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UNBers announced as FutureReadyNB gala 2019 finalists
UNB Newsroom
Posted: Oct 16, 2019
Category: UNB Fredericton , myUNB , UNB Saint John
The University of New Brunswick would like to congratulate students, educators and partners who have been nominated as FutureReadyNB (FRNB) gala 2019 finalists. Winners will be announced during the gala on Tuesday, Nov. 12, at the Delta Beauséjour Moncton. The gala will be hosted in concert with the Chamber of Commerce for Greater Moncton’s Workforce Summit 2020 event. The summit,...
Read the full postRed Shawl Campaign exhibition opens at Saint John Free Public Library
UNB Newsroom
Posted: Oct 15, 2019
Category: UNB Saint John , myUNB
A University of New Brunswick student-led educational exhibition “Red Shawl Campaign: Honouring Missing & Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls” will open on Oct. 15 at the Saint John Free Public Library, Market Square. The exhibition was organized by a second-year undergraduate class of education and history students at UNB with the aim of creating awareness about missing and...
Read the full postUNB to install new president and honour three outstanding professors
UNB Newsroom
Posted: Oct 15, 2019
Category: UNB Saint John , UNB Fredericton , myUNB
The University of New Brunswick will install its 19th president, recognize three outstanding faculty members and graduate more than 500 students at its fall convocation ceremonies. The 65th Convocation in Fredericton will take place on Thursday, Oct. 17, at 4:30 p.m. at The Richard J. CURRIE CENTER. The 37th Fall Convocation Ceremony in Saint John will be held on Friday, Oct. 18, at 4:30 p.m....
Read the full postBruce Ziff talks environmental protection and the law at the 2019 Ivan C. Rand Memorial Lecture
UNB Newsroom
Posted: Oct 11, 2019
Category: myUNB , UNB Fredericton
The UNB faculty of law will host Prof. Bruce Ziff, law professor at the University of Alberta, for the 25th installment of the Ivan C. Rand Memorial Lecture on Wednesday, Oct. 23. Prof. Ziff will present his lecture, “Environmental Protection and the Abject Failures of the Common Law.” The protection of the natural environment is a principal concern of contemporary Canadian law,...
Read the full postUNB to host Creative Connections conference
UNB Newsroom
Posted: Oct 10, 2019
Category: myUNB , UNB Fredericton
The Atlantic Centre for Creativity is holding its second biennial Creative Connections Conference, in collaboration with the University of New Brunswick and the Pond-Deshpande Centre for Social Innovation. The conference, which will run from Thursday, Oct. 24, to Saturday, Oct. 26, at the Wu Conference Centre on UNB’s Fredericton campus, will feature approximately 45 presentations and...
Read the full postMAMCE unveils revolutionary 3D technology
UNB Newsroom
Posted: Oct 10, 2019
Category: UNB Fredericton , myUNB
The Marine Additive Manufacturing Centre of Excellence (MAMCE) has unveiled new 3D technology that revolutionize manufacturing in Canada. MAMCE, located at Custom Fabricators and Machinists (CFM) in Saint John, is the first centre of its kind to combine research and commercialization, as well as workforce development and training in innovative 3D metal manufacturing. CFM is the site of the new...
Read the full postExperts gather at UNB to discuss strategies to end gender-based violence
UNB Newsroom
Posted: Oct 9, 2019
Category: myUNB , UNB Fredericton
More than 100 experts and researchers are gathering at the University of New Brunswick Fredericton to discuss the ways they can end gender-based violence. On Wednesday, Oct. 9, and Thursday, Oct. 10, approximately 115 researchers, students, service providers and activists will participate in the conference, “Ending Gender Based Violence: Harnessing Research and Action for Social...
Read the full postUNB’s Sustainability Week focuses on single-use plastic as it returns for a second year
UNB Newsroom
Posted: Oct 8, 2019
Category: myUNB , UNB Fredericton
The second annual Sustainability Week is underway at the University of New Brunswick’s Fredericton campus with a program of events encouraging sustainable choices in everyday life. Sustainability Week, which runs from Oct. 7-11, aims to build on the success of its inaugural year by offering an updated series of events and new partnerships. This year focuses on single-use plastics and is...
Read the full postUNB hosts inaugural Sisters Standing Together Campaign
UNB Newsroom
Posted: Oct 7, 2019
Category: myUNB , UNB Fredericton
The Sisters Standing Together Campaign brings two powerful movements together to unify and strengthen our community efforts in acknowledging and honouring missing and murdered Indigenous women in New Brunswick. The Sisters Standing Together Campaign is an official collaboration between the Wolastoqiyik Sisters in Spirit Campaign and UNB’s Mi’kmaq-Wolastoqey Centre’s Red Shawl...
Read the full postUNB’s cyber lecture series features historian for the US Cyber Command
UNB Newsroom
Posted: Oct 3, 2019
Category: myUNB , UNB Fredericton
On Monday, Oct. 7, the University of New Brunswick will host Dr. Michael Warner, the historian for the US Cyber Command and an adjunct faculty member at John Hopkins University, for the second instalment of its cyber lecture series. This free public lecture series is organized by the North American Society for Intelligence History, UNB’s faculty of law, the Canadian Institute for...
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