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More than 200 students have taken part in this year's edition of the CUD creative writing competition, which challenges university and high school students to pen original and imaginative tales in exactly 100 words.

The symbolic connecting of cultures was the inspiration for students Nida Ahmed and Shaikh Uzair in their winning entry at the recent Canadian University Dubai (CUD) Exhibition Stand Design Competition.

April 20th, 2015: The challenges posed by city sprawl were the subject of an intensive week of debate and action planning for a group of students from Canadian University Dubai (CUD) who took part in a recent event to introduce young people to the principles and practices of leading change in global society.

Canadian University Dubai joined forces with the Environmental Center for Arab Towns to bring together practitioners, researchers, academics, industry professionals and students in an event to showcase and celebrates sustainable and smart city activities in the UAE.

April 15th, 2015: The recent Spring Break saw students, along with faculty and staff members from across Canadian University Dubai (CUD) head to the heart of Bohemia for a fun-packed getaway to the historic city of Prague.

Students at CUD have for the first time established their own association based on the Model United Nations (MUN) initiative, bringing the debate on key international issues to the heart of the University campus.

April 9th, 2015: Faculty and staff from Canadian University Dubai (CUD) have taken part in a daylong event to celebrate and learn more about Canadian culture and society.

April 9th, 2015: The therapeutic qualities of writing, travel, art and religion have been explored at a recent conference dedicated to happiness and wellbeing hosted by Canadian University Dubai (CUD). Speakers from a wide range of personal and professional backgrounds took to the stage to share their own insights and experiences on how to identify and achieve individual contentment.

April 7th, 2015: Students, faculty and staff at Canadian University Dubai (CUD) have dimmed the lights on campus to make their own contribution to the 2015 Earth Hour campaign.

April 7th, 2015: 'Feel the fear and do it anyway' was the message to dozens of women seeking inspiration to take their first steps on the road to leadership at a recent workshop hosted by Canadian University Dubai in collaboration with coaching and consulting firm, Global Minds.

Mr. Sylvain Tremblay, resident artist at Canadian University Dubai (CUD), has wowed race-goers with an alternative display of equine elegance as he exhibited his recently crafted collection of horse paintings at this year’s Dubai World Cup.

March 26th, 2015: Students from the Canadian University Dubai (CUD) School of Communication and Media Studies have been learning from one of Dubai’s leading luxury branding professionals about the challenges and opportunities of PR in a digital world.

Raha Moharrak, the first Saudi woman to conquer Mount Everest, has spoken about her incredible journey to the top of the world at a recent event hosted by CUD to celebrate International Women's Day.

Employers from leading international and local firms were on campus at CUD to seek out talented students and graduates for a range of employment and internship opportunities at the recent annual Career Fair.

March 19th, 2015: The Canadian University Dubai (CUD) football team has taken the winner's trophy at the recent Gulf Medical University Sports Festival, held in Ajman.

March 15th, 2015: Students from Canadian University Dubai (CUD) have been given a fascinating insight into the next generation of business analytics technology at a guest lecture led by Ms. Helle Dochedahl from leading enterprise software corporation SAP.

Research conducted by CUD Assistant Professor, Dr. Hoshiar Nooraddin, in collaboration with fourth year Architecture students at the University, has recently been presented at the 7th International Urban Planning Conference in Ajman.

Students from CUD have given up their home comforts to raise money for citizens displaced by conflict in the region, as part of the University's fourth annual 5 Days for the Homeless campaign.

Kazem Aboudan, an Architecture student from CUD, was among the winners at this year's Taaleem Poetry Competition, run in conjunction with the Emirates Airline Festival of Literature.

An indigenous model for positive psychology focusing on Emirati and expatriate residents of the UAE could help support the growth of the nation, according to recent research published in the first edition of the Middle East Journal of Positive Psychology™.

March 5th, 2015: Faculty member from the School of Business Administration at Canadian University Dubai (CUD) have picked up the Best Paper Award at the 9th annual Conference on Business Administration held recently in Dubai.

Al Maidan competition finalist Hamdan Mohammed Alhababi is hoping to follow in the footsteps of his brother, Saeed, to take the winner's trophy at this year's al youla dance contest finals, to be aired on local TV channel Sama Dubai.

March 3rd, 2015: Canadian University Dubai (CUD) professor, Dr. Rami El Khatib, was invited to share his environmental expertise at the Dubai leg of the Waste Free Environment (WFE) campaign held recently at the City’s Al Mamzar beach.

February 24th, 2015: The mobile technology industry will be supporting 35 billion connected devices by 2020 according to Radio-frequency (RF) Specialist Mr. Farris Alhorr, who recently spoke to students from Canadian University Dubai (CUD) about the evolution of wireless communication applications.

The Centre of Excellence for Innovation and Creativity (CEIC) based at CUD has joined the ranks of the International Observatory on Smart City Learning, connecting the UAE with leading European research institutions in the field of smart technology.