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UNB’s Whitebone Lounge to reopen as Whitebone Pizzeria
UNB Newsroom
Posted: April 30, 2021 1:00:00 PM ADT
Category: UNB Saint John
The University of New Brunswick in Saint John and the Students’ Representative Council (SRC) have announced the relaunch of the campus’s Whitebone Lounge as the Whitebone Pizzeria following an extensive refurbishment. The new pizzeria-style eatery will open in the Thomas J. Condon Student Centre in the coming months, located in the space which was previously the Whitebone Lounge...
Read the full postUNB announces 2021 valedictorians for spring graduation ceremonies
UNB Newsroom
Posted: April 23, 2021 12:45:00 PM ADT
Category: UNB Saint John, UNB Fredericton
The University of New Brunswick will be celebrating the achievements of its 2021 graduates at virtual graduation ceremonies on Saturday, June 5. The Fredericton campus’ 191st Encaenia will be held at 9 a.m., 11 a.m., 1 p.m. and 3 p.m. Saint John’s 46th spring convocation ceremony will begin at 5 p.m. See unb.ca/graduation for information on the ceremonies and associated...
Read the full postBell Let’s Talk boosts funding for post-secondary student mental health
UNB Newsroom
Posted: April 21, 2021 3:00:00 PM ADT
Category: UNB Fredericton, UNB Saint John
Bell Let’s Talk announced that $3,075,000 in grants from the Bell Let’s Talk Post-Secondary Fund has been awarded to 123 Canadian colleges and universities, including the University of New Brunswick, to support them in the initial implementation of the National Standard of Canada for Mental Health and Well-Being for Post-Secondary Students. “Bell is committed to enhancing...
Read the full postUNB Fredericton improves campus sustainability rating
UNB Newsroom
Posted: April 15, 2021 3:00:00 PM ADT
Category: UNB Fredericton
The University of New Brunswick’s Fredericton campus is a rising star in sustainability, showing considerable improvement in the worldwide ranking of sustainable practices among institutions of higher learning. This is the second time that UNBF has submitted data to the Sustainability Tracking, Assessment & Rating System (STARS) program run by the Philadelphia-based Association for the...
Read the full postLorenzo Society’s Virtual Book Club to feature Carla Gunn
UNB Newsroom
Posted: April 14, 2021 2:00:00 PM ADT
Category: UNB Saint John
The next Lorenzo Virtual Book Club meeting will be held on Wednesday, April 21, at 7:30 p.m. (ADT) and will feature Carla Gunn, a professor at the University of New Brunswick, discussing her novel, Amphibian. In Amphibian, nine-year-old Phineas William Walsh has an encyclopedic knowledge of the natural world and he is the narrator. As Quill & Quire wrote, “[He]… is the kind of kid...
Read the full postUNB's J Herbert Smith Centre announces winner of 2021 RBC Product Design and Development Competition
UNB Newsroom
Posted: April 14, 2021 11:00:00 AM ADT
Category: UNB Fredericton
The University of New Brunswick's J Herbert Smith Centre for Technology Management and Entrepreneurship has announced the winner of the RBC Product Design and Development Competition, which took place virtually on April 8 as part of the 7th Annual Engineering Design Symposium. UNB’s annual Engineering Design Symposium gives final-year engineering students the opportunity to work together...
Read the full postNB-IRDT report shows how COVID-19 affects mental health in province
UNB Newsroom
Posted: April 13, 2021 10:00:00 AM ADT
Category: UNB Fredericton
A new report by the New Brunswick Institute for Research, Data and Training (NB-IRDT) reveals how New Brunswickers’ mental health has been negatively affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. The team, led by principal investigator Dr. Sandra Magalhaes from the UNB Fredericton department of sociology, analyzed responses to an online survey asking New Brunswick residents to indicate the impact...
Read the full postGiving New Brunswick our best shot
NB-IRDT Staff
Posted: April 12, 2021 12:00:00 AM ADT
Category: DataNB
At one time, only physicians were allowed to administer vaccinations. In 2009, however, the province of New Brunswick passed legislation allowing pharmacists to do the same. As COVID-19 vaccines are now available, the ability to receive a vaccination from a local pharmacist is becoming more and more important to New Brunswickers. Could pharmacist-administered vaccines boost healthcare in...
Read the full postEngineering students work with Kingsclear First Nation on capstone design project
UNB Newsroom
Posted: April 9, 2021 4:00:00 PM ADT
Category: UNB Fredericton
The University of New Brunswick’s faculty of engineering in Fredericton hosted its 7th annual Engineering Design Symposium virtually on Thursday, April 8, recognizing the hard work of its students. Each year, fourth-year engineering students from all disciplines display projects they’ve worked on through the Capstone Design course. Students are guided by industry mentors and their...
Read the full postUNB organizes Canada-wide Techstars Startup Weekend
UNB Newsroom
Posted: April 9, 2021 1:00:00 PM ADT
Category: UNB Fredericton
Inventors, innovators and entrepreneurs from across the country are coming together to tackle sustainability-related challenges in Canada’s second annual Techstars Global Online Startup Weekend. The event, held from April 16 to 18, will see participants working together from their homes, tackling some of today’s toughest and most urgent challenges with a focus on sustainability and...
Read the full postConcepts in epidemiology
NB-IRDT Staff
Posted: April 8, 2021 12:00:00 AM ADT
Category: DataNB
When diseases like SARS-CoV-2 emerge, epidemiology is key to understanding and controlling the spread of infection. Since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, “epidemiology” has become a common term in the public realm, appearing in news articles and interviews worldwide. But what exactly is epidemiology? And what does this field of study entail? Epidemiology is the study of how...
Read the full postUNB students make community impact through experiential learning
UNB Newsroom
Posted: April 6, 2021 2:00:00 PM ADT
Category: UNB Saint John
University of New Brunswick students are working with 14 community organizations to help make positive changes in the world around them while gaining a credit toward their university degree. Social Science in Practicum (SOCS4501) is a course offered at UNB’s Saint John campus that pairs students with an organization that best fits their goals and related disciplines to provide them with...
Read the full postOne year of data literacy
NB-IRDT Staff
Posted: April 6, 2021 12:00:00 AM ADT
Category: DataNB
Data literacy training partnership with GNB: One year later At NB-IRDT, we believe data is the way of the future. One year ago, we put this belief into practice by partnering with the Government of New Brunswick to develop a data literacy training program for public servants. In April 2020, the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council awarded NB-IRDT and GNB a four-year $200,000...
Read the full postLabour force survey enhanced with COVID-19 questions
NB-IRDT Staff
Posted: April 2, 2021 12:00:00 AM ADT
Category: DataNB
Wondering how the COVID-19 pandemic and subsequent disease containment measures have affected the Canadian and New Brunswick labour market? So has Statistics Canada. In April 2020, a series of survey enhancements were included in the Labour Force Survey (LFS) to fully measure the shock to the Canadian labour market resulting from COVID-19 and subsequent economic shutdowns. Over the past year,...
Read the full postUNB's J Herbert Smith Centre announces winners of 2021 RBC Student Pitch Competition
UNB Newsroom
Posted: April 1, 2021 10:00:00 AM ADT
Category: UNB Fredericton
The University of New Brunswick's J Herbert Smith Centre for Technology Management and Entrepreneurship has announced the winners of its 15th annual RBC Student Pitch Competition, which took place virtually on March 24. During the event, the top 32 finalists had three minutes to present their unaided pitch to a panel of judges. Winners were selected based on innovation impact, viability and...
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