Dr. Sadia Jamil, a postdoctoral fellow in the Department of Humanities and Social Sciences at Khalifa University, has been invited to guest-edit a special issue of Routledge’s influential journal, Journalism Practice – a Q1 ranked journal within the field of Journalism & Media Studies. Read More »

ULB Culture is launching a call to create a temporary museum of confinement which will be presented during the Citizen Agora "Worlds in transition" scheduled from October 2020 within our University. Read More »

ICC, ITUC and Global Citizen call for greater action by G20 Governments on sovereign debt relief. Read More »

Led by Khalifa University, Project Will Help Understand What Mammals Have in Common that Facilitate Virus to Enter the Host Khalifa University of Science and Technology today announced it is leading a team of researchers to work with universities across the globe to investigate how the COVID-19 virus, usually found in animals such as bats, has made the jump to humans. Read More »

Dr. Ehab El-Saadany, Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science and Director of the Advanced Power and Energy Center (APEC) at Khalifa University, has been named as one of the Mission Innovation (MI) Champions for 2020. Read More »

From moral support to concrete aid to refugees, there is one step. Read More »

Rising consumer demand for faster, more efficient and smaller electronic devices has generated a need for scalable and reliable memory devices with low power consumption. Read More »

To try to better understand the human brain, researchers from the Neurophysiology Laboratory, Faculty of Medicine, ULB Neuroscience Institute (UNI) - study the brain of a worm species. Read More »

Khalifa University Ranks 15th Worldwide and Top in Arab World in 2021 QS Top 50 Under 50 Rankings Khalifa University of Science and Technology today announced that it is ranked 15th in the 2021 QS (Quacquarelli Symonds) Top 50 Under 50 rankings. Read More »

AGM approved report by the Board of Directors on the activities and financial position of the company Emaar group held its 24th Annual General Meeting (AGM) today, during which the Board of Directors highlighted the resilient performance of Emaar Properties, Emaar Development and Emaar Malls in FY 2019, and the measures that have been taken to confront the outbreak of COVID-19 pandemic, to ensure continuity of all business and safeguard the interests of the organization and its shareholders. Read More »

Solar panel efficiency usually concerns how much of the sunlight hitting the panel is converted into electricity, but the temperature of the panel in direct sunlight on a hot summer day can significantly impact its performance. Read More »

The transition between secondary and higher education is not always simple: new environment, new courses, new way of working. Read More »

Alumna Shefaa Mansour, Class of 2017 MSc in Water and Environmental Engineering graduate, is applying the skills and knowledge she gained as a student at Masdar Institute at Khalifa University at her dream job at Ernst & Young (EY) as a Climate Change & Sustainability Consultant. Read More »

As Dubai’s economy re-opens amidst the backdrop of COVID-19, the Dubai World Trade Centre Authority (DWTCA) kick-started efforts for an accelerated restart of the city’s Meetings, Incentives, Conferences, and Exhibitions (MICE) sector, as one of the key contributors to Dubai’s tourism and events economy. Read More »

The ULB Academic Council unanimously approved the rector's plan for the coming academic year: a combination of courses adapted in small groups on the premises of the University and distance courses, allowing a real "student life" and a radical decrease in the population density on campuses making possible social distancing and the security of the whole university community. Read More »

International Chamber of Commerce UAE Chapter issued the following announcement on.Stephen Bond, former Secretary General of the ICC International Court of Arbitration (1985-1992) passed away in Paris on 29 May 2020. Read More »

A new group of advanced materials known as ‘topological insulators,’ which conduct dissipationless electricity – electricity in which no energy is lost – on the edge of their surfaces, are being eyed as potential replacements to semiconductors for their ability to make computer processing faster, and for use in thermoelectric applications due to their ability to convert heat to electricity in a unique way. Read More »

As business associations see an uptick in fake documentation to obscure the origin of counterfeit products due to the global health crisis, Swiss, Italian and French chambers of commerce are the latest members to enter the International Certificate of Origin (CO) Accreditation Chain managed by ICC’s World Chamber Federation (WCF). Read More »

Dr. Kin Liao, Professor of Aerospace Engineering at Khalifa University, has recently been elected as a Fellow of the Royal Aeronautical Society (RAeS), the only international professional organization dedicated to the aerospace community. Read More »

Sophie Hubaut is an FNRS aspiring researcher in the Faculty of Architecture. Read More »