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Dean Baybars and CMU-Q recognized by H.E. Sheikh Faisal

His Excellency Sheikh Faisal Bin Qassim Al Thani honored Ilker Baybars, dean and CEO of CMU-Q, at a dinner at the iconic Sheikh Faisal Museum on March 10. Special guests…

2016 Internal Case Competition a tight race to the end

In one of the most hotly-contested case competitions in recent memory, the CMU-Q team Alpha Consulting bested a very competitive field of CMU and CMU-Q students. They worked for two…

Quick StartUp 2016 welcomes students to hands-on entrepreneurship

On March 10, Quick StartUp will kick off with talks from some of Qatar’s most experienced entrepreneurs and incubators of new ventures. Quick Startup allows students to walk in with…

Students travel and learn over spring break

CMU-Q students embarked on learning trips around the world over spring break, including destinations in North America and Europe. The largest contingent traveled to Silicon Valley with Maher Hakim, associate…

Doctor Disruption in Doha

The idea for Meddy came from a snippet of conversation Haris Aghadi overheard at a family gathering: could you recommend a good doctor? He had heard similar conversations for years—Aghadi,…

CMU-Q student researchers win for work in humanizing information technology

The sixth Undergraduate Conference in Information Systems (UCIS), held on February 27, focused on “Humanizing Information Technology (IT),” and submissions considered the evolving role of IT in all facets of…

More than 250 high school students compete in 1st round of Pi-Day at CMU-Q

The first round of the Pi-Day Mathematics Competition for high school students took place February 20. More than 250 students representing over 50 independent and international high schools came to…

Carnegie Mellon Qatar hosts high school workshops to give sneak peek into careers in business, science and tech

35% of incoming students participate in at least one outreach program DOHA, QATAR – Ahead of the March 1 admission deadline, Carnegie Mellon Qatar held a series of workshops to…

CMU-Q Trading Hackathon tests teamwork across disciplines

The Q-SmartLab Trading Hackathon took place last week, with team Polaris finishing on top. The winning team included Alfred Godwin Ravindrakumar, Anthony Lo and Yijun Dong. The competition took place…

CMU-Q creates kit to encourage experimental science in Qatari classrooms

Twenty-seven students from independent and private schools across Doha participated in the Biotechnology Explorers Program (BEP) last weekend, an outreach program that introduces students to biological sciences. The program is…