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Behind The Budget Cuts

news

Behind The Budget Cuts

  • Tessa Ayson

The email, sent by Peter Christensen, NYU Abu Dhabi's Associate Vice Chancellor for Finance and Planning, cites NYUAD's evolving campus, its growing...

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Artist: George Hung

Artist: George Hung

  • Laura Waltje

George Hung's capstone in visual arts was selected to be published as part of an ongoing initiative, run by The Gazelle's Creative Desk, to create a...

Conversations on campus: eating disorders

Conversations on campus: eating disorders

  • Clare Hennig

Editor’s note: this article contains explicit language. Nearly a fifth of students on US college campuses suffer from some form of an eating disorder...

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Against the Rhetoric, If You Don't Like It, Leave

  • Tom Klein

Marhaba couples: Where are they now?

  • Melinda Szekeres

Behind The Budget Cuts

  • Tessa Ayson

Freshmen's Tip List and Lessons Learned

  • Thirangie Jayatilake

features
Abu Dhabi's Russian Community told through food

Abu Dhabi's Russian Community told through food

  • Peter Hadvab

The glaring red title welcomed us as we entered: Russian Kitchen House Cafeteria. Though the small space, decorated by red-bricked walls and ten ...

Finding the art in Bharatnatyam

Finding the art in Bharatnatyam

  • Joey Bui

With the soles of her feet colored bright red, freshman Keerthana Anna Prakash still carries vestiges from her last performance of Bharatnatyam, an...

Coffee and Creativity: Shaping the Future of Entrepreneurship at NYUAD

Coffee and Creativity: Shaping the Future of Entrepreneurship at NYUAD

  • Hannah Taylor

Rafael Scharan and Stephen Underwood were part of NYU Abu Dhabi’s inaugural class. Though they only graduated last May, they’ve already begun shaping...

Freshmen's Tip List and Lessons Learned

Freshmen's Tip List and Lessons Learned

  • Thirangie Jayatilake

Finals week is looming near, and for some of us freshmen, it feels as though our first year at NYU Abu Dhabi has passed by at supernatural speeds....

Marhaba couples: Where are they now?

Marhaba couples: Where are they now?

  • Melinda Szekeres

During this year's Marhaba Open Mic, seniors Jamie Sutherland and Roshni Dadlani performed a skit about the trials and tribulations of romance at NYU...

Tapping into a continent's stories with PenAfrica: Hayat Mohammed

Tapping into a continent's stories with PenAfrica: Hayat Mohammed

  • Clare Hennig

For Ethiopian sophomore Hayat Mohammed, the idea of an organization that would empower young writers and promote African story-telling first began as...

Making time for religion between classes

Making time for religion between classes

  • Adam Ladhani

NYU Abu Dhabi is made up of students who practice their religions in many different ways, and sometimes, these practices can coincide with class or...

Reflecting on the Summer Funding Application Process

Reflecting on the Summer Funding Application Process

  • Miraflor Santos

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    Karolina Wilczynska

With summer around the corner, most students at NYU Abu Dhabi have already prepared for their three-month-long vacation. While taking summer classes...

On Spanish and Learning to Listen

On Spanish and Learning to Listen

  • Tessa Ayson

Whether your interest lies in statistical modeling, making scribbly art or managing a bakery, knowledge of multiple languages indisputably opens up...

That Which We Call a Global Leader

That Which We Call a Global Leader

  • Kristina Stanković

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    Karolina Wilczynska

It follows us from the very first application essay to the last graduation speech. The concept of a future global leader has become a widespread, ...

opinion
After Nardello: Where to from here?

After Nardello: Where to from here?

  • Connor Pearce

The Nardello & Co. report on NYU Abu Dhabi’s labor violations was released about three weeks ago, but it’s unclear where this puts NYUAD and in...

Experts say NYUAD's next Facebook fight could be any day now

Experts say NYUAD's next Facebook fight could be any day now

  • Lyle White

ABU DHABI (The Lyle White Report) — Recently, a group of scientists have concluded that NYU Abu Dhabi is long due for its next Facebook fight. “Yes,...

New Saadiyat art installation meets critical acclaim

New Saadiyat art installation meets critical acclaim

  • Lyle White

ABU DHABI (The Lyle White Report) — Due to adamant requests from the NYU Abu Dhabi Visual Arts Department, Jo Baba’s work Untitled 3.274 will...

New Task Force Cleverly Disguises Budget Cuts

New Task Force Cleverly Disguises Budget Cuts

  • Lyle White

NYU Abu Dhabi has established a task force that is devoted full-time to marketing controversial budget changes. The new budget plan, titled...

On Galeano’s Open Veins

On Galeano’s Open Veins

  • Angela Orozco

Upon the end of my senior year of High School, I encountered Uruguayan writer Eduardo Galeano for the first time. I’ve never considered myself a...

Tricycle: The Next Karabarate or Just Another Passing Fad?

Tricycle: The Next Karabarate or Just Another Passing Fad?

  • Robson Beaudry

With the 24-hour film race now a week behind us, the glitz and glam of NYU Abu Dhabi’s most prominent film event has begun to fade. It is during this...

Students Diagnosed with Disadvantage Envy

Students Diagnosed with Disadvantage Envy

  • Lyle White

ABU DHABI (The Lyle White Report) — In a school-wide email last night, NYU Abu Dhabi doctor Evanna Le announced that a syndrome called Disadvantage...

Sunday Sketches, VII

Sunday Sketches, VII

  • Sebastián Rojas Cabal

Sebastian Rojas Cabal is editor-at-large. Email him at feedback@gzl.me. ...

Sunday Sketches, VIII

Sunday Sketches, VIII

  • Sebastián Rojas Cabal

Sebastián Rojas Cabal is research editor. Email him at feedback@gzl.me. ...

Against the Rhetoric, If You Don't Like It, Leave

Against the Rhetoric, If You Don't Like It, Leave

  • Tom Klein

Logical fallacies are nothing new to the US American political consciousness. In some ways, they are a staple of public opinion. “If you don’t like...

Checking the checking of white privilege

Checking the checking of white privilege

  • Muhammad Usman

The debate about white privilege online isn’t constructive. In fact, the way we frame the discussion bothers me because it only helps center the...

What Does the Iran Nuclear Deal Mean for the UAE?

What Does the Iran Nuclear Deal Mean for the UAE?

  • Tom Klein

In a historic deal, Iran recently committed to dramatically reducing nuclear enrichment and conforming to an array of new restrictions on nuclear ...

news
NYUAD Team Wins NYU Global Debate Tournament

NYUAD Team Wins NYU Global Debate Tournament

  • justin-lee

Culminating after months of preparation, two teams composed of four NYU debaters hashed it out this past weekend over the motion, "Our world is safer...

In Photos: Annual Flea Market

In Photos: Annual Flea Market

  • Karma Dolma Gurung

Organized by Community Life, the annual Flea Market signalled the end of another academic year. The market provided a great opportunity for all to ...

Interclassico IV: A Night Of Goodbyes and Celebration

Interclassico IV: A Night Of Goodbyes and Celebration

  • Paula Valentina Dozsa

On the evening of May 6, the floodlights of NYU Abu Dhabi’s stadium lit up the football pitch a final time this school year in honor of one of the ...

NYU moves forward with project to compensate workers for labor standards violations

NYU moves forward with project to compensate workers for labor standards violations

  • Joey Bui

NYU has appointed consulting firm Currie & Brown to oversee the compensation of laborers that worked under substandard conditions for the ...

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