NYUAD Alumni Launch Multiplicity.tech

Alia ElKattan and Lujain Ibrahim launch an online curation of articles discussing global issues through the lens of the internet and its impacts on...

Into Remote Plus

After months of planning and preparation, NYU Abu Dhabi is gearing up to start the Remote Plus Semester with varying expectations, concerns, and...

NYUAD versus COVID-19: Student & Administrative Efforts Against The Virus

NYU Abu Dhabi students and faculty have been actively engaged in efforts to combat the Covid-19 spread and understand its impacts on the world today.

“Things Fall Apart”: Understanding 2020 Through Poetry

Written over 100 years ago, Yeats’ poem, The Second Coming, continues to be referenced in the times of chaos. Today, it helps me rationalize 2020, in...

Saying Goodbye to HUA: Eva Clarke’s Inspiring Legacy

Eva Clarke, fitness mentor and trainer at NYU Abu Dhabi, is leaving after seven years. Here’s a look at the many ways she has inspired students and...

This Too Shall Pass: Looking for a Job in the Middle of a Global Pandemic

Recent NYUAD alumni, Youssef Azzam, reflects on the hardships of graduating amidst a global pandemic and economic recession.

Slow Down: A Productive Person’s Reflections on Quarantine

Perhaps an unintended lesson of this time is that we should not be scared of things that don’t make sense, of experiences that don’t fit neatly into...

We Asked: Where Were You When You Realized the World had Changed Forever?

Students reflect on their memories of the last day of normalcy before Covid-19 completely altered their day to day life and expectations for the...

The NYU Abu Dhabi stipend – a Eulogy of a Friend

I will forever cherish the freedom that the NYUAD stipend gave me; the freedom to curate and create my own, independent relationship with the UAE,...

Why NYU’s Go Local Option is Unfair and Discriminatory

The Covid-19 pandemic highlighted that NYU did not display efficiency, honesty and equal opportunity when it came to study away and global...

NYU Professor Lawrence M. Mead is Arguing For White Supremacy

The tenured professor’s article “Poverty and Culture” tries and fails to give academic legitimacy to the intellectual, cultural and existential...

I'm Concerned About The Stipend Changes. Don't Ask Me To Check My Privilege.

On a campus deemed a “bubble,” where do we draw the line between recognizing privilege and fighting for what we want?

The Kafala System, COVID-19 and Economic Collapse

What are the repercussions of Lebanon’s economic collapse and the coronavirus pandemic on migrant domestic workers in the country?

Living as an Introvert Amid an Extroverted Pandemic

Although introverts may seem like the world’s best soldiers at fighting a pandemic that is fueled by human contact, they have been among the most...

Letter from the Editors: Financial Freedom Was Always Part of The Deal

The change in the way our student stipends are being disbursed will fundamentally shift class dynamics on campus, hardening inequities that already...

The Revolution Will Not Be Televised. It Will Be (On Facebook) Live

US American jazz poet Gil Scott-Heron’s words take on a whole new meaning for the revolution in 2020, in the age of social media and internet...

Too Long; Didn’t Research: “A Group of Notably Sensitive and Clever People”

A column that finds interesting research coming from NYUAD and explains it to a wider audience. This week: how J. K. Rowling’s essay erases the...

Removing calendars: how 2020 attempts to disrupt new year’s eve results

Having already stripped time of all meaning back in March, 2020 plots to take the final step required to trap us here for all eternity.

When News Were Sent About Our Stipends, Emiratis Received Them Differently

If we are a part of this community as much as anyone else is, the entire student body should know how our situation differs and the profound...