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In the News 2019

• Al Roker travels to the epicenter of climate change — see his journey to Greenland

  TODAY co-host and meteorologist Al Roker traveled to the Arctic Circle to report on what this means for the planet, following environmental experts and NASA as they collect information.

  NBC Today Show | September 16, 2019
• Team of scientists awarded major grant to study harmful algal blooms off the Florida coast

  A team of scientists including NYU Abu Dhabi Assistant Professor of Biology Shady Amin has been awarded a National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) grant worth almost $5 million USD.

  Middle East and North Africa Financial Network | September 13, 2019
• The alternatives to privatisation and nationalisation

  More public resources could be managed as commons without much loss of efficiency.

  The Economist | September 12, 2019
• Lacertid lizards may be unable to cope with climate change

  A study published in the journal Nature Communications found that climate change already adversely affects lacertids in montane and cool, moist environments.

  Sharjah 24 | September 10, 2019
• Sonoma stories: A postcard from Abu Dhabi

  In my grade alone, 84 different nationalities are represented, writes NYUAD student Aaron Marcus-Willers.

  Sonoma Index-Tribune | September 09, 2019
• Dazzling acrobatics and pulsating Ethiopian music: Circus Abyssinia comes to Abu Dhabi

   The circus is the curtain-raiser for the new performance season at the NYU Abu Dhabi Arts Center.

  The National | September 07, 2019
• Playwright Abhishek Majumdar talks Kashmir and extremism

  In society, the role of the artist is unambiguous: to assert the individual imagination, be curious and forge new questions — the singular power that states fear.

  Gulf News Asia | September 03, 2019
• Finding stories at home and around the world

  Twenty-five year-old Joey Bui speaks with a slight American twang, though she assures me with a laugh that she’s been trying to shake it off by watching local TV shows to refamiliarise herself with the vernacular drawl. The Australian-Vietnamese writer is back home in Melbourne for a month in the lead-up to her debut book, Lucky Ticket. 

  Sydney Morning Herald | August 31, 2019
• Polar winds stir desert dust

  Severe dust storms over the Middle East have been traced back to atmospheric events at the top of the world.

  Nature Middle East | August 30, 2019
• Emirati Women's Day 2019: 10 Exceptional Emirati Women Who Inspire Us

  In honour of this year’s Emirati Women’s Day, here are 10 local women who inspire us everyday.

  Emirates Woman | August 29, 2019