Carnegie Mellon University in Qatar (CMU-Q) is preparing to celebrate the graduation of the Class of 2026, a cohort of 106 students distinguished by their academic rigor, global perspective, and significant professional preparation. Representing 33 nationalities and speaking 32 unique languages, the Class of 2026 reflects the diverse, multicultural environment that defines the CMU-Q experience within Education City. CMU-Q is a Qatar Foundation partner university. Michael Tric

Carnegie Mellon University in Qatar (CMU-Q), a Qatar Foundation partner university, hosted a landmark gathering for its alumni community at the Sheikh Faisal Bin Qassim Al Thani Museum. The event served as a celebration of the university’s growing legacy and the official launch of two major initiatives: the CMU-Q Alumni Association and a new suite of Alumni Awards. The timing of these announcements is significant as the university looks forward to Graduation 2026. When this y

Houda Bouamor, a leading Arabic NLP researcher, outlines the key challenges for AI in the Middle East—and how CMU-Q is building a new generation of talent to meet them. The future of artificial intelligence in the Middle East hinges on solving its "inclusion" problem, according to Houda Bouamor, a leading expert in Arabic Natural Language Processing (NLP) and an associate teaching professor at Carnegie Mellon University in Qatar (CMU-Q). Most AI models are trained on formal,