The Origin Story, an oral history, documents how the University came about. It begins with the story of how HH Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed al Nahyan and then NYU President John Sexton shared a vision and unwavering desire to create a worldclass liberal arts and research university in Abu Dhabi. This unprecedented collaboration and the development of a true partnership between NYU and Abu Dhabi has helped build an institution which is promoting a new model of education for the 21st Century.

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