Taking steps toward sustainability through upcycled fashion

UNB Alumni

Posted: October 25, 2023 12:00:00 AM ADT

Category: Inspiring Stories, Insights, UNB Fredericton, Science, Young Alumni

A UNB alum is inspiring others to make sustainable clothing choices and to reduce their impact. Maria Hernandez (BSENR’21), the face behind upcycled clothing line Palo Verde Designs, has combined her love for fashion and her deep commitment to making the planet a more sustainable place. Palo Verde grew out of a longtime love of sewing and started as a side-hobby during her second year at...

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The Booker Prize, the Scottish Highlands and a love of writing

UNB

Posted: October 19, 2023 12:00:00 AM ADT

Category: Arts, Inspiring Stories, UNB Fredericton

It’s been a big year for Sarah Bernstein (MA’12). Her latest novel, Study for Obedience, was published in the U.K. and Canada in the summer of 2023. It’s now shortlisted for both the 2023 Booker Prize (one of six finalists) and 2023 Giller Prize (one of five finalists). And, she was named to Granta’s Best of Young British Novelists 2023 list. Oh, and she’s about to...

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UNBeknownst #32: Sara Taaffe on the tension between economic progress and sustainability

UNB Alumni

Posted: October 19, 2023 12:00:00 AM ADT

Category: Young Alumni, UNB Fredericton, Podcast, Renaissance College

“Knowing that there are a lot of people who really care and are working every day to make change, and seeing more and more policies and corporate behaviour changing, it leaves me feeling optimistic that we’re doing better than we were doing a year ago. There is hope and people have power.” ~ Sara Taaffe (BPHIL'15) Sara Taaffe (BPHIL’15) is a senior...

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The UNB graduate inside one of the biggest deals in Canadian corporate history

UNB Alumni

Posted: October 13, 2023 12:00:00 AM ADT

Category: Management, UNB Fredericton, Inspiring Stories

Mergers and acquisitions are exciting to read about –especially when they involve two of the largest entrepreneurial companies in Canadian history: Rogers Communications and Shaw Communications. In April 2023, after over two years of intense negotiations, a regulatory battle, fierce public opinion, and, finally, government approval, the $26 billion transaction that created one national...

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