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March 28th, 2016: President and Vice Chancellor of Canadian University Dubai, Pr. Karim Chelli, has been named among the nominees for the prestigious Asian Confederation of Business Golden Globe Tiger Awards, to be presented in Kuala Lumpur on April 11th.

March 28th, 2016: Students at Canadian University Dubai (CUD) have been expressing their emotions through the application of colours, shapes and design features, as part of an innovative, interactive class to explore the music-design-emotion paradigm.

March 28th, 2016: The School of Architecture and Interior Design (SAID) at Canadian University Dubai (CUD) has hosted its first event dedicated to bringing university alumni and other industry practitioners together with current students and CUD faculty to share their experience of professional practice in the field.

March 28th, 2016: President and Vice Chancellor of Canadian University Dubai, Pr. Karim Chelli, has been sharing his expert insights into the Canadian system of higher education at the sixth annual World Education Summit, held recently in Dubai.

March 28th, 2016: Students at Canadian University Dubai (CUD) have been connecting with some of the region’s top employers at the annual Career Fair hosted recently on campus.

March 24th, 2016: Canadian University Dubai (CUD) has convened the first meeting of the Green Universities Council, an associated initiated by CUD in collaboration with the Environmental Center for Arab Towns, to promote sustainability across higher education institutions and other related sectors in the UAE.

March 24th, 2016 : Students and faculty from the School of Communication and Media Studies (SCMS) at Canadian University Dubai (CUD) have heard from international experts in the field of global media about the power of communication, at the International Government Communications Forum (ICGF) held recently in Sharjah.

March 21st, 2015: Faculty and students from Canadian University Dubai (CUD) have heard from His Excellency Sheikh Nahyan Bin Mubarak Al Nahyan, UAE Minister of Culture and Knowledge Development, about the importance of nurturing human capital in the pursuit of a competitive, knowledge-based economy.

March 20th, 2016: Students, faculty and staff at Canadian University Dubai (CUD) have come together to observe Earth Hour 2016, supporting the tenth edition of the annual environmental campaign.

March 17th, 2016: A song written by Canadian University Dubai (CUD) professor, Dr. Franziska Apprich, has reached the semifinals of the International Songwriting Competition, an annual song contest judged by some of the world’s most eminent professional musicians.

March 17th, 2016: Students at Canadian University Dubai (CUD) have been hearing from representatives of the University of Ontario Institute of Technology (UOIT) about the opportunities to transfer or take on further study at the Oshawa-based institution.

March 15th, 2016: Canadian University Dubai (CUD) was among a number of institutions that recently came together to discuss the creation of a new UAE Think Tank on clinical and educational interventions through music.

CUD has hosted its fourth annual Interior Design Day to showcase the works of students from the University’s School of Architecture and Interior Design.

Dubai, March 8, 2016 : Dr. Louise Lambert, Assistant Professor of Psychology and Ethics at Canadian University Dubai (CUD) advised people facing sexual harassment in the workplace to ‘speak up’ and report the matter to concerned authorities when they feel the ‘line has been crossed’.

March 3rd, 2016: Students at Canadian University Dubai (CUD) have been hearing about the importance of non-verbal communication in a recent workshop led by international communications expert, Kim A Page.

March 3rd, 2016: Canadian University Dubai (CUD) professor, Dr. Franziska Apprich, is aiming to bring space food into the diet of UAE residents as a way to encourage healthy and nutritionally balanced eating habits.

March 3rd, 2016: The students behind the new Emirati sign-language app, Efhamni, have received a major boost in their plan to support the UAE deaf community, with a $7,000 award to scale their social enterprise from the Coca-Cola Foundation and INJAZ Al-Arab. The award follows the recent announcement of winners in the Ripples of Happiness university competition, a community initiative under which the innovation was developed.

February 28th, 2016: A team of four students from Canadian University Dubai (CUD) have demonstrated their design flair at the Maison D'art ‘Get the Look’ competition, held recently at the renowned fabric company’s flagship showroom in Dubai.

February 23rd, 2016: Students and faculty from across the Bachelor of Business Administration e-Business stream have come together for a special event to promote learning and collaboration among participants of the program.

February 21st, 2016: Faculty and students from the School of Architecture and Interior Design at Canadian University Dubai (CUD) have been showcasing their latest research and design work at the 4th International Architectural Conservation Conference and Exhibition, held recently in Dubai.

February 21st, 2016: Students from Canadian University Dubai (CUD) have joined the international movement for a sustainable, unpolluted society, taking part in a clean-up of Dubai’s Sunset Beach as part of the recent Waste Free Environment Week.

February 18th, 2016: Canadian University Dubai (CUD) has joined forces with Seed Training Center to extend its corporate training and consultancy services into the Kingdom of Bahrain. The new collaboration was sealed with the signing of a Memorandum of Agreement (MoA) between Pr. Karim Chelli, President of CUD, and Mr....

February 17th, 2016: Dr. Adel Ben Mnaouer, Associate Professor in the School of Engineering, Applied Science & Technology at Canadian University Dubai (CUD), is among a team of international scientists that has developed a pioneering technology to enable high-efficiency air quality monitoring, to help promote a cleaner environment and reduce health risks associated with poor atmospheric quality.

February 17th, 2016: Mr. Rami Hajjar, serial entrepreneur and CEO of technology start-up, Hadzup, has been encouraging students to explore their entrepreneurial side during a recent seminar at Canadian University Dubai (CUD).

Representatives from CUD have joined dignitaries from across the UAE at the closing ceremony of the Sheikh Sultan Bin Zayed Heritage Festival 2016, organized by the Emirates Heritage Club.