Communications
Posted: December 20, 2011 4:00:00 AM AST
Category: UNB Saint John
Thirteen outstanding teachers at the University of New Brunswick in Fredericton were recognized this year for their commitment to post-secondary education, dedication to students, and teaching excellence. Among the 2011 award winners are Diana Austin, a professor in the Faculty of Arts who was recognized at the national level with a 3M national teaching fellowship, and John Grant McLoughlin, a...
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Posted: December 19, 2011 4:00:00 AM AST
Category: UNB Fredericton
Take HEART – a program that offers an introductory level of physical activity as well as nutritional counselling to persons at risk of developing chronic medical conditions – will be available to more people in 2012 as the result of an investment by the provincial government. "We know that many New Brunswickers are at risk of developing chronic illness or are already dealing with these...
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Posted: December 15, 2011 4:00:00 AM AST
Category: UNB Saint John
The University of New Brunswick Saint John has launched its first mobile application for smartphones. The mobile app, available for Apple devices such as the iPhone, iPod Touch or iPad, provides convenient access to the most frequently requested information and electronic resources such as UNB news or campus maps. The UNB Saint John mobile app is available for free on the Apple App store. It...
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Posted: December 8, 2011 4:00:00 AM AST
Category: UNB Fredericton, UNB Saint John
Two hundred and twenty-six students in the faculty of engineering at the University of New Brunswick in Fredericton have earned a place on the Dean’s List for 2010-11. The dean of engineering, David Coleman, announced that the students who qualified for the list attained a sessional grade-point average of at least 3.7 or A- for the academic year. During the 2010-11 academic year, 1113 students...
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Posted: December 8, 2011 4:00:00 AM AST
Category: UNB Saint John, UNB Fredericton
Three hundred and ninety students in the faculty of nursing at the University of New Brunswick in Fredericton, Moncton and Bathurst have earned a place on the Dean’s List for 2010-11. The interim dean of nursing, Dr. Gail Storr, announced that the students who qualified for the list attained a sessional grade-point average of at least 3.7 or A- for the academic year. During the 2010-11 academic...
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Posted: December 6, 2011 4:00:00 AM AST
Category: UNB Saint John, UNB Fredericton
Ninety-eight students in the faculty of kinesiology at the University of New Brunswick in Fredericton have earned a place on the Dean’s List for 2010-11. The dean of kinesiology, Wayne Albert, announced that the students who qualified for the list attained a sessional grade-point average of at least 3.7 or A- for the academic year. During the 2010-11 academic year, 456 students were enrolled in...
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Posted: December 5, 2011 4:00:00 AM AST
Category: UNB Saint John, UNB Fredericton
Forty-two students in the Faculty of Computer Science at the University of New Brunswick in Fredericton have earned a place on the Dean’s List for 2010-11.The Dean of Computer Science, Ali Ghorbani, announced that the students who qualified for the list attained a sessional grade-point average of at least 3.7 or A- for the academic year.During the 2010-11 academic year, 285 students were...
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Posted: December 3, 2011 4:00:00 AM AST
Category: UNB Saint John
He's flipped houses, apartments and commercial buildings, but his ultimate goal is to flip Saint John. Keith Brideau, the founder and vice-president of the development company Historica, says he wants Saint John to be one of the best cities in Canada, and sees no reason why it shouldn't be. The 30-year-old saw a niche in uptown Saint John for redeveloping older buildings, and has already...
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Posted: December 1, 2011 4:00:00 AM AST
Category: UNB Fredericton, UNB Saint John
Two hundred and ten students in the faculty of arts at the University of New Brunswick in Fredericton have earned a place on the Dean’s List for 2010-11. The dean of arts, Dr. James Murray, announced that the students who qualified for the list attained a sessional grade-point average of at least 3.7 or A- for the academic year. During the 2010-11 academic year, 1186 students were enrolled in...
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Posted: December 1, 2011 4:00:00 AM AST
Category: UNB Fredericton, UNB Saint John
One hundred and fifty-seven students in the Faculty of Business Administration at the University of New Brunswick in Fredericton have earned a place on the Dean’s List for 2010-11. The dean of business administration, Robert Austin, announced that the students who qualified for the list attained a sessional grade-point average of at least 3.7 or A- for the academic year. During the 2010-11...
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Posted: December 1, 2011 4:00:00 AM AST
Category: UNB Saint John
SAINT JOHN - What Coun. Peter McGuire is calling an "academic revolution" is transforming life for students of Hazen-White/St. Francis School and has resulted in provincial assessments climbing, says principal Jennifer Carhart. The most recent results show Grade 4 reading up 28 per cent, Grade 8 math up 57 per cent, and Grade 5 math up by 33 per cent. "When you look at a small school, a small...
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Posted: November 28, 2011 4:00:00 AM AST
Category: UNB Fredericton
Forty-six Renaissance College students at the University of New Brunswick in Fredericton have earned a place on the Dean’s List for 2010-11. The dean of Renaissance College, Ted Needham, announced that the students who qualified for the list attained a sessional grade-point average of at least 3.7 or A- for the academic year. During the 2010-11 academic year, 64 students were enrolled in the...
