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2024

  • Dubai Set to Follow in Footsteps of Paris and New York to Create Pedestrian City
    Dec 10, 2024
    Featuring Dennehy, J.
    In English, it has secured online coverage on The National
  • Dubai: More Residents Call for Flexible Work Hours as Salik, Parking Fees Go Up Next Year
    Dec 4, 2024
    Featuring M. Menendez
    In English, it has secured online coverage on Khaleej Times.
  • How Can Cities in the Middle East be More Livable?
    Nov 7, 2024
    Featuring M. Menendez
    In English, it has secured online coverage on Fast Company Middle East.
  • Dubai: Can dynamic pricing at Salik toll gates ease traffic jams?
    Oct 18, 2024
    Featuring M. Menendez
    In English, it has secured online coverage on Khaleej Times.
  • Dubai Metro at 15: How Trains Transformed a City
    Sep 9, 2024
    Featuring M. Menendez
    In English, it has secured online coverage on The National
  • UAE traffic: Would an ‘odd-even scheme’ help ease peak-hour jams?
    Sep 2, 2024
    Featuring M. Menendez
    In English, it has secured online coverage on Khaleej Times.
  • Experts explore congestion charge as possible solution to ease traffic
    Aug 12, 2024
    Featuring M. Menendez
    In English, it has secured online coverage on Khaleej Times.
  • Dubai: Can traffic be eased by imposing congestion charge?
    Aug 11, 2024
    Featuring M. Menendez
    In English, it has secured online coverage on Khaleej Times.
  • UAE: How residents can enjoy low ‘summer traffic’ all year round
    Aug 7, 2024
    Featuring M. Menendez
    In English, it has secured online coverage on Khaleej Times.
  • New Dubai Metro stations: ’20-minute city’ to help residents save time, money
    July 7, 2024
    Featuring M. Menendez
    In English, it has secured online coverage on Khaleej Times.
  • ‘Desperately waiting’: Dubai residents say new metro stations will help save money
    July 4, 2024
    Featuring M. Menendez
    In English, it has secured online coverage on Khaleej Times.
  • Congestion in the UAE
    Jun 27, 2024
    Featuring M. Menendez
    In English, it has secured online coverage on The Agenda.
  • Paid parking in Dubai: Residents face up to Dh4,000 extra yearly costs when new rates kick in
    Jun 25, 2024
    Featuring M. Menendez
    In English, it has secured online coverage on Khaleej Times.
  • Paying for Parking
    Jun 10, 2024
    Featuring M. Menendez
    In English, it has secured online coverage on The Agenda.
  • How long is your commute?
    May 13, 2024
    Featuring M. Menendez
    In English, it has secured online coverage on The Agenda.
  • How can the Middle East balance urban growth and equity?
    Jan 9, 2024
    Featuring Menendez, M.
    In English, it has secured online coverage on the Fast Company Middle East.

