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Restructuring Wellness at NYUAD: Student Reactions to a Risky Gambit

features

Restructuring Wellness at NYUAD: Student Reactions to a Risky Gambit

  • Vatsa Singh

Four Wellness Specialist positions are being discontinued from summer of 2022. The Gazelle taps into how students have been reacting to this...

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Centering First Generation Students at NYU Abu Dhabi: There’s Still Progress to be Made

Centering First Generation Students at NYU Abu Dhabi: There’s Still Progress to be Made

  • Vatsa Singh

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  • and

    Sara Vuksanovic

Recently, we have seen positive and explicit institutional acknowledgments of first generation students and their experiences at NYUAD. While these...

Growing closer to my mother tongues, far from home

Growing closer to my mother tongues, far from home

  • Ruqayyah Irshadeen

Taking action and using the language that I have been passively exposed to for a long time has been enough to improve my life a bit and teach me a...

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Restructuring Wellness at NYUAD: Student Reactions to a Risky Gambit

  • Vatsa Singh

Calling out Cancel Culture

  • Taanya Kapur

Centering First Generation Students at NYU Abu Dhabi: There’s Still Progress to be Made

  • Vatsa Singh

    ,
  • and

    Sara Vuksanovic

Traveling to Europe: Russian Dreams and European Nightmares

  • Adi Baurzhanuly

opinion
Debunking Misconceptions About Feminism

Debunking Misconceptions About Feminism

  • Noor Aldabal

Feminism is plagued by numerous msiconceptions. We need to leave those behind to begin properly addressing the injustices preventing women from...

How Academia Aesthetics Adorn Fatigue

How Academia Aesthetics Adorn Fatigue

  • Firas Darwish

The novel aesthetics of ‘dark academia’ romanticize the pursuit of knowledge. But under their surface, one can see a glorification of overworking and...

Linguistic Inclusivity: Why Latinx is Not the Answer

Linguistic Inclusivity: Why Latinx is Not the Answer

  • Luna Lopez

Latinx is a common word used by scientific publications, government agencies and news organizations, but not Latinos. Who is actually using this word...

Traveling to Europe: Russian Dreams and European Nightmares

Traveling to Europe: Russian Dreams and European Nightmares

  • Adi Baurzhanuly

The European travels of Russian writers allowed Europeans to confront their own fears and aspirations through the vessel of literature. How did this...

Can the Metaverse be an Escape Route for Zuckerberg?

Can the Metaverse be an Escape Route for Zuckerberg?

  • Stefan Mitikj

Mark Zuckerberg is betting everything on the Metaverse. Will his wager pay off?

news
NYUSH First Years Stuck in Abu Dhabi

NYUSH First Years Stuck in Abu Dhabi

  • Stefan Mitikj

The Gazelle interviews NYU Shanghai first year students who are stuck in Abu Dhabi due to China’s Covid-19 restrictions.

Spring Course Registration Woes

Spring Course Registration Woes

  • Yuhang Zheng

With rising demand for courses and limited course availability and class sizes, how are departments on campus reorienting course offerings?

Spotlight — Farah Shamout

Spotlight — Farah Shamout

  • Charlie Fong

NYUAD professor and alumna Farah Shamout is among a team of researchers that are looking into using artificial intelligence for breast cancer...

Return to Campus Updates

Return to Campus Updates

  • Stefan Mitikj

A quick recap of the newest RTC updates as laid out by recent administrative communication.

features
Modernisms Exhibition Opens at The NYU Abu Dhabi Art Gallery

Modernisms Exhibition Opens at The NYU Abu Dhabi Art Gallery

  • Dylan Herman

NYUAD Art Gallery’s Modernisms exhibition highlights the developments of modern art in Iran, Turkey and India through the Abby Weed Grey collection.

“What’s In A Major? Understanding Arab Crossroads Studies at NYUAD”

“What’s In A Major? Understanding Arab Crossroads Studies at NYUAD”

  • Amina Rotari

Arab Crossroads Studies is NYUAD’s flagship major that intersects Social Sciences and Humanities, yet it has one of the smallest number of students....

The Gazelle Recommends: Curate Your Winter Break Reading Lists

The Gazelle Recommends: Curate Your Winter Break Reading Lists

  • Grace Shieh

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  • and

    Vatsa Singh

From young adult fantasy to illustrated book and crime mystery to romance, The Gazelle’s staff share their book recommendations for the winter break.

columns
Finding a silver lining during finals week

Finding a silver lining during finals week

  • Morgane Motlik

Some tips, reflections and reminders to help you through finals week.

Calling out Cancel Culture

Calling out Cancel Culture

  • Taanya Kapur

Cancel culture has negative implications on the well-being of the NYUAD community. We should rethink how we hold students responsible for problematic...

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