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Education Above All (EAA) and Strategic Partners: “An Acceleration of the SDG Commitments Is the Onl ...

Partners attended UN High Level Political Forum to issue joint statement to call for renewed commitment towards universal education Doha, Qatar (July 13, 2019) - Education Above All foundation (EAA), Mission of Qatar, Permanent Missions of Argentina, State of Qatar, Singapore and Uruguay, UNESCO and Qatar Fund for Development ......Read More

Wednesday, November 22, 2023

Carnegie Mellon Qatar honors 175 Students for Academic Excellence

CMU-Q celebrates student achievement in spring 2023 semester Doha, Qatar, 19 November, 2023 – At a ceremony in Education City, Carnegie Mellon University in Qatar (CMU-Q), a Qatar Foundation (QF) partner university, honored 175 students for academic excellence in the spring 2023 semester. The Dean’s List ceremony takes place ......Read More

Monday, November 20, 2023

Education Above All Foundation Condemns Deliberate Attacks on UNRWA Schools in Gaza and Killing of I ...

Education Above All Foundation (EAA) unequivocally condemns the deliberate attacks on Al Fakhoora UNRWA school on Saturday, 18 November, and the similarly devastating assault on the Al-Falah school on Friday, 17 November. These reprehensible attacks have resulted in the tragic loss of dozens of lives of women, children, and displaced civilians, ......Read More

Monday, November 20, 2023

British Council Announces 8th Qatar UK-Festival Programme with a Focus on Sustainability and Communi ...

• In its 8th year, the 2023 UK Festival highlights and fosters the importance of the UK-Qatar relationship, bringing together UK and Qatari artists. • The theme aligns with the British Council’s sustainability priority, promoting responses to global environmental challenges through arts and culture. Doha, ......Read More

Monday, November 13, 2023
Education Above All: Schools are Off-Limits – Cease Attacks Now

5 November 2023- The Education Above All (EAA) Foundation strongly condemns the ongoing attacks on schools, particularly the recent incident at the UNRWA Al Fakhoora School in the Jabalia refugee camp in Gaza. UNRWA estimates that the school was sheltering nearly 20,000 people when it was attacked. This deplorable incident follows another ......Read More

Monday, November 6, 2023

WCM-Q Honors 55 Students for Academic Excellence

Doha – October 30, 2023: The Weill Cornell Medicine-Qatar (WCM-Q) Dean’s Honor List recognized 55 high-achieving foundation and pre-medical students for their outstanding academic performance during a grand ceremony. The event acknowledged the efforts of the students who made it to the list by scoring a grade point average of ......Read More

Tuesday, October 31, 2023

WCM-Q to Host Inaugural Alumni Conference

Doha – 23 October 2023: Weill Cornell Medicine-Qatar (WCM-Q) is hosting a two-day inaugural alumni-organized conference to provide a comprehensive review of recent updates and practice guidelines for adult conditions commonly encountered in primary care. The event will be held on November 3-4, 2023, at the Four Seasons Hotel Doha. Titled ......Read More

Monday, October 23, 2023

Education Above All Foundation Statement on Attacks on Hospitals and School Shelters in Gaza

19 October 2023, Doha (Qatar): “The explosion at the Al-Ahli Arab Hospital in Gaza that killed nearly 500 people today has caused untold civilian misery. This attack on a hospital follows the direct bombing of two UNRWA school shelters in which 6 people were killed. On the 11th day of the bombing of Gaza, it is clear that civilian infrastructure and schools, which are providing lifesaving medicine and sheltering innocent civilians, are not safe. With no access to clean water, food, energy, medicine and emergency services, nowhere is safe in Gaza. EAA Foundation deplores deliberate, intentional designs to kill and starve civilians, and the violent displacement of ......Read More

Thursday, October 19, 2023
ALL Children must be Protected during the Gaza Conflict: Education Above All Foundation

Education Above All Foundation has issued the following statement: “Education Above All Foundation calls for the protection of ALL children during the present war (Gaza war). “The surge of violence, killing, abductions, bombings has already caused death and horrific injuries to children in Gaza. “Even before the present hostilities, 1.1 million children were already in need of humanitarian aid. Since the start of present hostilities in Gaza, 447 children are reported killed and 1,531 injured. “The present siege, which has prevented supplies of food, medical supplies and energy from entering Gaza, will cause hunger and starvation to these children. ......Read More

Saturday, October 14, 2023

Education Above All Foundation's International Educational Facility Destroyed in Gaza Bombing

