NYU Abu Dhabi

Student Transforms Campus Accessibility and Community Engagement

Transforming Campus Accessibility

Saifeldeen Abed Alrhman was granted the 2024 Graduate Student Leadership Award for his exceptional community-building and commitment to creating a more inclusive and accessible campus.

New Fellowship Established

Adele Bea Cipste, a first-year MFA student at NYUAD, is the inaugural recipient of the prestigious fellowship.

Fourth UAE Edition of the Academy for Women Entrepreneurs Concludes with Celebratory Closing Ceremony

Women Entrepreneurs Academy

startAD held a closing ceremony to mark the completion of the fourth edition of the Academy of Women Entrepreneurs UAE program.

Features

Research at NYU Abu Dhabi deepens our understanding of the world and ourselves.

Out of This World

Thunder and nanosatellites collide in an innovative mission to study terrestrial gamma ray flashes.

No Longer Lost in Translation

Non-Arabic speakers making efforts to learn the language that can help bridge the cultural divide.

Solving The Riddles of Space and Time

An interdisciplinary initiative at NYU Abu Dhabi spotlights how the Himalayan climate hotspot is jeopardizing the water supply for a quarter of humanity.

More Women in Coral Reef Science Across the Gulf States

Though a gender divide persists in the investigation of this vital ecosystem, study reveals a recent regional increase in female authorship.

Why NYU Abu Dhabi?

NYU Abu Dhabi is one of the most diverse campuses in the world. Our students come from 115 countries and speak more than 100 languages.

Faculty Spotlights

NYU Abu Dhabi faculty are researchers, scholars, and artists of extraordinary distinction within and beyond their disciplines.

Associate Professor with a joint appointment in Biology and Bioengineering, Ken-ichiro Kamei

How Ken-ichiro Kamei’s childhood love of Legos inspired his professional discoveries that could cure diseases.

NYUAD Assistant Professor of Economics, Veda Narasimhan

Veda Narasimhan’s quest to understand her home country. “My focus is really about linkages between rural and urban areas,” Narasimhan said.

Fiona Newell, Visiting Professor

Fiona Newell’s main research interests are in human perceptual processes. She leads the "Multisensory Perception and Cognition Group" at the Trinity College Institute of Neuroscience. Together with her research team they conduct empirical investigations into perceptual function in humans.

Satnam Singh Choongh, Clinical Professor of Legal Writing and Research

Satnam Choongh dual-qualified as a solicitor in 1998, but has remained as a practicing barrister for the last 30 years specializing in all aspects of Planning and Environmental Law.

Upcoming Events

NYU Abu Dhabi offers a lively forum for the exchange of ideas with local audiences as well as worldwide academic and research communities. See all upcoming events.

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