Student Sheikha Al Yasi from the Department of Sociology at the College of Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences won second place in the Student Research Excellence Award at the level of universities in the United Arab Emirates, organized by Ajman University. Her graduation project was titled "Women's Political Participation in the United Arab Emirates: A Field Study" and was supervised by Dr. Noura Al-Karbi. More than 80 research projects from universities across the UAE participated in the award.