Joe Jean, A 25-year-old Haitian, cannot believe his luck. In the aftermath of the earthquake of 2010, University of the People, an American online university, offered scholarships to Haitians. Mr Jean took one of them up to study computer science and, as one of UoPeople's top students, was offered a place at New York University's Abu Dhabi campus. He gets his tuition and living expenses paid, plus a stipend of $500 a quarter and two flights home a year. nyu Abu Dhabi started up in 2008. In 2014 it moved to a new campus on Saadiyat Island, which, in contrast to the rest of the emirate, is intended as a haven of culture and beauty. The path that snakes past its minimalist white buildings is bordered by neat lawns, water features and shaded benches; an elevated walkway recalls New York's Hi-Line park. For now, most of Saa-diyatIsland is a building site, but nyu's neighbours will soon be local outposts of the Guggenheim, the Louvre and the Sorbonne, housed in equally elegant buildings.
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机译：25岁的海地人Joe Jean无法相信自己的运气。 2010年地震后，美国在线大学人民大学向海地人提供了奖学金。 Jean先生带领其中之一学习计算机科学，并作为UoPeople的优秀学生之一，被提供了纽约大学阿布扎比校区的一个名额。他得到了他的学费和生活费，外加每季度500美元的津贴和一年两次的返程机票。 nyu Abu Dhabi于2008年开始运营。2014年，它搬到了Saadiyat岛上的新校区，与其他酋长国相反，该校区旨在成为文化和美丽的天堂。蜿蜒经过其简约的白色建筑的小径被整洁的草坪，水景和阴凉的长凳所包围；高架人行道让人想起纽约的高线公园。就目前而言，萨迪亚岛的大部分地区都是建筑工地，但nyu的邻居很快将成为古根海姆，卢浮宫和索邦大学的当地哨所，并设在同样典雅的建筑中。
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