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Posted: November 22, 2011 4:00:00 AM AST
Category: UNB Saint John
Award-winning author David Adams Richards will read from his new novel, Incidents in the Life of Markus Paul on Friday, Dec. 2 at 7 p.m. in the Ganong Hall Lecture Theatre at UNB Saint John. David Adams Richards is the author of more than a dozen works of fiction, five works of non-fiction, and several screenplays. The recipient of two Governor General’s Awards – one for fiction and one for...
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Posted: November 22, 2011 4:00:00 AM AST
Category: UNB Saint John
Mac Watson donates $100,000 for Geology bursaries When Mac Watson graduated from The University of New Brunswick in 1959 with a bachelor of science degree in geology and returned to his native Quebec, he left a piece of his heart in New Brunswick. In the more than 50 years since that time, he has become a respected mentor in his field of mineral resource exploration, building numerous junior...
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Posted: November 19, 2011 4:00:00 AM AST
Category: UNB Saint John
Partners in the Optical Regional Advanced Network say the launch of a high-speed network will improve New Brunswick's capacity for research and educational collaboration. A group of approximately 50 university representatives, partners, stakeholders and government officials involved in the project from across the province gathered at the NRC Institute for Information Technology on Friday...
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Posted: November 18, 2011 4:00:00 AM AST
Category: UNB Fredericton
The partners in the Optical Regional Advanced Network (ORAN) gathered today in Fredericton to unveil a new high-speed network and the latest iteration of the technology partnership, and to celebrate the fortieth anniversary of the NB/PEI Educational Computer Network (ECN). The ORAN is a joint initiative among CANARIE Inc., The Province of New Brunswick (PNB), the New Brunswick universities,...
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Posted: November 15, 2011 4:00:00 AM AST
Category: UNB Saint John
Award-winning author Helen Humphreys will read from The Reinvention of Love on Friday, Nov. 25 at 7 p.m. in the Ganong Hall Lecture Theatre on the Saint John campus of UNB. Helen Humphreys is the author of four poetry collections and the novels Leaving Earth (1997), winner of a City of Toronto Book Award; Afterimage (2000), winner of a Rogers Writers’ Trust Fiction Prize; The Lost Garden...
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Posted: November 10, 2011 4:00:00 AM AST
Category: UNB Saint John
Water experts are seeking public opinion and input for the recently published report on the health of the Saint John River through a series of workshops across the province. The Rivers Tour Series, which kicks off on Monday, Nov. 14, in Hammond River, will visit eight communities over two weeks. The Saint John River: A State of the Environment Report, released by the Canadian Rivers Institute...
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Posted: November 9, 2011 4:00:00 AM AST
Category: UNB Saint John
The public is invited to the University of New Brunswick on Monday, Nov. 14, at 6 p.m. for a commemorative panel called Educators as change agents: What educators can do about violence. It will take place at Marshall d’Avray Hall, 10 Mackay Dr., UNB Fredericton, in Room 261. The panel honours Ottilia Chareka, – an educator and a change agent – a woman who in both her personal and professional...
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Posted: November 7, 2011 4:00:00 AM AST
Category: UNB Saint John
The University of New Brunswick is pleased to host the launch of biography of Roméo LeBlanc by Naomi E. S. Griffiths.  Entitled The Golden Age of Liberalism:  A Portrait of Roméo Leblanc, the book will be launched Monday, Nov. 21, at 7 p.m. in the Chancellor's Room at the Wu Conference Centre, UNB Fredericton. Admission is free and all are welcome to attend. Journalist, politician,...
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Posted: November 4, 2011 5:00:00 AM ADT
Category: UNB Saint John
A new partnership between the University of New Brunswick Saint John and the provincial project management association will provide students and working professionals with new opportunities. The partnership between UNB Saint John and the Project Management Institute – New Brunswick chapter (PMI-NB) - allows Masters of Business Administration (MBA) students at UNBSJ to participate in...
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Posted: November 3, 2011 5:00:00 AM ADT
Category: UNB Saint John
The University of New Brunswick (UNB) and the Aboriginal Financial Officers Association (AFOA) of Canada signed an articulation agreement today in which both organizations signify their intent to work together to establish academic programs that support Aboriginal Peoples. “Education is the cornerstone of our successes in life and AFOA is very proud to grow our relationships with educational...
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Posted: November 2, 2011 5:00:00 AM ADT
Category: UNB Saint John
Vancouver novelist Timothy Taylor will read from The Blue Light Project on Monday, Nov. 14 at 7 p.m. in the Ganong Hall Lecture Theatre at UNB Saint John. Taylor is the author of Story House (2007), Silent Cruise (2002), and the Giller-nominated Stanley Park (2001), which was also a selection for Canada Reads in 2007. His short fiction has earned a National Magazine Award and the Journey Prize....
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Posted: November 2, 2011 5:00:00 AM ADT
Category: UNB Fredericton
The University of New Brunswick’s Faculty of Computer Science in Fredericton will honour dean’s list students, along with the winners of student prizes, scholarships, bursaries and other awards during its upcoming 2011 awards ceremony. The ceremony will take place on Wednesday, Nov. 9, at the Fredericton Convention Centre. The evening starts with a reception at 6 p.m., followed by dinner...
