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UNB Faculty of Management

Data mash: it's the story that counts, not the numbers

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Posted: June 17, 2016 5:00:00 AM ADT

Category: Faculty


A growing number of IT experts across Canada and in New Brunswick believe that opening government data to third party scrutiny has the potential to help solve many of our economic and social problems. Open data represents a vast range of information and when made available for analysis to people in different disciplines and industries, their new perspectives open up a world of possibilities. A...

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Fighting Fears with Toastmasters International

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Posted: June 6, 2016 5:00:00 AM ADT

Category: Programs, Students


Do you suffer from glossophobia, the fear of public speaking? If you do, you're not alone. It's ranked among the top fears of people all over the world, along with the fear of spiders, snakes and even death. Though fear of public speaking is common, it’s something people aiming for leadership roles have to overcome. Thanks to a Toastmasters International program introduced into the MBA...

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UNB's Finance Club Making Stocks Simple

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Posted: June 2, 2016 5:00:00 AM ADT

Category: Students, Programs


Some viewers might feel a little lost when watching movies about the world of finance like the recent Wolf of Wall Street or The Big Short, but students in UNB’s student Finance Club don’t; even those who don’t have a background in finance or business. Those foreign sounding terms, the colours changing red to green to red, and the intricacies of the housing bubble are all...

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