2023

  • New Book in UAE Explores Date Palm Trees’ Role in Fighting Climate Change.
    Dec 30, 2023
    Featuring Burt, J.
    In English, it has secured online coverage on Gulf News.
  • Coral Reefs are in Trouble. One lab in the desert is trying to help
    Dec 26, 2023
    Featuring Burt, J.A.
    In English, it has secured online coverage on the Economic Times.
  • UAE team wins $1m funding for climate-boosting corals plan
    Dec 11, 2023
    Featuring Burt, J.A.
    In English, it has secured online coverage on The National.
  • Volunteer divers guard Oman’s ‘unique’ coral reefs
    Dec 4, 2023
    Featuring Burt, J.A.
    In English, it has secured online coverage on the Gulf News
  • Our Carbon Healing Balm
    Dec 1, 2023
    Featuring Burt, J.A.
    In Arabic, it has secured online coverage on the National Geographic Arabia.
  • People-Centric Urban Transportation: Why urban planners need to think about communities, not cars.
    Nov 30, 2023
    Featuring Menendez, M.
    In English, it has secured online coverage on the Construction Business News.
  • The Integrated Transport Centre Hosts the “Green Mobility Forum”.
    Nov 29, 2023
    Featuring Menendez, M.
    In English, it has secured online coverage Emirates New Agency – WAM.
  • Livable Planet: Innovating for Sustainable Cities
    Oct 17, 2023
    Featuring Menendez, M.
    In English, it has secured online coverage on NYUAD Media
  • Sustainable living is central to teachings of Islam, Christianity, and Judaism: First panel discussion by Abrahamic Family House.
    Sep 25, 2023
    Featuring Menendez, M.
    In English, it has secured online coverage on Emirates New Agency – WAM.
  • Advocating for Marine Conservation
    Aug 24, 2023
    Featuring Al Gergawi, A., Burt, J.A.
    In English, it has secured online coverage  on Press Release.
  • Coral reefs and climate change – former UAE resident defends Red Sea
    Aug 19, 2023
    Featuring Burt, J.A.
    In English, it has secured online coverage  on The National.
  • As global sea temperatures hit record levels, what are the implications?
    Aug 4, 2023
    Featuring Burt, J.A.
    In English, it has secured online coverage  on The National.
  • Dubai’s population is surging. How can it prepare?
    Jun 17, 2023
    Featuring Menendez, M.
    In English, it has secured online coverage on the National.
  • Concrete is a huge source of carbon emissions. These researchers are working to make it greener.
    Jun 16, 2023
    Featuring Celik, K.
    In English, it has secured online coverage on CNN.
  • Baby stingray spotted at Dubai’s Kite Beach
    June 14, 2023
    Featuring Burt, J.A.
    In English, it has secured online coverage on The National.
  • UAE bets on Mangroves to fight climate change
    June 13, 2023
    Featuring Burt, J.A.
    In English, it has secured online coverage on Yahoo Link.
  • Mass sea urchin deaths could threaten coral reefs in Middle East, scientists warn
    June 13, 2023
    Featuring Burt, J.A.
    In English, it has secured online coverage on The National.
  • Solving the concrete paradox: How rebuilding Turkey could pave the way to a more sustainable future.
    Jun 6, 2023
    Featuring Celik, K.
    In English, it has secured online coverage on FastCompany.
  • Discrimination against Chinese-born Americans continued throughout the COVID-19 pandemic
    May, 2023§
    Featuring Profs. Kinga Makovi, Maria Abascal, & Ph.D. Student Yao Xu
    In English, it has secured online coverage on LSE
  • Local Mangroves Research and Water Conservation Efforts
    May 17, 2023
    Featuring Burt, J.A.
    In English, it has secured online coverage on the Press Release.
  • Scientists in Abu Dhabi develop carbon-free cement
    May 15, 2023
    Featuring Celik, K.
    In English, it has secured online coverage on CNN.

