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Promise Partnership brings holiday cheer to Hazen White-St. Francis
UNB Newsroom
Posted: December 23, 2020 12:55:00 PM AST
Category: UNB Saint John
Program coordinators from the University of New Brunswick Saint John’s Promise Partnership got into the holiday spirit last week as they helped to prepare a festive holiday dinner for the students and staff of Hazen White-St. Francis School. Every year, the Promise Partnership staff help the school prepare a Christmas meal for students and staff, as well as helping to wrap gifts for the...
Read the full postUNB announces new education awards in honour of late dean Ann Sherman
UNB Newsroom
Posted: December 23, 2020 10:00:00 AM AST
Category: UNB Fredericton
Students in the University of New Brunswick’s faculty of education have the opportunity to carry on the legacy of the faculty’s late dean Dr. Ann Sherman, thanks to a generous commitment of $400,000 from the John and Judy Bragg Family Foundation in support of early childhood education. The gift supports the annual awarding of four undergraduate Dr. Ann Sherman Scholarships in Early...
Read the full postHolocaust survivor and UNB honorary degree recipient appointed to Order of Canada
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Posted: December 23, 2020 9:45:00 AM AST
Category: UNB Saint John
University of New Brunswick honorary degree recipient and Holocaust survivor Vera Schiff was recently named a member of the Order of Canada for her distinguished career as an author, well-known historian and public speaker. Born in Prague, Czechoslovakia in 1926, Schiff, along with her father, mother, sister and grandmother, was deported to Theresienstadt, a Nazi concentration camp located in...
Read the full postUNB partners with the Canadian Professional Sales Association
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Posted: December 22, 2020 2:00:00 PM AST
Category: UNB Saint John
The University of New Brunswick has become an accredited partner of the Canadian Professional Sales Association (CPSA), the national governing body for sales professionals. Under the new partnership, the university’s master of business administration (MBA) in business development and professional sales, taught at UNB Saint John’s uptown location, will be accredited by the...
Read the full postUNB economics professor included in the inaugural edition of Who is Who in Greece 2020
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Posted: December 21, 2020 12:00:00 PM AST
Category: UNB Fredericton
Constantine Passaris, an economics professor at the University of New Brunswick Fredericton has been recognized in the inaugural edition of Who is Who in Greece 2020 for his service to his home country. Who is Who in Greece 2020 includes short biographical profiles of selected Greek prime ministers and prominent politicians, leading Greek academics and scientists, successful Greek...
Read the full postUNB computer science faculty member wins teaching innovation award
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Posted: December 18, 2020 11:40:00 AM AST
Category: UNB Fredericton
Dr. Arash Habibi Lashkari, assistant professor at the University of New Brunswick’s faculty of computer science and research coordinator for the Canadian Institute for Cybersecurity (CIC), recently won a 2019-2020 UNB teaching Innovation Award for his new teaching technique, Think-Qcussion. Dr. Lashkari believes that every classroom has its own unique community, especially when...
Read the full postLPN-BN Pathway program for licensed practical nurses adds 24 seats
UNB Newsroom
Posted: December 17, 2020 3:00:00 PM AST
Category: UNB Fredericton, UNB Saint John
The Province of New Brunswick is providing funding to help licensed practical nurses (LPNs) apply directly to the bachelor of nursing program on the UNB Fredericton campus with the addition of 24 academic seats. This is a direct result of the New Brunswick Nursing Resource Strategy and will double the capacity of the program to 48. “The Nursing Resource Strategy lays out four key...
Read the full postUNB Saint John’s Promise Partnership celebrates 10-year anniversary
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Posted: December 16, 2020 12:00:00 AM AST
Category: UNB Saint John
UNB Saint John’s Promise Partnership has marked a decade of supporting the community. Launched in 2010, the Promise Partnership connects UNB Saint John with the local community through a number of programs, all aimed at closing educational attainment gaps associated with low socio-economic status. The programs are designed to provide academic support to Saint John youth whilst providing...
Read the full postUNB’s research intensity and community partnerships reflected in strong rankings placement
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Posted: December 11, 2020 11:00:00 AM AST
Category: UNB Fredericton, UNB Saint John
Research Infosource has announced their Top 50 Canadian Research Universities rankings for the 2019 fiscal year. Among comprehensive universities, the University of New Brunswick placed second in Canada for research income growth, showing an impressive 25.3 per cent gain over the previous year. This gain includes a 54 per cent increase, year-over-year, in private industry funding, propelling...
Read the full postUNB to host second cohort of Scale Up Atlantic Canada Program to accelerate business growth
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Posted: December 10, 2020 2:00:00 PM AST
Category: UNB Fredericton
The University of New Brunswick’s J Herbert Smith Centre for Technology Management and Entrepreneurship (TME), with support from Post-Secondary Training and Labour (PETL) and the Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency (ACOA), is investing in the second cohort of the highly successful Scale Up Atlantic Canada program to support businesses in New Brunswick and the other Atlantic...
Read the full postLorenzo Society’s Virtual Book Club to feature author Sara O’Leary
UNB Newsroom
Posted: December 10, 2020 12:00:00 PM AST
Category: UNB Saint John
The next Lorenzo Virtual Book Club meeting will be held on Wednesday, Dec. 16, at 7:30 p.m. (AST) and will feature author Sarah O’Leary discussing her first novel entitled The Ghost in the House. What if a ghost were haunting your house? What if you were the ghost? Everything in Fay's life is perfect – living in the house she dreamed of as a child, married to a man she loves, and...
Read the full postUNB Saint John announces new diploma in engineering foundations
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Posted: December 7, 2020 2:00:00 PM AST
Category: UNB Saint John
The University of New Brunswick is introducing a new two-year diploma in engineering foundations program, offered on its Saint John campus. Starting in September 2021, the diploma in engineering foundations will provide graduates with formal recognition upon completion of the two foundational years in engineering. The two-year diploma in engineering foundations is an entry-level program that...
Read the full postUNB recognizes National Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence Against Women
UNB Newsroom
Posted: December 4, 2020 1:00:00 PM AST
Category: UNB Saint John, UNB Fredericton
The University of New Brunswick community will recognize the National Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence Against Women, on Sunday, Dec. 6, with a series of virtual events. The day marks the anniversary of the murder of 14 women, many of whom were engineering students, on Dec. 6, 1989, at École Polytechnique in Montréal. UNB remembers the women whose lives were taken in this...
Read the full postUNB launches UNBSafe mass notification system
UNB Newsroom
Posted: December 3, 2020 3:00:00 PM AST
Category: UNB Fredericton
The University of New Brunswick is pleased to unveil UNBSafe on its Fredericton campus and Moncton site. UNBSafe is a new mass communication tool to send notifications to the university in urgent situations that pose an immediate safety or security risk to our community. UNBSafe is a comprehensive tool with additional notification mediums, including a mobile app. Notifications will only be sent...
Read the full postNB-IRDT publishes preliminary results of COVID-19 recovery research
UNB Newsroom
Posted: December 1, 2020 2:00:00 PM AST
Category: UNB Fredericton, UNB Saint John
The New Brunswick Institute for Research, Data and Training has published preliminary results of its research into community resiliency in COVID-19 recovery, identifying which areas of the province may be at greater risk of negative outcomes. The research, led by Dr. Sandra Magalhaes of the University of New Brunswick, examines COVID-19 risk indicators to support community planning and...
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