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UNB Faculty of Management
Elevating a Legacy: The SIF Room Reno Campaign
Faculty of Management
Posted: Dec 11, 2025
Category: Student Investment Fund
Twenty-seven years ago, UNB’s faculty of management partnered with Vestcor, Inc. (then the New Brunswick Investment Management Corporation) to launch the Student Investment Fund (SIF), a program that transformed investment education at UNB and set a national benchmark for experiential learning. What makes the SIF exceptional isn’t just that students manage real money; it’s the...
Read the full postThe Data Challenge that put Canada’s mining and manufacturing future in students’ hands
Faculty of Management
Posted: Dec 11, 2025
Category: Students
As the global economy moves toward clean energy and advanced technologies, Canada faces a critical question: Should we boost investment in minerals like lithium, nickel, and rare earth elements? In November, over 20 teams of students from across Canada tackled this question during UNB’s 2025 Data Challenge, a cross-disciplinary competition turning classroom learning into industry-ready...
Read the full postDriving safer, faster health care through digital transformation: New research by UNB business prof
Faculty of Management
Posted: Nov 18, 2025
Category: Research
Digital technologies and human collaboration can transform healthcare, creating systems that are not only efficient but truly adaptive to patient needs. This is the key finding of a recent study by Dr. Sampath Bemgal, a business professor at the University of New Brunswick’s faculty of management. Entitled, “Generative mechanisms of IT-enabled transformation of a hospital...
Read the full postCareer conversations that matter: Inside UNB's McCain Speaker Series
Faculty of Management
Posted: Nov 3, 2025
Learning about opportunities for growth, and the possibility of building an entire career with one company, was a key takeaway for James Hartmann after attending a recent guest speaking event at the University of New Brunswick. The speaker was Jeremy Underhill (BBA ’08), who delivered a talk on Oct. 17, 2025, as part of the McCain Speaker Series organized by the International Business and...
Read the full postUNB launches MBA Online: Expanding access to business education across Canada
Faculty of Management
Posted: Sep 22, 2025
Category: Alumni , Programs , Students
This September, the Faculty of Management at UNB officially launched the MBA Online, making it possible for professionals and entrepreneurs across the country to earn a UNB MBA—no matter where they live. The program offers the same academic rigor and respected credentials as our in-person MBA, now with the flexibility to fit busy lives and evolving careers. Students can complete the...
Read the full postA life well lived and shared: Dr. Gopalan Srinivasan's memoir
Faculty of Management
Posted: Sep 4, 2025
Category: Faculty
If you studied finance at UNB’s Faculty of Management between 1987 and 2018, chances are you remember Dr. Gopalan Srinivasan, known affectionately as “Srini.” Whether you were one of his MBA students grappling with International Financial Management or a BBA student learning the fundamentals in Principles of Finance, Srini’s sharp intellect and signature wit left a...
Read the full postWeathering the cold, chasing the dream: Vu Duy Anh Phan’s journey to a career in business
Faculty of Management
Posted: Sep 3, 2025
Growing up in My Tho City in Vietnam, a few hours outside Ho Chi Minh City, Vu Duy “Anh” Phan always had a knack for numbers. He majored in physics in high school, undaunted by complex formulas, but deep down, he knew his future lay in business. That dream became reality when he enrolled at Foreign Trade University (FTU) in Ho Chi Minh City and later transferred into the BBA program...
Read the full postBehind the price tag: What oil futures teach us about market power
Faculty of Management
Posted: Jul 15, 2025
Category: Research
When you fill up your gas tank or buy groceries, the price you pay often depends on global oil prices. We usually assume those prices reflect real-world factors for things like supply disruptions, wars, or economic booms. But what if that’s only part of the story? In his recent research paper, “Does Excess Futures Market Demand Affect the Spot Price of Oil?” forthcoming in...
Read the full postTurning Mom's dream into reality: Raashid Razick’s UNB journey
Faculty of Management
Posted: Jul 15, 2025
Raashid Razick grew up in Colombo, Sri Lanka, one of four children in a close-knit family. From a young age, he was driven by his mother’s dream: to see one of her children become a designated professional. That dream became his mission. Determined to find the best path to success, Raashid chose the University of New Brunswick’s faculty of management for its strong academic...
Read the full postHow local organic food supply chains can compete and support a more sustainable future
Faculty of Management
Posted: Jul 10, 2025
Category: Research
When you buy organic food from a local market or farm stand, you’re doing more than just choosing fresh produce, you’re supporting a more sustainable way of doing business. But in a world dominated by large grocery chains and global supply networks, how can these smaller, local systems compete? Dr. Alireza Tajbakhsh, a professor in the faculty of management at UNB, explores that...
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