NYU Abu Dhabi (NYUAD) Athletics has launched Virtual Unified Partners, a virtual fitness support program, in cooperation with Special Olympics UAE. As part of the program, NYUAD student athletes will hold two sessions per week to train virtually with Special Olympics athletes. The initiative is designed to assist Special Olympics athletes without pre-existing support platforms […]
A group of six athletes from NYU Abu Dhabi (NYUAD) broke the Guinness World Records title for the most chest to ground burpees in 24 hours. While the minimum number of burpees required to break the record was 6,000, the team managed to perform double the amount, finishing 12,502 burpees in the allocated time. The […]
Abu Dhabi University, ADU, has been ranked among the top 750 universities in the world for the third year in a row, according to the 2021 QS World University Rankings. ADU recorded an increase of 15 percent in Academic Reputation, the world rankings indicator with the highest weightage. Reinforcing this performance, the university also improved […]
For the first time ever, a team of researchers from NYU Abu Dhabi (NYUAD) and Monash University in Australia have observed the full process of material spiralling into a distant neutron star, which triggered a massive X-ray outburst thousands of times brighter than our Sun. The event has been observed in multiple frequencies, including high-sensitivity […]
Two NYU Abu Dhabi (NYUAD) alumni have been awarded the prestigious Yenching Scholarship by the Yenching Academy of Peking University in Beijing, China. NYUAD Class of 2018 alumna Marie-Claude Hykpo and alumnus Juan Diego Serrano Ortega from the Class of 2020 will pursue a one-year interdisciplinary master’s program focused on studying China’s past, present, and […]
UAE University, UAEU, is among the top 50 in Asia for the second consecutive year, advancing 11 ranks, to 38, according to The Times Higher Education Asia University Rankings 2020. The university surpassed last year’s achievement of joining the elite top 50 Asian universities for the first time, by moving up a further 11 places […]
Khalifa University of Science and Technology today announced it has introduced new undergraduate, postgraduate and Ph.D. programmes for the academic year 2020-2021 in order to meet the UAE’s increasing human and intellectual capital requirements as the country quickens its pace towards becoming a full-fledged knowledge-based digital economy. During the last academic year, Khalifa University launched […]
NYU Abu Dhabi (NYUAD) today celebrated the Class of 2020 — its largest to date with some 300 students from over 75 countries — during the University’s seventh Commencement ceremony and its first designed to be a virtual experience for graduates, their friends, family, and the wider NYU community, given physical distancing guidelines due to […]
In line with its philosophy of providing world-class education that motivates the best students from the UAE and around the world, Sorbonne University Abu Dhabi announces to grant Academic Scholarships to new students with excellent academic records and wishes to unfold their higher academic endeavors in Sorbonne University Abu Dhabi.“Given that financial instability is a […]
To help tackle the rapid spread of COVID-19, Program Head and Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at NYU Abu Dhabi (NYUAD) Anthony Tzes has developed an eco-friendly 3D printed face mask based on the N95 specifications. The pandemic has seen N95 masks become a critical accessory for healthcare professionals and members of the public […]
