The Education Affairs Office at the Crown Prince Court in Abu Dhabi has announced that despite the restrictions related to COVID-19 virus, including the physical closure of schools, there are currently over 800 teachers working through the National Capacity Building (NCB) Program. While face to face workshops have been postponed, the online program has been […]
NYU Abu Dhabi (NYUAD) senior Sussan Garcia has received a Fulbright English Teaching Assistantship that will support her to move to South Korea in 2021 to teach English. Born and raised in New York, Garcia is majoring in Arab Crossroads Studies with a minor in Political Science. She founded the Society of International Affairs at […]
The Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Scholars Program (SMSP) operated by NYU Abu Dhabi (NYUAD) and the Stevens Initiative launched a virtual exchange program connecting youth from the UAE and the US. Funded by the Stevens Initiative, the new program provides access to international experiences and fosters dialogue between students. The program will virtually connect students […]
As remote learning and self-quarantine have become the order of the day, the number of monthly users of NYU Libraries’ Arabic Collections Online (ACO) increased from 50,000 to 350,000 in March. This digital library, a partnership between NYU New York and NYU Abu Dhabi, is a collection of Arabic-language, public-domain content drawn from distinguished libraries […]
NYU Abu Dhabi’s (NYUAD) global community of researchers and faculty are responding to the unique challenges posed by COVID-19. From social and economic to physiological and scientific disciplines, researchers are initiating projects specifically aimed at tackling the pandemic. For more information about the faculty experts and their ongoing research projects, please visit NYUAD COVID-19: A […]
NYU Abu Dhabi student group ElevatED, has released Where is our home?, a children’s book which discusses migration, and celebrates the unity of humanity, and the environmental diversity of our planet. The book, written and illustrated by NYUAD students and published in Standard Arabic and English, will be shared with nearly 3,000 refugee and underprivileged […]
Aldar Properties (“Aldar”) announced today a new initiative that extends support to the families of all students enrolled in Aldar Academies and Cranleigh Abu Dhabi that are part of Aldar Education’s portfolio. This initiative includes a 20 percent reduction in school fees and a refund of all payments made toward catering and transport expenses for term […]
A team of NYU Abu Dhabi (NYUAD) researchers developed a new, one-pot synthetic approach to obtain water-stable and “ready to use” gold nanoparticles that can be heated with a simple green laser, improving the gold nanoparticles’ ability to penetrate and destroy malignant cells through hyperthermia and simultaneously releasing chemotherapeutic drugs. The unique design of these […]
The Abu Dhabi Department of Education and Knowledge, ADEK, has announced the launch of eight new e-services, aimed at delivering greater efficiency and time savings for students, parents and teachers. The e-services, which include transcript, report card and certificate attestations, and appointment letter generation for educators, are available via the ADEK website and on TAMM […]
NYU Abu Dhabi (NYUAD) has partnered with the Inception Institute of Artificial Intelligence (IIAI). IIAI will fund up to five NYUAD researchers as part of its Global PhD Fellows program in Artificial Intelligence (AI). The program focuses on improving the AI research framework within Abu Dhabi, while also promoting collaboration to support its growth in […]
