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24/09/2026

Since 2019, the Resilience Fund has supported more than 500 community-led initiatives responding to organized crime. Tuesday Reitano and Miguel Syjuco consider what these efforts reveal about the power of grassroots leadership to strengthen social cohesion and shape broader responses.

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Tuesday Reitano, Managing Director, Global Initiative Against Transnational Organized Crime; Senior Research Advisor, Institute for Security Studies

In conversation with
Miguel Syjuco, Visiting Associate Arts Professor of Literature, NYUAD

In collaboration with
Resilience Fund

23/09/2026

How do sleep and the body’s internal clock shape depression?

This talk examines the biology of depression, from changes in brain chemistry and stress-response systems to emerging research on molecular and cellular pathways. It also considers how sleep and circadian rhythms may contribute to depressive symptoms and offer new directions for future research.

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Dipesh Chaudhury, Associate Professor of Biology, NYUAD; Co-Director, Health & Cognition Theme, Center for Brain & Health

22/09/2026

Drawing on archival materials and interviews, Professor Wisam Alshaibi examines how Iraqi exiles influenced American political figures before the 2003 invasion of Iraq, helping move regime change to the center of U.S. foreign policy.

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Wisam Alshaibi, Assistant Professor of Social Research and Public Policy, NYUAD

21/09/2026

How can community-led action strengthen resilience to organized crime?

This conversation examines how grassroots leaders are responding to transnational organized crime, drawing on lessons from the Resilience Fund and more than 500 community-led initiatives supported since 2019. It explores how locally led approaches can strengthen social cohesion and inform broader responses as international cooperation comes under increasing pressure.

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Tuesday Reitano, Managing Director, Global Initiative Against Transnational Organized Crime; Senior Research Advisor, Institute for Security Studies

In conversation with
Miguel Syjuco, Visiting Associate Arts Professor of Literature, NYUAD

In collaboration with
Resilience Fund

17/09/2026

How can a community in exile shape the foreign policy of a superpower?

In this talk, Professor Alshaibi examines how Iraqi exiles influenced American political figures in the lead-up to the 2003 invasion of Iraq, tracing how regime change became central to U.S. foreign policy and the role of diaspora activism in that shift.

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Wisam Alshaibi, Assistant Professor of Social Research and Public Policy, NYUAD

16/09/2026

What is shaping the UAE and the Gulf today? Find out in our new Gulf Series.

Featured artwork: Eternal Torment by Al Muharraqi Barjeel Art Foundation

10/09/2026

We are pleased to welcome Maya Kesrouany as the new Senior Director of the NYU Abu Dhabi Institute.

In this role, Maya will lead the Institute’s work to bring together scholars, artists, thought leaders, and communities through public programs and academic initiatives in Abu Dhabi and beyond.

Please join us in congratulating Maya and welcoming her to this new role. We look forward to this next chapter for the Institute!

09/09/2026

How can poetry preserve the everyday memories of a place and the voices of a generation?

In this talk, Shamma Al Bastaki explores her latest poetry collection, House to House: بيت لبيت, which traces the intimate details of daily life along the Dubai Creek through memories spanning the 1940s to the 1980s. Blending documentary poetics, archival research, and text-image practices, Shamma reflects on her processes of listening, translating, and transforming collective memory into poetry, drawing, and collage.

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Shamma Al Bastaki, Poet, Writer, Interdisciplinary Artist, NYUAD alumna

04/09/2026

What if artificial intelligence could help clinicians see the whole patient, not just isolated pieces of their health data?

In this talk, Professor Farah Shamout explores how multimodal AI can bring together medical images, health records, clinical notes, and biosignals to create a more complete picture of patient health. Drawing on recent developments in the field, the discussion considers how these systems could support clinical monitoring and decision-making, while addressing critical questions around reliability, fairness, and real-world usefulness.

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Farah Shamout, Assistant Professor of Computer Engineering, NYUAD; Associated Faculty, Department of Computer Science and Engineering, NYU Tandon School of Engineering

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