Liberal Arts to host lecture on literacy
Published Jan 16, 2013Dr. David A. Jolliffe, professor of English, University of Arkansas at Fayetteville, on 20 Jan. will present, "Literacy and Place--What Difference Do Situation and Setting Make?" Jolliffe will discuss the complicated term 'literacy' and will explain how issues of place (urban, suburban, rural, industrialized, agricultural, multicultural, and monocultural) influence people from various…
Bashir chairs conference on globalization
Published Jan 15, 2013Dr. Hassan Bashir, assistant professor of political science, is the organizing chair for the 5th Global Conference "Strangers, Aliens and Foreigners." The conference will be hosted at Mansfield College, Oxford University, United Kingdom from 5–7 Sept. 2013. The conference will explore the crucial place that strangers, aliens and foreigners have for the constitution of self, communities…
Aggie men's and women's basketball season to continue
Published Jan 15, 2013The Aggie men's basketball team will face the JV Dragons of American School of Doha. The game is scheduled to begin at 6:30 p.m. at Qatar Academy gym.The Aggie women's basketball team on will face the Hoyas of Georgetown School of Foreign Service in Qatar tonight. The game is scheduled to begin at 7:30 p.m. in the Hamad bin Khalifa University Student Center. On 20 Jan., the…
PETE program presents seminars on new research and industry trends
Published Jan 14, 2013The Petroleum Engineering Programs has recently hosted several seminars on different aspects of petroleum engineering. From shale gas to the future of natural gas, the series of seminars featured several keynote speakers.6 January, 2013Shale Gas Well Design and AnalysisDr. Christine Ehlig-EconomidesThis seminar…
University hosts Distinguished Lecture Series
Published Jan 13, 2013Dr. Jeremy Black, professor of history at University of Exeter, on 13 Jan. presented, "War and the World Question: 1450–the Future," as the first of the 2013 Distinguished Lecture Series. Black's lecture focused on the consideration of the problems involved in providing an explanation of how military capability is assessed and military change occurs. The technological interpretation is…
Texas A&M University at Qatar hosts green chemistry and engineering conference
Published Jan 10, 2013Texas A&M University at Qatar hosted the QAFCO-Texas A&M at Qatar Chemistry Conference 2013 on Thursday at the University’s Engineering Building at the Education City campus. The conference explored green chemistry and its application to environmental challenges as its main focus. This was the sixth installment of this annual event with QAFCO that began in 2007.The conference…
University takes top prize in enterprise challenge
Published Jan 10, 2013Team Aggie Engineers took first prize in Shell's first Enterprise Challenge Qatar. Part of the Global Entrepreneurship Week, and in partnership with Bedaya and Mosaic, the competition required participants to attend a training session, practise in teams and then compete to see which team can make the highest net profit in an online competition that simulates a business start-up. A total…
CODE represents University at international debating forum
Published Jan 10, 20136 students represented Texas A&M University at Qatar at the World Universities Debating Championship (WUDC) in Berlin, Germany. With over 100 countries represented, WUDC is the world's largest debating tournament. Syed Muhammad Taha and Alya Al Harthy, along with Muhammad Hisham Uddin and Mohammad Ghamary competed in the competition. The two judges representing Texas A&M at Qatar are Ramon…
LeaderShape challenges students to lead with integrity
Published Jan 10, 201318 Aggie students, of the 60 selected, participated in the 2013 LeaderShape Institute last week in Al Khor. The goal of LeaderShape is to improve campus leadership by developing young adults to lead with integrity.For information contact Rachel White: rachel.white@qatar.tamu.edu, +974.4423.0509.
Texas A&M at Qatar celebrates 10 years of excellence
Published Jan 06, 2013Texas A&M University at Qatar celebrated its 10-year anniversary of engineering a world of difference at a gala event Sunday night at the Qatar National Convention Centre (QNCC). The event honored Her Highness Sheikha Moza bint Nasser, Chairperson of Qatar Foundation (QF), QF and Hamad bin Khalifa University (HBKU) VIPs and executive staff from Texas A&M University’s main campus in Texas,…