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The Petroleum Engineering Program (PETE) will host the Society of Petroleum Engineers' (SPE) subregional paper contest on 25 Feb. Undergraduate students from Texas A&M at Qatar and petroleum engineering university in Kuwait will compete, and winners will proceed to the SPE regional contest. Students Fares Attar, Sabrina Allan and Fatima Al Emadi…

Dr. Jason Christopher Parker, associate professor of history, Texas A&M University, will offer a lecture titled "Counting Flags, Making Maps: Decolonization and the Postwar World(s)" on 16 Feb.Parker will analyze decolonization as both a transfer of political and juridical sovereignty and an intellectual and cultural process. The lecture is scheduled…

Dr. Shahzad Bashir, Lysbeth Warren Anderson Professor in Islamic Studies and Director of the Sohaib and Sara Abbasi Program in Islamic Studies, Stanford University, will offer a lecture titled "Envisioning Islamic Pasts: Politics, Religion and Pleasures of the Senses" on 20 Feb. as part of the University's Distinguished Lecture Series.Bashir uses…

The Liberal Arts Program will show the film "Celine and Julie Go Boating" by Jacques Rivette in the Hamad Bin Khalifa University Student Center Cinema on 18 Feb. Dr. David Work, visiting assistant professor of liberal arts, said, "Combining Alice in Wonderland with Henry James, this is one of cinema's great adventures." The film is scheduled to…

Texas A&M at Qatar hosted its fifth annual Careers for Engineers event on 15 Feb. More than 45 companies and organizations participated in the day-long fair. Shannon McNulty, program coordinator for career services and event organizer, said “The event has more than doubled in size since its inception and welcomes participating companies from Qatar,…

The Student Body Government launched the Aggie Tribune, the University's first student publication, on 9 Feb.The issue discusses an SBG leadership trip, E-Week events and Texas A&M at Qatar's resignation from the Qatar Foundation football league. Copies are available at the Student Affairs Department. To submit news or information to the Aggie Tribune,…

Mr. Duane Carey, retired Air Force Lt. Col. and former astronaut, visited Texas A&M at Qatar to present his talk on a mission to the Hubble Space Telescope on 7 Feb.Carey served over 22 years in the US Air Force and piloted the space shuttle Columbia on mission STS-109, a servicing mission to the Hubble Space Telescope. He and his wife are currently…

Texas A&M at Qatar will welcome communication engineers from the Ministry of Interior (MOI) for continuing education courses titled “Long Term Evolution (LTE) Fundamentals” and “Emergency Communications,” organized by Dr. Khalid Qaraqe, professor of electrical engineering, from 12 – 16 Feb. LTE, hailed as the next development in the wireless market, is a departure from current, third-generation…

Dr. Roland N. Horne, senior fellow at the Precourt Institute for Energy and Thomas Davies Barrow Professor of Earth Sciences at Stanford University, will speak on "The Future of Oil" at the University's Distinguished Lecture Series on 13 Feb.Horne's presentation will examine how resources, technology and manpower will influence the world's ability…

The Texas A&M at Qatar men's and women's basketball teams will compete in the Qatar Basketball Championship Tournament 8-11 Feb. The women's basketball team is scheduled to play Northwestern University in Qatar on 8 Feb. The men's basketball team will play on 10 Feb. against a currently undetermined opponent.For information contact Michael…