This year marks the 6th annual Andrew Model United Nations Conference. For the last five years, Carnegie Mellon University in Doha has hosted this conference to bring together local high school and university students to discuss and raise awareness about various global issues. As of last year, AMUN is the only MUN conference in the... View Article
Join us for the inaugural Bill Brown Distinguished Lecture in Biological Sciences. The lecture series will kick off featuring Ann Gibbons, contributing correspondent for Science magazine and the author of The First Human: The Race to Discover Our Earliest Ancestors. Gibbons will be discussing, Gut Instincts, the Evolution of Diet: Do We Have Stone Age Bodies in a Fast... View Article
The Qatar Computing Research Institute (QCRI) invites you to join us for a lecture on "The Future of Higher Education in the Age of Technological Disruption" by Farnam Jahanian, President of Carnegie Mellon University. Farnam Jahanian is visiting Doha as a distinguished speaker and member of the Scientific Advisory Committee for Qatar Computing Research Institute (QCRI),... View Article
This edition of the Qatar Foundation Education City Speaker Series brings you the founder of a global brand and well-renowned name in the fashion industry. Dame Natalie Massenet has facilitated online luxury shopping with Net-a-Porter, one of the most successful e-commerce platforms of this generation. Join us to learn from her experiences and get a... View Article
Title: Behind the Scenes: Building a $1.75 Billion Artificial Intelligence-based Educational Business Confirm your attendance. About the lecture: Earlier this month, educational software company Turnitin was sold for $1.75 billion (over 6 billion QAR). This talk from CMU Entrepreneur-in-Residence Elijah Mayfield walks through the story of leaving a research position in Pittsburgh to start LightSide Labs, a company... View Article