Smoking and Youth in the UAE

It doesn’t take a degree in public health to see the impact that tobacco use has had on global health. We’ve all heard the shocking statistics that ...

Sanjiv Gokhale: Counterfeit Construction Goods and Waste Waters in AD

One of my most recent research projects was also one of the most interesting projects in which I have participated. The project was done in ...

Ralph Katz: Towards a New Model for Teaching Bioethics

A significant amount of my career has been devoted to minority health and bioethics. I’ve led the NIH-funded Tuskegee Legacy Project, a major study ...

Mohamad Eid: The Touchable Holograms of the Future

Touch plays a prominent role in interpersonal communication. Haptics, a term derived from the Greek verb “haptesthai” meaning “to touch”, refers to the ...

Daniel Karell: Conflict, Aid and Nationalism in Afghanistan

The Research Desk at The Gazelle aims to increase awareness of academic research on campus through briefs of the latest work by professors, students ...

Jeffrey Jensen: Institutional Design and The U.S. Civil War

Lasting from 1861 to 1865, the U.S. Civil War was one of the bloodiest wars of the 19th century. The estimated 750,000 soldiers killed outnumber those ...

STEPHEN HOLMES: A conversation on the Iraq War and its Consequences, rise of the ISIS and the role of U.S. expansionism

Stephen Holmes is the Walter E. Meyer Professor of Law at NYU School of Law. He has previously served as director of the Center for the Study of ...

Harvey Molotch: Consuming the City

Much of my research has been devoted to how cities form, sustain themselves and, at times, wither away. Another focus of my research has been ...

The Gut Microbiome

A note to germaphobes: I recommend you stop reading now, because you are not going to like what is coming. Scientists estimate that the total number of ...

JSS Datathon: Analyzing Trends in Dining Services Data

Student competitors in the NYU Abu Dhabi Journal of Social Sciences' Datathon produced original research using data gathered from ADNH Compass. The ...

Complexity in Images

Ever since Fritz Lang’s futuristic 1927 film Metropolis, the idea of Artificial Intelligence has become a staple of science fiction and pop culture. ...

AMA: Peter van der Windt

This week, The Gazelle’s Research Desk held a live Ask Me Anything session with assistant professor of Political Science Peter van der Windt. For an ...

AMA: Alejandro Portes

The idea of doing a study in Spain came because nothing was known about the process of the adaptation of children of immigrants in Europe. Originally I ...