NYU Abu Dhabi

Keynote Speaker

Environmental champion Her Excellency Razan Khalifa Al Mubarak spoke at the University’s 10th Commencement ceremony.

Relive the Moments

Relive NYU Abu Dhabi Class of 2023 Commencement.

Student Stories

NYU Abu Dhabi Class of 2023 students share their journeys from the past four years.

Features

Research at NYU Abu Dhabi deepens our understanding of the world and ourselves.

New Study Identifies Brain Structures that Underlie Sight Recovery in Blind Teenagers

A team of NYU Abu Dhabi researchers studied the changes in the brain that can lead to visual skills improvements.

First-Ever Ingestible Electroceutical Device to Control Appetite by Hormone Modulation

Inspired by the water wicking skin of the Australian thorny devil lizard, FLASH capsules can connect directly to stomach tissue to modulate hunger-triggering hormones.

New Photographic Mars Map with Observations Made

The Mars Map displays high-resolution images of the Red Planet through the lens of the UAE’s own Hope probe, and showcases the huge scientific advances made by the UAE.

A New Approach to Harvesting Aerial Humidity with Organic Crystals

Findings could lead to the creation of new methods to harvest humidity in air to combat global water scarcity, especially in desert environments.

Class of 2023 Tribute Video

Four years came and went. While it's bittersweet to say goodbye, the future is bright and full of promise.
Congratulations, Class of 2023!

Faculty Highlights

NYU Abu Dhabi faculty are researchers, scholars, and artists of extraordinary distinction within and beyond their disciplines.

Laila Soliman, Visiting Associate Arts Professor of Theater, Artist in Residence

Laila Solimna's work stems from an interest in the state of flux in the contemporary socio-political climate and its influence on individuals, relationships, and power structures. It relies on collective memories and personal histories as ways of bridging the gap between the official versions of events and intimate, individual experiences.

Alvaro Luna, Visiting Assistant Professor, Literature & Creative Writing

Alvaro Luna-Dubois is a scholar of twentieth and twenty-first-century French and American literature. His research centers on migration and diasporic writing, with an emphasis on U.S. Latinx and Franco-Maghrebi cultures.

Eduardo Lage Otero, Visiting Assistant Professor of Spanish and Digital Humanities

Eduardo Lage-Otero received his BA in English Language & Literatures from the University of Santiago de Compostela, Spain, and his MA in Spanish Language & Literature at Washington University in St Louis, USA.

Arjun Narayanan, Assistant Professor of Physics

Arjun Narayanan is a condensed matter physicist who studies the physical chemistry of living matter. More recently, Arjun has applied methods and concepts from condensed matter physics to understand the unconventional physical chemistry of living cells and tissues.

Upcoming Events

NYU Abu Dhabi offers a lively forum for the exchange of ideas with local audiences as well as worldwide academic and research communities. See all upcoming events.

Monty Python’s Spamalot

May 31 - June 3, 2023

Monty Python’s retelling of the classic tale of King Arthur and his Knights of Camelot through music and dance.

the only constant

Through June 4, 2023

In this exhibition, artists confront our contemporary landscape, with a focus on the moment where humans change landscape, and landscape changes humans, moving from images related to paradise, and progressing to ideas of development and technological aspiration.

IDEAS 2024: The International Conference on Desalination, Environment And Sustainability

January 22-23, 2024

This forum is dedicated to recent developments in membrane desalination, water treatment and re-use, environmental sustainability and related technologies.

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