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Posted: November 1, 2011 5:00:00 AM ADT
Category: UNB Saint John
Students from the University of New Brunswick and St. Thomas University will benefit from a panel being offered at UNB this week. The Department of Post Secondary Education, Training and Labour, UNB and STU student employment services, and Enterprise Fredericton have partnered to educate students from the faculty of arts about career and volunteer opportunities available in the region. The...
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Posted: November 1, 2011 5:00:00 AM ADT
Category: UNB Saint John
Dr. J. David Allan is coming to the University of New Brunswick to deliver the Canadian Rivers Institute’s H.B.N. Hynes Lectures on Nov. 7 and 8. Dr. Allan was the 2009 recipient of the Award of Excellence of the North American Benthological Society and the author of two widely used textbooks on stream ecology. He is a world-renown scientist who is similarly known for his collaborative...
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Posted: October 27, 2011 5:00:00 AM ADT
Category: UNB Saint John
ACAA Soccer Championships update The men's soccer championship game has been rescheduled to tomorrow night (Tuesday) at the Canada Games Stadium at 5:30 p.m. UNB Saint John and Holland Collage are in the final. UNB Saint John will host the 2011 Atlantic Colleges Athletic Association (ACAA) men’s and women’s soccer championships on Saturday, Oct. 29 and Sunday, Oct. 30 at the Canada Games...
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Posted: October 26, 2011 5:00:00 AM ADT
Category: UNB Saint John
Lorna Goodison will read from her new book of short fiction, entitled By Love Possessed on Friday, Nov. 4 at 7 p.m. in the Ganong Hall Lecture Theatre on the Saint John campus of UNB. Born in Jamaica, Lorna Goodison lives in Toronto and Ann Arbor. A professor at the University of Michigan, she is the author of two story collections and eight books of poetry. I am Becoming My Mother, her 1986...
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Posted: October 26, 2011 5:00:00 AM ADT
Category: UNB Saint John
Collaboration includes creation of Cisco Endowed Chair, technology and funding support for manufacturing research TORONTO, ON and FREDERICTON, NB - October 25, 2011 - The University of New Brunswick (UNB) and Cisco Canada today announced two agreements aimed at helping the university become a world leader in technology innovation. The agreements were signed at a meeting of the Premier’s...
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Posted: October 24, 2011 5:00:00 AM ADT
Category: UNB Saint John
The University of New Brunswick celebrated the accomplishments of 604 graduates from across Canada and around the globe at its fall graduation ceremonies in Fredericton and Saint John, Oct. 20 and 21. This year’s ceremonies saw 352 students receive bachelor’s degrees, 230 earn master’s degrees and 22 achieve the highest level of academic achievement, the PhD. Andreas Kreienbuehl of Ettiswil,...
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Posted: October 20, 2011 5:00:00 AM ADT
Category: UNB Saint John
The work of University of New Brunswick Alumnus and nationally renowned scholar, Herb Wyile, displays a deep interest in and commitment to Atlantic Canadian Studies. The University of New Brunswick is pleased to welcome Dr. Wyile as the guest speaker for the 2011-2012 W. Stewart MacNutt Memorial Lecture. Dr. Wyile will visit both UNB campuses to deliver a talk, entitled No Left Turn at Tim...
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Posted: October 20, 2011 5:00:00 AM ADT
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The University of New Brunswick has received $5 million from two of its prominent alumni, Gururaj (Desh) Deshpande and Gerry Pond, to establish an entrepreneurship and innovation centre. The Pond-Deshpande Centre for Innovation and Entrepreneurship at UNB will act as a catalyst to advance innovation and entrepreneurship in New Brunswick by facilitating collaboration among entrepreneurs, young...
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Posted: October 14, 2011 5:00:00 AM ADT
Category: UNB Saint John
The demand for faster access to large volumes of data through computers, mobile phones and cameras is on the rise. To address this issue, UNB and IBM are teaming to establish an IBM Centre for Advanced Studies (CAS Atlantic) on the UNB Fredericton campus. Physicians, government organizations and retailers alike must be ready to handle the big data flood being generated every single second...
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Posted: October 13, 2011 5:00:00 AM ADT
Category: UNB Saint John
Author Antanas Sileika will read from his new novel, Undergound on Monday, Oct. 24 at 7 p.m. in the Ganong Hall Lecture Theatre on the Saint John campus of UNB. Artistic Director for the Humber School for Writers, Antanas Sileika is the author of two previous novels and a collection of linked short stories, Buying on Time, finalist for the City of Toronto Book Award and a Stephen Leacock Award...
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Posted: October 13, 2011 5:00:00 AM ADT
Category: UNB Saint John
Author Antanas Sileika will read from his new novel, Undergound on Monday, Oct. 24 at 7 p.m. in the Ganong Hall Lecture Theatre on the Saint John campus of UNB. Artistic Director for the Humber School for Writers, Antanas Sileika is the author of two previous novels and a collection of linked short stories, Buying on Time, finalist for the City of Toronto Book Award and a Stephen Leacock Award...
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Posted: October 13, 2011 5:00:00 AM ADT
Category: UNB Saint John
Drs. Emin Civi and Christopher Gray are the 2011 recipients of the Dr. Allan P. Stuart Memorial Award for Excellence in Teaching at the University of New Brunswick. Both are from the Saint John campus. They will be recognized at the 29th Convocation in Saint John on Friday, Oct. 21, at 4:30 p.m. at the Imperial Theatre. Dr. Civi is an associate professor in the faculty of business and Dr....
