatar Foundation partner university, launched Meeting of the Minds 2021, a digital showcase of student research. Now in its second year in the online format, Meeting of the Minds…

CMU-Q student club overcomes obstacles to host TEDx event

In October 2019, a group of students applied to host a TEDx event at Carnegie Mellon University in Qatar (CMU-Q), a Qatar Foundation partner university. In order to meet the…

Dean Trick on the milestone of 1000 CMU-Q graduates

Al Raya newspaper interviewed Michael Trick, dean of CMU-Q, about the accomplishments of CMU-Q, as well as the challenges and opportunities that the pandemic has brought. Carnegie Mellon University in…

CMU announces Nesrine Affara as 2020-21 Wimmer Faculty Fellow

Nesrine Affara has been named one of six Wimmer Faculty Fellows for the 2020-21 academic year. Affara, who joined CMU-Q in 2017, is an assistant teaching professor of biological sciences.…