A team of researchers from NYU Abu Dhabi’s Center for Global Sea Level Change, supported by the Office of Polar Programs of the USA National Science Foundation, have found that unusually warm ocean water is causing rapid melt at the Greenland outlet glacier Helheim, one of the largest in the region. For the first time, […]
Google, Facebook, and Microsoft are all providing augmented reality platforms for developers to build Apps. The next tech revolution is going to be powered by augmented reality, image-recognition and computer vision technology to convert the real world into content-rich, interactive experiences. Cyber Gear, the web and AI solutions company in Dubai has signed an agency […]
If you haven’t started buying the required lunchboxes, backpacks, bottles and recycled stationery items for your kids as they head back to school, you’re in luck! TheGreenEcostore.com is offering up to 50% discount on a range of Eco-friendly products for school children. “If you’re starting to shop for back-to-school essentials now, don’t worry, there are […]
55 A-Level students at Aldar Academies Al Ain Academy and Al Yasmina Academy have achieved outstanding results during this year’s examination with a 100% pass rate for both schools. 44% of Al Yasmina Academy’s A-Level students scored A*, A or B while Al Ain Academy’s accomplished an impressive 60% of grades at A*, A or […]
startAD, the Abu Dhabi based global accelerator powered by Tamkeen and anchored at NYU Abu Dhabi, in collaboration with Khalifa Fund for Enterprise Development (KFED), has opened applications for Ibtikari 5.0, an intensive five-month incubation program aimed at helping UAE nationals advance their tech startups. Registration is available here and the deadline to apply is […]
Thirty-two high-achieving secondary school students have been selected to participate in the rigorous 18-month NYU Abu Dhabi (NYUAD) Summer Academy enrichment program as recipients of the 2020 Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Scholarship for Outstanding High School Students. Now in its ninth year, the program offers an immersive educational experience that prepares Abu Dhabi-based Emirati students […]
Greenland’s land mass of more than 2.1 million km2 is largely covered with glaciers, and their melting fuels as much as one-fifth of global sea-level rise. That’s why a team of USF and NYUAD geoscientists’ new discovery of a mechanism that allows these glaciers to collapse into the sea has special significance for the low-lying […]
NYU Abu Dhabi (NYUAD) Class of 2019 alumni Rastraraj Bhandari has been selected as a Yenching Scholar. He is one of 130 outstanding young scholars in the fifth cohort to enroll in the interdisciplinary Master’s in China Studies program in September at the Yenching Academy of Peking University. Bhandari, 23, from Nepal, graduated from NYUAD […]
ADNOC Schools’ Sas Al Nakhl Campus raised AED 86,000 for the UAE Red Crescent and received the prestigious Aoun Award for Community Services sponsored by the Emirates Red Crescent (ERC), for their outstanding humanitarian efforts and contribution towards society and help penurious families around Abu Dhabi through the guidance of ERC. Led by grade 12 […]
To celebrate the outstanding accomplishments of its students in the fields of music, arts, academia and sports, Aldar Academies recently hosted the 2019 Academy of Excellence Awards at Al Mamoura Academy. Over 300 students took part in the 2019 Chapter and were selected through a robust process of both school and parent nominations. In keeping […]
