Impact of Giving
UNB’s McKenna Institute announces investment in digital agriculture led by McCain Foods
UNB Newsroom
Posted: June 11, 2024 12:00:00 AM ADT
Category: News and Events, Innovation
The McKenna Institute at the University of New Brunswick (UNB) is thrilled to announce a landmark $3.75 million investment from a partnership led by McCain Foods and other New Brunswick institutions that will revolutionize digital agriculture, progress regenerative farming practices and minimize the impact of climate change on farmland. Over the next five years, McCain Foods is committing $2.76...
Read the full postShannex and UNB partner for aging research and nursing education
UNB Newsroom
Posted: May 29, 2024 12:00:00 AM ADT
Category: News and Events, Donor Stories
Shannex RLC Ltd. and the University of New Brunswick (UNB) have signed a $1 million partnership agreement to expand education and research in the field of life transitions and older adult care. The agreement was announced jointly by Shannex and UNB at Shannex's Halifax headquarters today. Half of Shannex’s strategic investment – $500,000 – will be used to establish the...
Read the full postUNB announces Currie Scholars for 2024-25
UNB Newsroom
Posted: May 21, 2024 12:00:00 AM ADT
Category: Scholarships and Bursaries
Five outstanding high school students are winners of the prestigious Currie Undergraduate Scholarships at the University of New Brunswick. The scholarships, valued at $65,000 each, were established in 2004 by one of Canada’s most accomplished business leaders and philanthropists, UNB Chancellor Emeritus Dr. Richard J. Currie, who was a Beaverbrook scholar as a young man. Each year, the...
Read the full postHelping students help students this Giving Day
Development and Donor Relations
Posted: February 28, 2024 12:00:00 AM AST
Category: News and Events
Students on both of UNB’s campuses are working to take action against rising food insecurity. Both the UNB Student Union (UNBSU) on the Fredericton campus and the UNB Students’ Representative Council (SRC) on the Saint John campus have established food banks to ensure no students go hungry, and they are gratefully accepting financial support from UNB alumni, faculty, staff and...
Read the full postUniversity of New Brunswick Announces 2023-2024 Primrose Scholars Recipients
UNB Newsroom
Posted: February 13, 2024 12:00:00 AM AST
Category: Scholarships and Bursaries, News and Events
The University of New Brunswick (UNB) is proud to announce the 2023-24 recipients of the Arthur and Sandra Irving Primrose Scholarship at UNB Saint John. This year’s recipients are Kate McLeod and Avery Thomas. Valued at $40,000 over four years, the Arthur and Sandra Irving Primrose Scholarship recognizes outstanding students for their academic achievement, community involvement and...
Read the full postUniversity of New Brunswick announces new Arthur L. Irving Family Foundation Track and Field Scholarships
UNB Newsroom
Posted: February 6, 2024 12:00:00 PM AST
Category: News and Events, Scholarships and Bursaries
A new scholarship opportunity will now be available to student athletes in the University of New Brunswick’s (UNB) REDS Track and Field Program thanks to a $200,000 leadership gift from The Arthur L. Irving Family Foundation. Read more about the Arthur L. Irving Family Foundation Track and Field Scholarship.
Read the full postSportsnet documentary features UNB student Cedrick Tahmo and NBA star Pascal Siakam
UNB Newsroom
Posted: January 18, 2024 12:00:00 AM AST
Category: News and Events, Scholarships and Bursaries
Pascal Siakam, the all-star forward who was just traded from the Toronto Raptors to the Indiana Pacers, grew up in Cameroon with a father who valued education above all else. To honour his father’s legacy, Siakam’s PS43 Foundation created a scholarship program at UNB for students from his home country. The scholarship is a game-changer for Cedrick Tahmo, a second-year...
Read the full postSchulich Leaders grateful for network of peers
Development and Donor Relations
Posted: January 17, 2024 12:00:00 AM AST
Category: News and Events
With their first semester in the books, UNB’s newest Schulich Leaders are settling into university life with the help of Canada’s most coveted STEM scholarship. Hannah Kamogawa and Chelsea McKinley are UNB’s 2023-24 recipients of the Schulich Leader Scholarships. Each year, one hundred Schulich Leader Scholarships are awarded to entrepreneurial-minded high school graduates...
Read the full postA legacy for advancing physics education
Development and Donor Relations
Posted: January 15, 2024 12:00:00 AM AST
Category: Donor Stories, Bequests
Emma and Clyde Gross had no interest in promoting themselves through the scholarship in their name; they only wanted to promote physics and encourage bright students in that field. “I hope someone will discover all kinds of wonderful things we don’t know about now,” said Clyde, on the motivation behind the award. The Emma and Clyde deVeer Gross Scholarships will be valued at...
Read the full postShe’s got the Shanna St. Pierre-Power
Development and Donor Relations
Posted: January 11, 2024 12:00:00 AM AST
Category: Creating Opportunities for Students, News and Events
The third-year law student has fought hard in her life to overcome barriers imposed upon her by the socio-economic factors of her youth. Thanks to this tenacity and the support she has received through awards like the Linda and Michael Beairsto Award, that dream is set to become a reality. “After receiving great support and living an absolutely amazing student experience at UNB during my...
Read the full postSir James Dunn Foundation donates $1M to UNB's Integrated Health Initiative
UNB Newsroom
Posted: January 9, 2024 12:00:00 AM AST
Category: News and Events, Donor Stories
The University of New Brunswick’s (UNB) Integrated Health Initiative (IHI) has received a twofold boost thanks to a $1 million gift from the Sir James Dunn Foundation. Read on to find out how this gift will support the ambitious vision for excellence in health and social innovation.
Read the full postChangemaker: Building a healthy, prosperous community
Development and Donor Relations
Posted: January 8, 2024 12:00:00 AM AST
Category: News and Events
If you are a successful tech entrepreneur who wants everyone in your community to share in a more healthy and prosperous future, what do you do? For Innovatia co-CEO Dr. Roxanne R. Fairweather CM, ONB (DLitt’18) and her husband, Pat, the answer was clear: you invest in UNB’s Integrated Health Initiative (IHI) to drive improvements in health care, boost economic development and fuel...
Read the full postUNB Grad researched complex processes that can help fight cancer thanks to fellowship award
Development and Donor Relations
Posted: January 5, 2024 12:00:00 AM AST
Category: Innovation, News and Events, Alumni Annual Giving
Marta Tomás Piqueras came to the University of New Brunswick to pursue doctoral studies in organic chemistry and now is involved in groundbreaking pharmaceutical research and development back in her native Spain. Marta (PhD’23), attended UNB from 2018 to 2022 and received $25,000 from the Richard Langler Graduate Fellowship in Organic Chemistry. Her research involved synthesizing...
Read the full postA lifetime of gratitude
Development and Donor Relations
Posted: January 2, 2024 12:00:00 AM AST
Category: Donor Stories
Bill Baker (BSc’55) has spent a lifetime feeling grateful for the opportunities opened up for him at UNB, and nearly 50 years giving back with an annual gift of a size he could afford. “I’m not a famous grad or a distinguished grad,” Bill said, “I’m just a guy from Moncton who was really, really lucky and got to go to UNB on a Beaverbrook scholarship. I was...
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