Her Highness Sheikha Moza bint Nasser, Chairperson of Qatar Foundation (QF), attended Hamad Bin Khalifa University’s (HBKU) launch of the AutismTech Conference, dedicated to positively impacting the lives of individuals with autism spectrum disorder (ASD). Taking place from April 14 to 16, the event has been co-designed with partners from Qatar, including the Ministry of Public Health (MoPH), Sidra Medicine, Qatar University (QU), Mada Assistive Technology Center, as well as American institutions: Autism Speaks, and the Autism Science Foundation.

There are just a few days left until the end of Ramadan, a month marked by fasting from dawn until sunset and abstaining from food and drink. Allah has mandated fasting during the month of Ramadan in the following verse: 

In a continued effort to advance environmental sustainability, Hamad Bin Khalifa University’s (HBKU) Qatar Environment and Energy Research Institute (QEERI) hosted the second CO2 Cluster Steering Committee (CSC) meeting. This meeting marks further progress in the CCUS project, an initiative funded by the CO2 Cluster under the Qatar Research Development and Innovation Council (QRDI) and a grant from the Qatar National Research Fund (QNRF).

The transformative potential of integrating engineering, technology, and healthcare set the scene for the College of Science and Engineering’s (CSE) Healthcare 5.0 Symposium. 

Hamad Bin Khalifa University (HBKU) partnered with Qatar University (QU) and Texas A&M University at Qatar (TAMUQ) to organize the Annual Materials Science and Engineering Symposium (MSES-2025) with generous support from Qatar Petrochemical Company (QAPCO). 

The Global Institute for Strategic Research (GISR) hosted His Excellency Cao Xiaolin, Ambassador of the People's Republic of China to Qatar, for a discussion with faculty, researchers, and students from across Education City.

The Minaretein Building served over 2000 Iftar meals a day during Ramadan, a task which attracted volunteers from across Education City, including HBKU's College of Islamic Studies. Read more about their contributions to this initiative here.

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Hamad Bin Khalifa University’s (HBKU) College of Public Policy (CPP) hosted Dr. Motasem Hamdan, Distinguished Visiting Professor of Public Value, CPP, for a special lecture detailing the current challenges facing Palestine’s healthcare systems and resulting impact on Palestinians’ health.

Hamad Bin Khalifa University’s (HBKU) College of Public Policy (CPP) convened international leaders in education, international diplomacy, and development, as well as senior figures from Palestinian academia for the Conference on Rebuilding Higher Education in Gaza. Organized in collaboration with Education Above All, the Islamic University of Gaza, University of Fort Hare, University of Johannesburg, and University of Glasgow, the event builds on the expertise of the CPP’s Professor Sultan Barakat and is a follow up to a previous meeting that took place in Glasgow in December 2024.

As Hamad Bin Khalifa University’s Dr. Sanjay Chawla sees it, despite hours of research and countless academic papers, there’s still no such thing as a “Science of AI.” If there was, the emergence of DeepSeek would not have been as controversial as policymakers and media would have us believe.