NYUAD Institute faculty director Philip Kennedy received a grant to create a growing collection of Arabic texts that will be readily available to both scholars and amateurs.
The new Abu Dhabi campus has a core curriculum that is based in the liberal arts and mimics the structure of the Liberal Studies Program.
The Abu Dhabi government will provide $20 million for three "lead-off" research projects at NYUAD.
Abu Dhabi, in the United Arab Emirates, is vastly different from New York in many ways, but is still a city, all the same.
NYU Abu Dhabi, NYU's new satellite campus in the United Arab Emirates, flew 46 candidates from 17 countries to visit the campus.
NYU Abu Dhabi students are expected to move into the Sama Tower this August and reside there until the university moves to a new location in 2014.
A panel discussion with Human RIghts Watch representatives led to NYU's requirement for fair working conditions.
NYU released a statement to support better working conditions for workers constructing NYU's Abu Dhabi campus.