Today, early morning 10 October 2023, EAA’s Al Fakhoora House in the Southern part of Al Rimal, Gaza, was destroyed in Israel’s ‘Operation Iron Swords’ bombing. Al Fakhoora House was a safe space for students and families in an area that hosts civil society and international organizations. In 2009, the UNRWA Al ......Read More

Thursday, October 12, 2023

EAA Statement in Relation to the Bombardment and Siege of Gaza

9th October 2023 — Education Above All (EAA) Foundation, one of the largest global foundations in development and education, has released the following statement in relation to the bombardment and siege of Gaza. Education Above All Foundation unequivocally condemns the targeting of civilians, schools and civilian objects in Gaza. In Gaza, 73,539 civilians displaced by bombardment are currently seeking shelter, many of them in schools. On 08 October 2023, one UNRWA school sheltering civilians was directly hit by Israeli rocket fire, and three schools were damaged. These attacks must cease immediately. During 2020-21, 420 attacks on, or interferences to, education occurred in ......Read More

Tuesday, October 10, 2023

Carnegie Mellon Qatar Announces Highest Enrollment in Campus History

Doha, Qatar – September 27, 2023 – The student population at Carnegie Mellon University in Qatar (CMU-Q), a Qatar Foundation partner university, has reached a campus record of 472 students. The students come from 61 nations and nearly 40% are Qatari citizens. Michael Trick, dean of CMU-Q, commented: “Our students form a ......Read More

Thursday, September 28, 2023
WCM-Q Symposium Tackles Obesity

Doha – September 20, 2023: Weill Cornell Medicine-Qatar (WCM-Q) recently hosted a one-day symposium titled ‘Tackling Obesity: Multidisciplinary Approaches for Comprehensive Care,’ which comprised a series of lectures and interactive sessions at WCM-Q premises. Coordinated by the Division of Continuing Professional Development ......Read More

Wednesday, September 20, 2023

Carnegie Mellon Qatar Welcomes Seven New Faculty Members

Carnegie Mellon University in Qatar (CMU-Q), a Qatar Foundation partner university, welcomes seven new faculty members for the 2022-23 academic year. Michael Trick, dean of CMU-Q, welcomed the new faculty members to the CMU-Q community. “CMU-Q faculty members are experts in their fields, and educators that are dedicated to ......Read More

Saturday, September 9, 2023

CMU-Q Officially Welcomes Class of 2027

Carnegie Mellon University in Qatar (CMU-Q), a Qatar Foundation partner university, held a formal convocation ceremony to officially welcome more than 100 first-year students of the Class of 2027. Members of the CMU-Q senior administration, faculty, staff, students, and alumni were present for the ceremony, which was also live ......Read More

Thursday, August 24, 2023

Carnegie Mellon Qatar Students Win Top Foodtech Idea for Printing Vegetables

Qatar Development Bank competition inspires new way to ensure food security Two students at Carnegie Mellon University in Qatar (CMU-Q), a Qatar Foundation partner university, won top prize in the FoodTech category at a Qatar Development Bank competition. Mohammad Fadhel Annan and Lujain Al Mansoori created an idea for 3D printed vegetables, an ......Read More

Monday, August 21, 2023
Students Explore the Role of Physics in Medicine at Joint WCM-Q and TAMUQ Program

Doha – August 19, 2023: Nineteen high school students from 15 schools successfully completed the Physics for Future Doctors Summer Program—an initiative developed by Texas A&M University at Qatar (TAMUQ) in collaboration with Weill Cornell Medicine-Qatar (WCM-Q). The Physics for Future Doctors Summer Program is a one-week ......Read More

Saturday, August 19, 2023

GEMS Students, Parents and Teachers Celebrate Another Year of Excellent A-level Results

• 1,600+ GEMS students from 20 schools in the UAE and Qatar sat 5,000+ A-levels exams • 24 per cent of all entries achieve A* to A grades, with 45 per cent recording A* to B grades • 21 per cent of GEMS Wellington Academy – Al Khail A-level entries awarded top A* grade Students, parents, teachers, and staff ......Read More

Thursday, August 17, 2023

Local and International High School Students Explore Careers in Medicine at WCM-Q Summer Programs

Doha – July 26, 2023: Weill Cornell Medicine-Qatar (WCM-Q) offered 89 students from 45 local and overseas high schools a chance to explore the prospect of careers in medicine and to sample life as a medical student and doctor during its two summer programs. The programs are Qatar Medical Explorer Program (QMEP) and the Pre-College ......Read More