2021/2022

  • Organizing Baghdad as a developmental problem (2/2)
    December, 2022
    Featuring researcher Huma Gupta 
    – In Arabic, it has secured online coverage on Jadaliyya
  • Organizing Baghdad as a developmental problem (1/2)
    December, 2022
    Featuring researcher Huma Gupta 
    – In Arabic, it has secured online coverage on Jadaliyya
  • Internet y Sociedad en el siglo XXI. La arquitectura del vacío
    October, 2022
    Featuring CITIES Research Associate José Balsa-Barreiro & Cebrián, M.
    – In Spanish, it has secured online coverage on Foreign Affairs Latinoamerica
  • Flood maps show US vastly underestimates contamination risk at old industrial sites
    August, 2022
    Featuring Marlow, T., Elliott, J.R., and Frickel, S.
    – In English, it has secured online coverage on The Conversation.
  • Flooding could expose toxic soil in city neighborhoods
    July, 2022
    Featuring Marlow, T.
    – In English, it has secured online coverage on The Center for Public Integrity 
  • Waste from thousands of old industrial sites may be released by floods
    July, 2022
    Featuring Marlow, T.
    – In English, it has secured online coverage on Ars Technica
  • Problemas Intratables
    March, 2022
    Featuring Ortega, A., Balsa-Barreiro, J. and Cebrián, M.
    – In Spanish, it has secured online coverage on Eldiario.es.
  • UAE Dreamers Video Series. Ep. 14: Dr. Kemal Celik – Assistant Professor
    March, 2022
    Featuring Prof. Kemal Celik
    – In English, it has secured online coverage on YouTube.
  • UAE Dreamers Video Series. Ep. 4: Prof. Monica Menendez – Professor of Civil and Urban Engineering
    March, 2022
    Featuring Prof. Monica Menendez
    – In English, it has secured online coverage on YouTube.
  • “20 Dreamers of Today” at the “Land of Dreamers Who Do” Theme at the UAE
    February, 2022
    Featuring Prof. Kemal Celik
    – In English, it has secured online coverage on Instagram (UAE PAvilion at Expo 2020)
  • “20 Dreamers of Today” at the “Land of Dreamers Who Do” Theme at the UAE
    Featuring Prof. Monica Menendez
    – In English, it has secured online coverage in UAE Pavilion at Expo 2020
  • NYUAD Researchers Study Traffic Management in 25 Cities
    February 2022
    Featuring Prof. Monica Menendez, Daniel Bramich
    – In English, it has secured online coverage in Gulf News, and Write Caliber.
  • Traffic Management in the UAE: Radio Podcast Interview
    February, 2022
    Featuring Prof. Monica Menendez
    – In English, the interview starts at 34:55 in Dubai Eye 103.8: The Agenda
    – It can also be accessible at this link.
  • The Future of the Morning Commute: Radio Podcast Interview
    January, 2022
    Featuring Prof. Monica Menendez
    – In English, the interview starts at 35:35 in Dubai Eye 103.8: The Agenda
  • Fisionomía Urbana y Flujos de Tráfico
    Jan 10, 2022
    Featuring Prof. Monica Menendez & CITIES Research Associate José Balsa-Barreiro.
    – In Spanish, it has secured online coverage in: Foreign Affairs Latino América

2020/2021

  • UAE Pavilion Expo
    2020
    Featuring Menendez, M.
    -In English, it has secured online coverage on UAE Pavilion Expo.
  • Life During an Infodemic: A Photo Essay
    2021
    Featuring CITIES Project Assistant Simpreet Singh
    – In English, it has secured online coverage in: Engage EPW
  • What More Can We Do with Social Media Data? Library’s Data Literacy Series Introduces a New Tool
    Nov 19, 2021
    Featuring Prof. Bruno Abrahao
    – In English, it has secured online coverage in: NYU Shanghai News
  • Where White People Go, Where Black People Go: Cellphone Data Reveals how Segregated Bostonians are in Their Movements
    October 29, 2021
    Featuring paper by Prof. Kinga Makovi, Prof. Bruno Abrahao and CITIES Post-Doctoral Associate Thomas Marlow.
    – In English, it has secured online coverage in: Boston Globe
  • OPINIÓN: Cómo Son y Cómo Se Mueven las Redes Urbanas?
    October 27, 2021
    Featuring Prof. Monica Menendez and CITIES Research Associate José Balsa-Barreiro.
    – In Spanish, it has secured online coverage in: Los Angels Times
  • The National: UAE’s Win at the Venice Biennale Can Make Our Cities Greener
    September, 2021
    Featuring Prof. Kemal Celik
    – In English, it has secured online coverage in The National News.
  • Here We Grow | Grow Sustainability
    September, 2021
    Featuring Prof. Kemal Celik
    – In English, it has secured online coverage on YouTube.
  • A Sustainable Alternative to Concrete: UAE Pavilion at the Venice Architecture Biennale
    July, 2021
    Featuring Prof. Kemal Celik
    – In English, it has secured online coverage in Design Boom.
  • Her Excellency Noura Al Kaabi Inaugurates Wetland, National Pavilion UAE’s Tenth Exhibition at the Biennale Architettura 2021
    May, 2021
    Featuring Prof. Kemal Celik
    – In English, it has secured online coverage in National Pavillion UAE.
  • UAE Pavilion Searches for Environmentally Friendly Alternative to Portland Cement
    May, 2021
    Featuring Prof. Kemal Celik
    – In English, it has secured online coverage in Arch Daily.
  • 11 Asian and Middle Eastern pavilions at the Venice Biennale 2021
    May, 2021
    Featuring Prof. Kemal Celik
    – In English, it has secured online coverage in De51gn.
  • Covid-19: Researchers Design Innovative Solutions to Tackle Virus
    May 15, 2021
    Featuring Prof. Azza Abouzied, Prof. Ali Diabat, Prof. Kinga Reka Makovi, and Prof. Monica Menendez
    – In English, it has secured online coverage in: Khaleej Times
  • Database Systems Research in the Arab World: A Tradition that Spans Decades
    April 22, 2021
    Featuring Prof. Azza Abouzied, Karima Echihabi, Mourad Ouzzani- in English, it has secured online coverage in: ACM’s CACM
  • On the Design of an Optimal Flexible Bus Dispatching System with Modular Bus Units: Using the Three-dimensional Macroscopic Fundamental Diagram
    April 25, 2021
    Featuring Prof. Monica Menendez & Prof. Joseph Chow
    – In English, it has secured online coverage in: NYU Tandon
  • Opportunity Zones Don’t Boost Economic Activity, Research Says
    February, 2021
    Featurig Prof. Robert Seamans
    – In English, it has secured online coverage in: PEW
  •  Opportunity Zones: The Early Evidence
    February, 2021
    Featuring Prof. Pablo I. Hernández-Lagos & Prof. Robert Seamans’ work
    – A podcast is available in English in: BROOKINGS

