Changing Costs to Attend NYUAD

Proposing plans aimed at reducing prices for meal plans, housing and textbooks for students not on full financial aid packages has been a significant focus of the NYUAD student body in fall 2016.

Letter From the Editors: Reflecting on Our Place

What is it that we do, and why do we continue to do it?

Letter from the Editors: Celebrating 100 Issues

100 issues. 300 authors. 1700 articles.

Letter from the Editors: Travel and Displacement

Traveling is a fundamental pivot around which life at NYUAD revolves.

European Society Holds Second Panel on Migrant and Refugee Crisis

Students, faculty and guests discuss European responses to migration.

Letter to the Community: Tuberculosis Case Identified on Campus

Today, on Oct. 16, a university-wide email was sent out to the NYU Abu Dhabi community, stating that a student has contracted a case of tuberculosis.

Letter from the Editors: Body and Image

The human body is — and always has been — the center of political, economical, social and religious debates: it’s a sin, it’s a machine, it’s an agent, it’s a business.

RealAD Remembers Elizabeth Swados

Team of the RealAD show pays tribute to its late creator Liz Swados at the show’s seventh installment, performed for the Class of 2020 at the Abu Dhabi Theatre.

Letter from The Editors

Pause and look at what’s going on around us, what impacts us and what we do. And ask why.

50 Things Every Freshman Should Know

Make all the right mistakes, but none of the wrong ones.

Letter from the Editor

Finals, purple gowns, 42 degree Celsius heat and summer have engulfed conversations at dinner tables and in lines at the Library Cafe. One more ...

Breaking: Student Government Election Results

Breaking: His Excellency Yousef Al Otaiba to speak at NYUAD commencement

His Excellency Yousef Al Otaiba, UAE’s ambassador to the United States, is set to deliver the keynote address at NYU Abu Dhabi’s third graduation ...

Resolution Proposed to Offer Scholarships, Financial Aid to Syrian Students

On March 3, NYU Abu Dhabi Student Senator Patrick Sheldon Wee proposed to the Student Senators Council a resolution which stated that NYU should become ...

News of the week

On March 23, the Student Senator Council passed the first resolution proposed by an NYU Abu Dhabi Senator. The resolution calls on NYU to join the ...

Letter from the Editor: Beyond the Plate

On Wednesday morning, a rumor started floating around NYU Abu Dhabi that the rainstorms in the city might force the school to close on Thursday. I ...

News of the week

The Office of Community Outreach organized the celebration of International Women’s Day on March 8, and encouraged the student body to wear purple, ...

Impact of Lebanon Travel Ban on NYUAD Students

On Feb. 23, the UAE Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation banned travel to Lebanon for UAE citizens. Saudi Arabia, Kuwait and ...

PSA, TASHAN LAUNCH NYUAD Gully Cricket League

On Feb. 20, Student Interest Groups TASHAN and Pakistan Student Association organized the inaugural NYUAD Gully Cricket League. Freshman Muhammad Osama ...

Homestays around the GNU

With fall semester looming on the horizon and people finalizing their study-abroad applications, The Gazelle sat down with a few NYU Abu Dhabi students ...

Letter From The Editors

It is easy to romanticize the publication process. We sacrifice sleep in the pursuit of new pieces, and devote countless hours to the development of ...

Letter from the editors

The trees on campus are taller, the lines at the Library Cafe are longer and there are more buildings dotting Reem Island’s skyline than there were ...

Opportunities Fair Yields Mixed Reviews

On Feb. 4, NYU Abu Dhabi students suited up to attend the Opportunities Fair hosted by the Career Development Center in the East and West Forum of the ...

On ricocheting between cities

NEW YORK CITY, USA — “When are you leaving?” is a question constantly thrown at her. December. May. Next month. In two weeks. Every single time she ...

NYU Holds Vigil for Chapel Hill Murders in New York

Video courtesy of Costanza Maio This article comes from the Global Desk. NEW YORK CITY, USA — On Feb. 11, the Islamic Center at NYU held a vigil for ...

Reduced Student Government Budget Leads to Smaller SIG Budget Allocations

Student Government Fall 2014 budget allocations to Student Interest Groups generated discontent among various SIG leaders. In spite of the increased ...

Alpha Kappa Psi at NYUAD

In May 2014, alumni Mohammed Omar and Dmitriy Byliev founded NYU Abu Dhabi's first professional business organization: a colony of Alpha Kappa Psi ...

50 Things Every NYUAD Freshman Should Know

Video by Megan Eloise/ The Gazelle Dear Class of 2018, There is no way to go through college without making mistakes. But even as we continue to change ...

President Sexton: Controversy, Retirement and NYU 2031

NYU President John Sexton is constantly in the headlines of New York’s newspapers and magazines. From the New York Times to Washington Square News, ...

NYU in Accra Suspended because of Ebola Outbreak

On Aug. 7, Washington Square News reported that students registered to study away in Accra were informed by email that the program was suspended for ...

Made In Pakistan: The Brazuca

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan —  As the Germans crushed Brazil in the semi-final and finally took the trophy home, few among the millions watching the 2014 World ...

Ma’a Salama Farewell Week to Commemorate Inaugural Class

Starting May 21, senior students and their guests and families will participate in a set of activities as part of the Ma’a Salama program, NYU Abu ...

Abu Dhabi Expands Bus Network

On April 1, The National reported the announcement of 26 new bus routes within the city and the rerouting of two by the Abu Dhabi Department of ...

British History and Culture Celebrated at NYUAD

NYU Abu Dhabi students celebrated Britain's culture and history at the Downtown Campus on April 11. This was the first time that British Night had been ...

NYUAD engineering students build homes in Sri Lanka

A group of engineering and economics students from NYU Abu Dhabi visited Galle, Sri Lanka during last spring break from March 21 to 27 to volunteer for ...

THROUGH MY EYES: PEACE AND SECURITY IN PAKISTAN

Graphic by Dorothy Lam/The Gazelle “Chiragh jalana tou poorani rasmein hein, Faraz, ab tou teray shehar k logg insaan jala detay hein…” “To light ...

Juarez: A Documentary Mythology

The NYU Abu Dhabi Theater Program, in association with Theater Mitu, is presenting Juárez: A Documentary Mythology from March 7 to 9 in the Downtown ...

NYU Abu Dhabi students celebrate Australia and New Zealand

On Feb. 21, NYU Abu Dhabi students flocked to the Downtown Campus to celebrate the food and culture of Australia and New Zealand. According to junior ...

Brothers and Sisters Program Yields Mixed Results

In the fall of 2013, NYU Abu Dhabi sophomore Veronica Houk led a Student Government program called Brothers and Sisters. Freshmen could sign up to be ...

RA training, experience to change with move to Saadiyat

The 2013-2014 academic year marks the first time NYU Abu Dhabi is host to a complete four years of undergraduate students. With this increase in ...

A First J-Term for NYUAD Freshmen

When most students packed their bags, and those going to New York packed a few extra sweaters and mittens, to spend Januaries in different locations ...

Poetry in Abu Dhabi: sharing secrets, creating community

Right now, Abu Dhabi is establishing itself in the arts with projects like the Abu Dhabi Film Festival, Beats on the Beach and Abu Dhabi Art that aim ...

Through My Eyes: Peace and Security in Pakistan

"Chiragh jalana tou poorani rasmein hein, Faraz, ab tou teray shehar k logg insaan jala detay hein..." "To light candles is an old tradition, Faraz, ...