A team of mathematicians and economists from NYU Abu Dhabi (NYUAD) examined how to balance the need to “flatten the curve” and reduce the spread of COVID-19 while trying to prevent economies from sustaining prolonged, severe, and potentially permanent damage. The team developed a mathematical model that could offer a template for policy-makers looking for […]
NYU Abu Dhabi (NYUAD) Class of 2020 alumni Muhammad Shehryar Hamid and DoovarahaMaheswarasarma have been awarded the Erasmus Mundus Scholarship, which will commence in September 2020. Hamid will be joining the first edition of Erasmus Mundus’ Decentralized Smart Energy Systems (DENSYS) program, while Maheswarasarma will be taking part in the Safe and Reliable Nuclear Applications […]
Cyber Gear has launched a new portal to showcase the technologies shaping the Fourth Industrial Revolution. According to Sharad Agarwal – CEO of Cyber Gear, “We stand on the brink of a technological revolution that will fundamentally alter the way we live, work, and relate to one another. In its scale, scope, and complexity, the […]
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 […]