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Posted: October 11, 2011 5:00:00 AM ADT
Category: UNB Saint John
The University of New Brunswick will grant honorary degrees to two outstanding individuals during its fall graduation ceremonies. The Fredericton campus will celebrate its 57th Convocation at The Richard J. CURRIE CENTER on Oct. 20, at 4:30 p.m. During the ceremony Tim Brodhead, social innovator and volunteer, will be recognized with an honorary doctor of letters degree and deliver the...
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Posted: October 7, 2011 5:00:00 AM ADT
Category: UNB Fredericton
The University of New Brunswick celebrated the official opening of The Richard J. CURRIE CENTER in Fredericton today. The world-class fitness and wellness facility is now open to the university community and general public. An architectural gem, the $62.5-million centre includes a human performance laboratory with state-of-the art equipment, free-weight and selectorized equipment rooms, a...
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Posted: October 6, 2011 5:00:00 AM ADT
Category: UNB Fredericton
The University of New Brunswick in Fredericton is home to the Quartermain Earth Science Centre thanks to a $1-million contribution by UNB alumnus and mining executive, Bob Quartermain. An event was held Wednesday on campus to officially open the centre. Located in UNB’s forestry and geology building, the centre includes dinosaur replicas, a large-scale display showing a journey to the centre...
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Posted: October 4, 2011 5:00:00 AM ADT
Category: UNB Saint John
Acclaimed author and former journalist Cynthia Holz will read from her new novel, Benevolence on Friday, Oct. 14 at 7 p.m. in the Ganong Hall Lecture Theatre on the Saint John campus of UNB. The Canadian correspondent for Business Week, New York City journalist Cynthia Holz came to Canada in 1976 and stayed. Moving from journalism to fiction, Holz has published a short story collection and four...
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Posted: September 30, 2011 5:00:00 AM ADT
Category: UNB Fredericton
On Wednesday, Oct. 5, the UNB Faculty of Education, UNB Early Childhood Centre, Three Nations Education Council and First Nations Education Initiative Inc. is proud to present a free public lecture with Jessica Ball. The public is invited to her talk on Thursday, October 5th, at 7:00pm, in Room 143 of Marshall d’Avray Hall, 10 MacKay Drive, UNB Fredericton. Dr. Ball’s talk entitled “Promoting...
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Posted: September 29, 2011 5:00:00 AM ADT
Category: UNB Fredericton
The University of New Brunswick’s 16th president and vice-chancellor Dr. Elizabeth Parr-Johnston was honoured today for her many contributions to the university community. UNB Fredericton's new suite-style residence, located at 34 Mackay Dr., will now be known as the Elizabeth Parr-Johnston Residence. “Liz made a tremendous impact on the University of New Brunswick,” said UNB President and...
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Posted: September 28, 2011 5:00:00 AM ADT
Category: UNB Fredericton
Award-winning author and filmmaker David Bezmozgis will read from his Giller Prize long-listed novel, The Free World, on Tuesday, Oct. 4, at 8 p.m. at the Galleries in Memorial Hall, UNB Fredericton. David Bezmozgis was selected by The New Yorker as one of the 20 writers of fiction under 40 years old most likely to be a major writer of his generation. Latvian-born Canadian, Mr. Bezmozgis...
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Posted: September 28, 2011 5:00:00 AM ADT
Category: UNB Saint John
An exciting new speaker series presented by the faculty of arts at the University of New Brunswick in Fredericton wraps up this week with a discussion on how the history of industrial transformation and the pulp and paper industry can inform the current discussions over the future. Bill Parenteau, a UNB history professor specializing in environmental history, Atlantic Canadian history and...
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Posted: September 28, 2011 5:00:00 AM ADT
Category: UNB Saint John
Steven Turner will join the ranks of professor emeritus at the University of New Brunswick. He will receive the honorary designation at UNB Fredericton’s fall Convocation, Oct. 20, in recognition of his distinguished career. “I'm honoured to be made professor emeritus by the university, and extremely grateful to my warm friends and many supportive colleagues in the department of history and the...
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Posted: September 28, 2011 5:00:00 AM ADT
Category: UNB Saint John
The UNB Associated Alumni has named the 2011 winners of its Proudly UNB Awards which recognize individuals and groups that have made significant contributions to the association and the University of New Brunswick. In addition to its long-standing Alumni Award of Honour, the Proudly UNB Awards also include the Alumni Award of Distinction, the Young Alumni Achievement Award, the Alumni...
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Posted: September 22, 2011 5:00:00 AM ADT
Category: UNB Saint John
Award-winning writer David Bezmozgis will read from his new novel, The Free World on Monday, Oct. 3 at 7 p.m. in the Ganong Hall Lecture Theatre on the UNB Saint John campus. Filmmaker and fiction writer David Bezmozgis is the author of Natasha and Other Stories (2004), winner of a Commonwealth First Book Prize and a City of Toronto Book Award and a finalist for a Governor General’s Award. His...
