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UNB offers financial summer camp for kids - Daily Gleaner

Communications

Posted: July 19, 2011 5:00:00 AM ADT

Category: UNB Saint John


Is your pre-teen or teen bored with regular summer camp? The University of New Brunswick is offering its first financial summer camp for budding young business tycoons called The Millionaires' Club running from July 25-29. "We've created an investment camp for kids age 11 to 14 and 15 to 18," said Glenn Cleland, the founding director of the Centre for Financial Studies at UNB. "Financial...

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University of New Brunswick Adopts Microsoft Live edu for Students

Communications

Posted: July 19, 2011 5:00:00 AM ADT

Category: UNB Saint John


UNB students will have access to a rich suite of online tools that further support their academic and technology needs. Microsoft Canada and the University of New Brunswick (UNB) are pleased to announce that they are working together to bring Microsoft Live@edu, an innovative suite of online communication and collaboration tools, to UNB’s 11,000 students. With Live@edu, UNB students will have...

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A promise for more education - Telegraph-Journal

Communications

Posted: July 18, 2011 5:00:00 AM ADT

Category: UNB Saint John


SAINT JOHN - UNBSJ is determined to ensure that money is not an obstacle preventing Hazen-White/St. Francis School students from attending university. Very quietly over the past couple of years, campus vice-president Robert MacKinnon and Peter McGuire, who co-ordinates the relationship between that school and UNBSJ, have been working to ensure children feel at home on campus at a young...

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UNB researchers give health update on the province s largest river system

Communications

Posted: July 8, 2011 5:00:00 AM ADT

Category: UNB Saint John


The Canadian Rivers Institute (CRI) at the University of New Brunswick released the St. John River State of the Environment Report today—a document created after a decade of research on New Brunswick’s largest river system. Researchers found that the overall quality of water in the river has improved in the last 40 years, but there are a few areas that are still concerning. “The improvements...

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Shad Valley offers young innovators the chance to experience the beauty of Fredericton

Communications

Posted: July 4, 2011 5:00:00 AM ADT

Category: UNB Fredericton


60 of the country’s brightest high school students have arrived at the University of New Brunswick in Fredericton to learn, explore and experience all the UNB and the city have to offer. These young people, here to take part in the prestigious annual Shad Valley program at UNB, will take time away from learning science to go camping at the Fundy National Park and will get to know Fredericton...

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