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UNB REDS rookie goalie leads team to U Cup victory, wins big
UNB Newsroom
Posted: Mar 27, 2023
Category: UNB Fredericton , UNB Saint John
The University of New Brunswick REDS men’s hockey team was ablaze this season, taking home the 2023 U Sports University Cup in a shutout against the University of Alberta Golden Bears on March 19. After a scoreless first period, the REDS turned up the heat and ended the game in a 3-0 shutout. UNB head coach Gardiner MacDougall led the team to victory, the REDS’ ninth win in the...
Read the full postUNB engineering student project aims to protect dykelands in Atlantic Canada
UNB Newsroom
Posted: Mar 27, 2023
Category: UNB Fredericton
More than 300 years ago, the Acadians first designed and constructed dykelands along the Bay of Fundy in New Brunswick and Nova Scotia for flood and agricultural protection from the salty sea. Some of these dykes, which the federal government upgraded in the 1950s, are still in place today. As global temperatures continue to increase, sea levels in Atlantic Canada also rise due to the...
Read the full postNew funding supports next-generation nuclear research at UNB
UNB Newsroom
Posted: Mar 24, 2023
Category: UNB Saint John , UNB Fredericton
Thanks to new financial support, the University of New Brunswick’s (UNB) Centre for Nuclear Energy Research (CNER) will upgrade key scientific equipment, improving its research capabilities for current and next-generation nuclear power generation. The CNER will receive $1,928,005 million from the Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency (ACOA) and $173,595 from the New Brunswick Innovation...
Read the full postUNB alum seizes opportunity to travel to Antarctica to film colossal squid
UNB Newsroom
Posted: Mar 22, 2023
Category: UNB Fredericton , UNB Saint John
The colossal squid lives in the deep Southern Ocean and scientists believe it is the world’s largest squid species, measuring 10 to 12 metres and weighing up to 750 kilograms or more. However, much of the biology and ecology of the species is undiscovered and attempts to capture an image of this mysterious sea creature have so far been unsuccessful. In fact, no one has ever seen it...
Read the full postCampaign cabinet formed to realize the vision of UNB’s Integrated Health Initiative
UNB Newsroom
Posted: Mar 21, 2023
Category: UNB Saint John , UNB Fredericton
The University of New Brunswick (UNB) is making a transformational investment in the future of healthcare in New Brunswick. Through the creation of a new Bachelor of Health degree program and dynamic healthcare and research partnerships housed in a state-of-the-art building, UNB’s Integrated Health Initiative (IHI) will positively change healthcare now and in the future. While some...
Read the full postUNB economics students solve real-world challenges in the first year
UNB Newsroom
Posted: Mar 21, 2023
Category: UNB Saint John , UNB Fredericton
Two students at the University of New Brunswick (UNB) are among the first cohort to apply what they learn in their economics class to solve real-world issues starting as early as the first semester of their undergraduate degree. Last fall, these students were enrolled in Dr. Constantine Passaris’ principles of microeconomics course on UNB’s Fredericton campus. Passaris, who was...
Read the full postUNB, NBCC and Marshall Skills Academy create new innovative programs to support manufacturing industry
UNB Newsroom
Posted: Mar 16, 2023
Category: UNB Saint John
Provincial government funding of $6.87 million is helping the University of New Brunswick (UNB), the New Brunswick Community College (NBCC) and Marshall Skills Academy deliver a work-integrated learning model aimed at New Brunswick’s workforce in the manufacturing sector. The funding supports manufacturing, technology and engineering programs and their associated qualifications. It also...
Read the full postLecture to explore life of James Barry in 19th-century Nova Scotia
UNB Newsroom
Posted: Mar 9, 2023
Category: UNB Fredericton
Best known as a miller, fiddler, printer, avid reader and overall curmudgeon, James Barry (1822-1906) lived in Six Mile Brook, Pictou County, Nova Scotia, in the 19th century. For 56 years, he kept a meticulous diary documenting daily life in the community, recounting his domestic life as well as his radical, evangelical politics and freethought spiritualism. Barry’s diary provides a...
Read the full postThe McKenna Institute and UNB announce $300,000 gift toward digital sustainability
UNB Newsroom
Posted: Mar 9, 2023
Category: UNB Fredericton
The McKenna Institute and the University of New Brunswick (UNB) are pleased to announce a $300,000 commitment from Sackville, N.B. business and community leaders Jane and Mike Wilson in support of digital sustainability in New Brunswick, as well as environmental sustainability through a digital lens. This gift funds the Wilson-McKenna Fellow in Digital Sustainability and the Frank McKenna...
Read the full postKinesiology students apply classroom learning in the community at long-term care homes
UNB Newsroom
Posted: Mar 8, 2023
Category: UNB Fredericton , UNB Saint John
When students from the University of New Brunswick’s (UNB) Physical Activity and Aging class had the opportunity to visit older adults living in a variety of long-term care settings and retirement residences, it gave them hands-on experience and a greater appreciation for what they were learning in the classroom. “I distinctly remember the first day looking at the number of...
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