Tag: Student Achievement

Business administration senior wins QFBA Finance Research Award

CMU-Q senior student Abdulla Al-Hemaidi secured first place in the Qatar Finance and Business Academy (QFBA) Finance Research Award competition. The winning paper, which is based on Al-Hemaidi’s honors thesis,…

A place to grow: how Fatou bridges technology and people

For Fatou, choosing a university wasn’t just about a degree; it was about finding a place where she could explore how technology shapes the world. Growing up in Dakar, Senegal,…

Computer Science sophomores publish speech research at premier IEEE conference

A research paper titled “LLM-based post-ASR error correction for disordered speech” has been accepted by the IEEE International Conference on Acoustics, Speech, and Signal Processing (ICASSP). Co-authored by Carnegie Mellon…

CMU-Q student researchers win second place at 17th Annual UREP Awards

DOHA, QATAR – A team of undergraduate researchers from Carnegie Mellon University in Qatar (CMU-Q) placed second in the oral presentation category at the 17th Annual Undergraduate Research Experience Program…

Student team secures third place at National Cyber Security Agency’s Capture the Flag 

A team of Carnegie Mellon University in Qatar (CMU-Q) students secured third place at the National Cyber Security Agency’s “Capture the Flag” competition. Held as part of the 12th National…

CS senior awarded Generation Google Scholarship 

Adan Jawad, a graduating senior in the Computer Science program, was awarded the Generation Google Scholarship for the North American region. The program supports aspiring computer scientists who demonstrate a…

CMU-Q student entrepreneurs pitch to industry leaders at Tech Demo Day

DOHA, QATAR – Five student teams at Carnegie Mellon University in Qatar (CMU-Q) pitched their original technology startup concepts to a panel of industry experts at Tech Demo Day. The…

CMU-Q’s Integration Bee expands, uniting university talent and emerging high school mathematicians

Carnegie Mellon University in Qatar (CMU-Q) expanded the annual Integration Bee this year by welcoming high school students to compete alongside university undergraduates, setting the stage for a dynamic, multi-level…

Carnegie Mellon students lead in Charity Week Qatar fundraising

For Charity Week 2025, students at Carnegie Mellon University in Qatar (CMU-Q) organized an ambitious campaign of community events to secure the top fundraising position among schools, universities and institutions…

Exchange students from U.S. HBCUs gain new perspectives at CMU-Q

Carnegie Mellon University in Qatar (CMU-Q) is hosting two junior-year students this semester from leading Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) in the United States. Lorin Williams, an Information Systems…