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Posted: September 22, 2011 5:00:00 AM ADT
Category: UNB Fredericton
Canada’s first-ever National Tree Day was celebrated in Fredericton this week with a tree-planting event at the Hugh John Flemming Forestry Complex. The event was hosted by the University of New Brunswick’s Faculty of Forestry and Environmental Management, in partnership with the Canadian Forest Service and the Department of Natural Resources.
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Posted: September 20, 2011 5:00:00 AM ADT
Category: UNB Fredericton
On Sept. 17, BMO Centre was officially opened on the UNB Fredericton campus. Earlier this year BMO Financial announced a gift of $1.75 million, the largest gift to the university from a single corporate partner, with $1 million of the gift going to enhance the Varsity Reds soccer program. “I’m excited to be a part of a significant milestone in the 122-year partnership between UNB and BMO...
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Posted: September 19, 2011 5:00:00 AM ADT
Category: UNB Saint John, UNB Fredericton
Jennifer Huttges has been named the new head coach of the UNB Saint John Seawolves women’s volleyball team. Ms. Huttges takes over a team that will be rebuilding after a veteran Seawolves squad successfully hosted the 2011 Canadian Collegiate Athletic Association (CCAA) women’s volleyball national championship last March. The good news for local players and recruits coming from other areas is...
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Posted: September 15, 2011 5:00:00 AM ADT
Category: UNB Fredericton
The University of New Brunswick’s Michel Couturier will help transform the way engineering is taught at the university, thanks to support from the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC). An event was held today, Sept. 15, at UNB to announce Dr. Couturier’s NSERC-UNB Chair for Collaborative Engineering Design Education appointment. He was awarded $1 million from...
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Posted: September 14, 2011 5:00:00 AM ADT
Category: UNB Saint John
Award-winning author Wayne Johnston will read from, A World Elsewhere on Friday, Sept. 23 at 7 p.m. in the Ganong Hall Lecture Theatre on the Saint John campus of the University of New Brunswick. Wayne Johnston is the author of seven novels, two story collections, and the memoir Baltimore’s Mansion, winner of the Charles Taylor Prize. The Divine Ryans (1990), made into a movie, won the Thomas...
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Posted: September 8, 2011 5:00:00 AM ADT
Category: UNB Fredericton, UNB Saint John
Distinguished scholar and Eileen Wallace Children’s Literature Fellow, Farah Mendlesohn, will deliver a weekly series of noon hour lectures on fantasy literature for children in the Nan Gregg Room, fourth floor, Harriet Irving Library, on the UNB Fredericton campus. Topics and dates are as follows: • Sept. 13, noon - The enclosed child-garden of the 19th century fantasy • Sept. 20, noon -...
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Posted: September 8, 2011 5:00:00 AM ADT
Category: UNB Saint John
SAINT JOHN - The University of New Brunswick Saint John officially opened its gleaming new commons building on Wednesday, declaring the towering glass structure the "signature" piece of the revamped campus. This is the first thing students, faculty and visitors see as they enter the campus," said UNB president Eddy Campbell. "It's a knock-your-eyes-out building, that shows that the Saint...
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Posted: September 7, 2011 5:00:00 AM ADT
Category: UNB Saint John
The first building that students at the University of New Brunswick in Saint John will see when they arrive on campus will be the Hans W. Klohn Commons. The commons, a state-of-the-art, student-centered learning and social space, officially opened today, Sept. 7. The $25-million project was made possible through financial contributions from all three levels of government, members of the...
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Posted: September 6, 2011 5:00:00 AM ADT
Category: UNB Saint John
University of New Brunswick biologist, Adrian Reyes’ research in the evolution of algae was given a financial boost last week by the Canada Foundation for Innovation’s Leaders Opportunities Fund. Dr. Reyes received $169,069 for new infrastructure that will allow him to study the molecular research in plastid evolution and algal diversity. “My research program aims to increase our...
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Posted: September 6, 2011 5:00:00 AM ADT
Category: UNB Saint John
SAINT JOHN - When students return to the University of New Brunswick Saint John this week, they're going to see a very different campus, vice-president Robert MacKinnon said. Renovations are finished at the Canada Games Stadium, the New Brunswick Community College Allied Health Building opened Thursday and the Hans W. Klohn Commons building opens Wednesday. The new buildings are helping...
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Posted: September 1, 2011 5:00:00 AM ADT
Category: UNB Fredericton
UNB researchers, Wayne Albert and Usha Kuruganti, hope to make the City of Fredericton’s Transit Division bus drivers’ jobs a little less stressful. Canadians working in the transport industry are more prone to injuries than most other industries in Canada except, manufacturing, construction and fishing. Dr. Albert’s team, in partnership with the City of Fredericton’s Transit Division,...
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Posted: August 31, 2011 5:00:00 AM ADT
Category: UNB Fredericton
Through Halifax-based LeeSide Capital Management Inc., the University of New Brunswick has partnered with its Faculty of Business Administration Student Investment Fund (SIF) Program to give student finance experts a chance to invest real university money. In September, LeeSide will manage $2.5 million of UNB’s endowment funds and it will engage SIF students in the investment process. The...
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Posted: August 26, 2011 5:00:00 AM ADT
Category: UNB Saint John
SAINT JOHN - On Sept. 7, University of New Brunswick Saint John students will pound the pavement for a good cause. The students will scour the Saint John area, handing out stickers and looking for shoes to shine. The aim of the shoe shining is to collect donations and raise awareness about cystic fibrosis. It's the 43rd year the university has participated in the fundraiser, called...