2019/2020

  • UTD19: Largest multi-city traffic dataset publicly available
    2019
    Featuring Menendez, M.
    -In English, it has secured online coverage on UTD19.
  • The Surprisingly Limited Success of Trump’s Signature Anti-Poverty Program
    September 29, 2020
    Featuring Prof. Pablo I. Hernández-Lagos & Prof. Robert Seamans’ work
    – In English, it has secured online coverage in: POLITICO
  • Climate: Is Desalination Dangerous for Our Oceans?
    August 18, 2020
    Featuring Prof. Kemal Celik
    – An online interview is available in French in: Franceinfo
  • How Mumbai Travels to Work
    August 7, 2020
    Featuring CITIES Researcher Simpreet Singh
    – In English, it has secured online coverage in: Scroll.in
  • UAE Architects Make Cement Out of Salt
    June 22, 2020
    Featuring Prof. Kemal Celik
    – In English, it has secured online coverage in: CNN Style
  • #StayHome Made World Greener; Now We Have to Keep it that Way
    May, 2020
    Featuring Prof. Monica Menendez
    – In English, it has secured online coverage in: Khaleej Times
  • Greening the Building Industry
    March, 2020
    Featuring Prof. Kemal Celik
    – In English, it has secured online coverage in: Abu Dhabi/Find Wonder
  • A New Breakthrough Lowers the Footprint of Making Both Concrete and Fresh Water
    April 26, 2019
    Featuring Prof. Kemal Celik
    – In English, it has secured online coverage in: Fast Company
  • City Life. It’s in Our Nature
    February, 2019
    Featuring Prof. Saif Jabari & Prof. Kinga Reka Makovi
    – In English, it has secured online coverage in NYU Abu Dhabi Research Report
  • This Digital Life
    February, 2019
    Featuring Prof. Azza Abouzied & Christina Pöpper
    – In English, it has secured online coverage in NYU Abu Dhabi Research Report
  • We Built This City. NYUAD Our Research
    February, 2019
    Featuring Prof. Pablo Hernandez-Lago, Prof. Saif Jabari & Prof. Monica Menendez
    – In English, it has secured online coverage in NYUAD Research

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