In celebration of its fifth anniversary, The Arts Center at NYU Abu Dhabi (NYUAD) officially launched its season at a press conference led by Executive Artistic Director of The Arts Center at NYUAD Bill Bragin. Bragin introduced the new season’s remarkable lineup of performances while highlighting the significant milestones in The Arts Center’s history. Inspired […]
More than 650 newly appointed teachers hired to work within Aldar Education’s expanding educational network have been welcomed at an induction event ahead of the new school year. The teachers – who will collectively work across 18 schools in Abu Dhabi and Al Ain – were hired following an international recruitment drive as Aldar Education continues […]
Aldar Academies, Abu Dhabi and Al Ain’s premier leader for private education, has marked another year of outstanding academic success as its pupils achieve exceptional exams grades in the 2019 I/GCSEs. The long summer wait for students across the organisation’s private academies was finally over on Thursday as pupils’ anxiety awaited the exam results – […]
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 […]