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Posted: August 24, 2011 5:00:00 AM ADT
Category: UNB Fredericton, UNB Saint John
Alex Pincombe, BEd’61, BA’66, MA’69, is well-known as a historian in New Brunswick, but he should also be remembered as a generous benefactor of education. In his will, he included significant support for the C. Alexander Pincombe Memorial Fund to help UNB students in financial need. “This has been an extremely positive resource for the Financial Aid Office,” says its director, Shelly Clayton....
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Posted: August 22, 2011 5:00:00 AM ADT
Category: UNB Saint John
For more information on the study, please contact healthstudy@unb.ca or 1-866-323-1833. A research team, led by the University of New Brunswick’s Stacey Reading and Bo Miedema, has received a research grant of $386,726, over three years, to carry out work directed at improving the health of obese adults in New Brunswick. The funding was awarded through the Canadian Institutes of Health Research...
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Posted: August 21, 2011 5:00:00 AM ADT
Category: UNB Saint John
FREDERICTON - A research team led by the University of New Brunswick will aim at reversing the obesity epidemic in the province with a new study that targets the province's overweight people before they begin suffering from chronic diseases. Stacey Reading, a Canadian Institutes of Health Research-funded researcher, says the province's rising health care costs as a result of rising...
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Posted: August 18, 2011 5:00:00 AM ADT
Category: UNB Fredericton
FREDERICTON - It looks eerily like a scene from a science fiction movie, but the dangling arms, robotic hands and silicone skin covers on display at the University of New Brunswick this week are the star attractions of a symposium on upper limb prosthetics. The MEC - myoelectric control - symposium is bringing together researchers, clinicians and industry officials to share latest...
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Posted: August 17, 2011 5:00:00 AM ADT
Category: UNB Saint John
A research team, led by the University of New Brunswick’s Stacey Reading and Bo Miedema, has received a grant from the federal and provincial governments to continue work directed at improving the health of obese adults in New Brunswick. Keith Ashfield, Member of Parliament for Fredericton, will make the official announcement on Aug. 19 at UNB. Media are invited to attend. DATE: ...
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Posted: August 8, 2011 5:00:00 AM ADT
Category: UNB Saint John
Satellite photos of the arid, desert surface of Mars may show signs of a creeping oasis, according to research from a team of scientists in the United States. The photos show dark, slow-moving stains of what appears to be liquid flowing down the sides of martian craters. The red planet has two domes of ice and barren canyons that suggest water once flowed across its surface. New evidence...
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Posted: August 4, 2011 5:00:00 AM ADT
Category: UNB Fredericton
Five UNB wrestlers are in Romania this week, competing in the 2011 Ion Corneanu Memorial tournament against teams from 17 eastern European countries. Shawn Daye-Finley, Eric Feunekes, Samantha Stewart, Vince Cormier and Promise Mwenga are travelling to the city of Targoviste, where they will train with the Romanian national team before competing in the Saturday tournament. The weekend...
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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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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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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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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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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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Posted: June 29, 2011 5:00:00 AM ADT
Category: UNB Saint John
The Saint John Construction Association Honorary Life Membership Dinner, honouring the career of Bernardo Rocca, has raised $25,845 in support of the Bernardo & Giovanna Rocca Bursary at UNB Saint John. The dinner was held on October 28, 2010 and the cheque was recently presented to the University of New Brunswick’s Saint John campus. The additional funds for the bursary will help to...
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Posted: June 27, 2011 5:00:00 AM ADT
Category: UNB Fredericton
Art history will be made on Monday, June 27, when the University of New Brunswick in Fredericton unveils a re-created mural by renowned Canadian artist Fred Ross. The original two-panel mural, Destruction of War and Rebuilding the World Through Education, was completed in 1948 as a memorial to the Fredericton High School graduates who died in the Second World War. The monumental 16-by-20-foot...
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Posted: June 23, 2011 5:00:00 AM ADT
Category: UNB Saint John
Chelsey Brown, a recent Belleisle Regional High School graduate, has spent most of her young life finding ways to have a positive impact on the community. Her leadership at school, in athletics and in the community makes her a natural choice for this year’s Primrose Scholarship in the amount of $5,000. Chelsey's athletic involvement in rugby, soccer, basketball, archery and downhill skiing is...
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Posted: June 23, 2011 5:00:00 AM ADT
Category: UNB Saint John
Three political science students at the University of New Brunswick in Saint John want to make a positive impact on the world around them. Thanks to their high academic performance and financial support from the Sandra Irving Scholarship, they’re well on their way. Peter Conley, Natalia Hicks and Adam James Reid have each been awarded $5,000 to help achieve their dreams. “This scholarship will...
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Posted: June 20, 2011 5:00:00 AM ADT
Category: UNB Saint John
Major Drilling Group International Inc. has donated $50,000 to the University of New Brunswick to establish the Major Drilling Group Scholarship for geology students. Mineral exploration and mining have long played a significant role in the province of New Brunswick and its economy. The industry provides hundreds of millions of dollars in revenue, employs more than 3,000 people, and supplies a...