Wednesday, July 26, 2023

Carnegie Mellon Qatar Launches Computer Science Summer Camps

Carnegie Mellon University in Qatar (CMU-Q), a Qatar Foundation partner university, has launched summer camps in computer science for middle and high school students. The camps are an extension of MindCraft, a CMU-Q workshop that has introduced computing to more than 14,000 students in Qatar since 2016. MindCraft is organized by the Hamad Bin Jassim Center for K-12 Computer Science Education (HBJ Center), a collaboration between CMU-Q and the Jassim and Hamad Bin Jassim Charitable Foundation. Khaled Harras is the director of the HBJ Center, a teaching professor of computer science, and the senior associate dean for faculty at CMU-Q. “You sometimes hear people say ......Read More

Friday, July 14, 2023
Two High-Achieving WCM-Q Alumni Win Prestigious Awards

Doha – July 9, 2023: Two medical doctors who trained at Weill Cornell Medicine-Qatar (WCM-Q) and now work at elite healthcare institutions in the US have won prestigious awards for their work in research and mentorship. Breast cancer specialist Dr. Nour Abuhadra, who earned her MD degree and graduated with distinction from WCM-Q in 2015, ......Read More

Monday, July 10, 2023

CMU-Q's Dudley Reynolds Co-edits Handbook on the Multilingual Classroom

Carnegie Mellon University in Qatar’s Dudley Reynolds has co-edited a practical guide to language teaching in a multilingual classroom. Along with co-editors Kashif Raza and Christine Coombe, Reynolds compiled essays of practical ideas from around the world for developing curricula, teaching materials, and activities to support multilingual ......Read More

Saturday, July 8, 2023

Carnegie Mellon Qatar AppointT three New Associate Deans

Carnegie Mellon University in Qatar (CMU-Q) will start its twentieth academic year with several new faces on the leadership team. Michael Trick, dean of CMU-Q since 2017, has appointed three new faculty members to positions within the Dean’s Office. Khaled Harras, teaching professor of computer science, will become senior associate dean ......Read More

Tuesday, June 27, 2023

WCM-Q Training Program Provides a Boost for Upcoming Local Researchers

Doha – June 19, 2023: Six aspiring biomedical scientists acquired key research skills and experience by completing Weill Cornell Medicine-Qatar’s (WCM-Q) Biomedical Research Training Program (BRTP) for Nationals. The interns who completed the BRTP this year were Layan Sukik, Dalal Zafer Alqahtani, Areej Khaled Baraka, ......Read More

Monday, June 19, 2023
Education Above All Foundation Condemns Attack on Ugandan School, Urges International Action to Upho ...

June 17, 2023 (Doha, Qatar) – The global education foundation, Education Above All (EAA) strongly condemns the attack by armed groups on a school in Western Uganda. The exact number of casualties is not confirmed, but reports suggest that nearly 40 people, mostly students have been killed. The school was burnt and some students were abducted. This recent attack on a school follows last week's attack on a village in the DRC on the border with Uganda. The deliberate targeting of students and educational facilities is a serious escalation in the conflict in Uganda and the DRC. Maleiha Malik, Executive Director of EAA's Protect Education in Insecurity and Conflict Programme, calls ......Read More

Monday, June 19, 2023

Diabetes and Medical Education discussed at WCM-Q Grand Rounds

Doha – June 17, 2023: The prevalence of diabetes among Qatari adults and strategies for enhancing medical education were explored in two Grand Rounds lectures presented by Weill Cornell Medicine-Qatar (WCM-Q). Dr. Laith Abu-Raddad, professor of population health sciences at WCM-Q, gave a presentation in which he explained that the ......Read More

Saturday, June 17, 2023

WCM-Q Course Promotes Simulation-based Medical Education

Doha – June 14, 2023: With the rapidly growing role of simulation-based education (SBE) in healthcare, there is an increased need for health professionals to train in the subject. Weill Cornell Medicine-Qatar (WCM-Q) held its second iteration of a unique faculty development course offering clinicians and educators an opportunity to learn how ......Read More

Wednesday, June 14, 2023

Qatar Students Showcase Programming Skills at Carnegie Mellon

More than 80 students from around Qatar competed in the Alice Programming Competition at Carnegie Mellon University in Qatar (CMU-Q), a Qatar Foundation partner university. There were 34 teams of middle and high school students from 12 schools participating. The competition was hosted by the Hamad Bin Jassim Center for K-12 Computer Science ......Read More

Monday, June 12, 2023

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