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Posted: June 8, 2011 5:00:00 AM ADT
Category: UNB Saint John
Arthur & Jack Irving families give $3 million to UNB Saint John In honour of their business associate and friend, Hans W. Klohn, the families of Arthur Irving and Jack Irving have donated $3-million to the University of New Brunswick, Saint John Campus for the new University Commons—a major facility currently under construction. Hans W. Klohn is well known for his many contributions to the...
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Posted: June 6, 2011 5:00:00 AM ADT
Category: UNB Saint John
Ken Dryden, one of Canada’s hockey greats and education advocate, will present a public lecture at UNB on Thursday, June 9, in Room 143, Marshall d’Avray Hall at 7 p.m. The talk is titled “What does it mean to be an educated citizen?” and is hosted by UNB’s Faculty of Education. In addition to being an NHL star, Ken Dryden is well known for his social conscience and for his interest in young...
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Posted: May 31, 2011 5:00:00 AM ADT
Category: UNB Fredericton, UNB Saint John
UNB's 182nd Encaenia ceremonies in Fredericton - the first to be held in The Richard J. CURRIE CENTER - may now be viewed online as streaming video. Watch the Encaenia addresses by Graham Farquharson, Ceremony A; Measha Brueggergoman, Ceremony B; and Lawson Hunter, Ceremony C; view the presentation of professor emertitus, dean emeritus, and president emeritus designations; see graduates'...
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Posted: May 28, 2011 5:00:00 AM ADT
Category: UNB Saint John
Miramichi entrepreneurs are being given the opportunity to grow their businesses, thanks to a significant gift made by Frank McKenna today. Mr. McKenna, Deputy Chair of TD Bank Group and former premier of New Brunswick, announced a funding contribution of $1 Million for the Miramichi region in a speech to the Miramichi Chamber of Commerce and the Wallace McCain Institute for Business Leadership...
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Posted: May 27, 2011 5:00:00 AM ADT
Category: UNB Saint John
Canada's scholars descend on Fredericton for the annual "intellectual Olympics" The 2011 Congress of the Humanities and Social Sciences opens today in Fredericton, New Brunswick, bringing more than 6000 researchers to the city for Canada's largest and most significant interdisciplinary academic gathering. Organized by the Canadian Federation for the Humanities and Social Sciences and co-hosted...
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Posted: May 25, 2011 5:00:00 AM ADT
Category: UNB Saint John, UNB Fredericton
The University of New Brunswick celebrated the accomplishments of 1,715 graduates from across Canada and around the world at its spring graduation ceremonies in Fredericton and Saint John, May 18-20. This year’s graduation ceremonies saw 1,480 students receive bachelor’s degrees, 213 earn master’s degrees and 22 achieve the highest level of academic achievement, the PhD. The university’s top...
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Posted: May 24, 2011 5:00:00 AM ADT
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The University of New Brunswick will now be positioned to better understand and potentially improve concrete—the most commonly used building material in the world—after today’s gift announcement from the Acker family. UNB has opened the Sydney E. Acker Concrete and Masonry Laboratory on its Fredericton campus today, thanks to a generous contribution from the family of alumnus Sydney Acker. ...
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Posted: May 19, 2011 5:00:00 AM ADT
Category: UNB Fredericton
Honorary degree recipient Graham Farquharson surprised the University of New Brunswick community with a $2-million donation Wednesday during the university's 182nd convocation. The donation will be split into four parts. The geology department, faculty of science, faculty of nursing and the university as a whole will each receive $500,000. Farquharson, who addressed students after...
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Posted: May 18, 2011 10:00:00 AM ADT
Category: UNB Saint John, UNB Fredericton
To: The UNB communityFrom: Eddy Campbell, President & Vice-Chancellor Our community joins many others in New Brunswick this week in sadness over the passing of famed New Brunswick businessman and philanthropist Wallace McCain. Wallace was a true friend of the University of New Brunswick. He was generous with his time and leadership expertise, as well as his financial...
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Posted: May 18, 2011 5:00:00 AM ADT
Category: UNB Saint John, UNB Fredericton
The Board of Governors of the University of New Brunswick has approved a balanced operating budget for the 2011-12 fiscal year. The $172.2-million budget represents an annual increase of $4.7 million, or 2.8 per cent. It is the second budget in a multi-year series designed to ensure the university’s long-term financial stability, following the dramatic effect of recent downward trends in...
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Posted: May 17, 2011 5:00:00 AM ADT
Category: UNB Saint John
Eight professors who have had distinguished careers at the University of New Brunswick will receive honorary designations this week for their outstanding contributions. During UNB’s graduation ceremonies in Fredericton, May 18 and 19, professor emeritus designations will be awarded to Grace Getty and Judith Wuest in nursing, John Stewart in education, Robert Rogers in mechanical engineering...
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Posted: May 16, 2011 5:00:00 AM ADT
Category: UNB Saint John, UNB Fredericton
Spring 2011 graduates in Fredericton and Saint John will be the first to receive the new UNB coin, which is being introduced on the occasion of the University of New Brunswick’s 225th anniversary. The coin is to remind graduates of their experiences at UNB, the journey they took in reaching their goal, and that they are — and will always be — part of the UNB family. Each limited edition coin...
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Posted: May 11, 2011 5:00:00 AM ADT
Category: UNB Saint John
When Tiziana Trabucchi was a little girl growing up in Milan, Italy, her grandfather gave her an encyclopedia. The seven-year-old pored over the geology section, solidifying her awe for the sciences in a city known for the arts. "There is the sensation of living in the past in Italy," she said, pointing to museums, opera houses and paintings like Leonardo da Vinci's The Last Supper...
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Posted: May 6, 2011 5:00:00 AM ADT
Category: UNB Saint John, UNB Fredericton
The University of New Brunswick will grant honorary degrees to five outstanding individuals during its spring graduation ceremonies. The Fredericton campus will celebrate its 182nd Encaenia with four ceremonies at The Richard J. CURRIE CENTER on May 18 and 19. The Saint John campus will hold its 37th Spring Convocation on May 20 at the G. Forbes Elliot Athletics Centre. UNB Fredericton Graham...
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Posted: May 5, 2011 5:00:00 AM ADT
Category: UNB Saint John, UNB Fredericton
Five Atlantic Canadian women will represent their graduating classes as this year’s selected valedictorians. Shannon Carmont-McKinley of Hartland, N.B.; Elizabeth Hallet of Florenceville-Bristol, N.B.; Kathy Priscilla Moulton of Saint John’s, N.L.; Julia Madeline Coleman of Fredericton; and Vasiliki Papadopoulos of Quispamsis, N.B.; will help to make the spring graduation ceremonies memorable...
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Posted: April 26, 2011 5:00:00 AM ADT
Category: UNB Fredericton, UNB Saint John
An exciting new speaker series presented by the faculty of arts at the University of New Brunswick in Fredericton continues this week with a discussion on how the province’s demographics are changing and how that will affect New Brunswick’s economic growth and self-sufficiency. Michael Haan, the Canada Research Chair in Population and Social Policy and a UNB economics and sociology professor,...
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Posted: April 21, 2011 5:00:00 AM ADT
Category: UNB Saint John, UNB Fredericton
With a gift of $50,000 in support of the University Commons Writing Centre, the Sisters of the Immaculate Conception have furthered their 156-year focus on education and young people. “From the earliest days, the spirit of our congregation included the education of young people in ways that sparked confidence and vitality,” said Sister Mary Beth McCurdy, congregational leader of the Sisters of...
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Posted: April 19, 2011 5:00:00 AM ADT
Category: UNB Saint John
A free public lecture, Can New Brunswick’s Population Time Bomb be Defused, will be held on Wednesday, April 27, at 7 p.m. at the Charlotte St. Arts Centre. It will be given by Michael Haan, the Canada Research Chair in Population and Social Policy and a University of New Brunswick professor in the department of economics and sociology. He is the fourth lecturer to present in the inaugural...
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Posted: April 13, 2011 5:00:00 AM ADT
Category: UNB Saint John, UNB Fredericton
UNB's spring graduation ceremonies will be held in the new Richard J. CURRIE CENTER May 18 and 19, 2011. If you plan to graduate in May, you must: 1. Apply to graduate. The deadline to graduate has passed, if you have not applied, please do so immediately: //www.unb.ca/graduation/encaenia/graduates/application.html 2. Indicate whether or not you will be attending your graduation...
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Posted: April 11, 2011 5:00:00 AM ADT
Category: UNB Saint John, UNB Fredericton
It’s been called a “failing province” by University of New Brunswick chancellor Richard J. Currie. We know our population is aging and urbanizing, and we’re increasing our debt. Our economy is stagnant. We seem to be in serious trouble. How can we, the citizens of New Brunswick, help to turn the province around? “The Challenges We Face in Governing New Brunswick” is the subject of a...
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Posted: April 7, 2011 5:00:00 AM ADT
Category: UNB Saint John
SAINT JOHN - Not many individuals can claim to know of their career calling at the age of three. Tiger Woods maybe, or Shirley Temple. Locally, you can add Taryn O'Neill to that short list. "When I was three or four years old my mom had enrolled in the science program at UNB Saint John and found it easier to take me to class instead of hiring a babysitter," she said. "In my first year at...
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Posted: April 6, 2011 5:00:00 AM ADT
Category: UNB Fredericton, UNB Saint John
The Sheila Hugh Mackay Foundation has made an historic leadership gift in support of the effort to re-create a lost, long-forgotten New Brunswick artistic masterpiece. The Foundation’s $50,000 contribution will provide the University of New Brunswick with the opportunity to re-create the Fred Ross’ 1948 Fredericton High School war memorial mural – a work of art that helped to launch the career...
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Posted: April 5, 2011 5:00:00 AM ADT
Category: UNB Saint John, UNB Fredericton
An exciting new speaker series presented by the faculty of arts at the University of New Brunswick in Fredericton continues this week with a discussion on the effects of Internet-based technologies on the sexuality and relationships of young people. Lucia O’Sullivan, a Canada Research Chair in Adolescents’ Sexual Health Behaviours and UNB psychology professor, will give the lecture, Tweeting,...
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Posted: April 4, 2011 5:00:00 AM ADT
Category: UNB Fredericton, UNB Saint John
The University of New Brunswick is hosting a conversation about how we, the citizens of New Brunswick, can help to turn the province around. It will take place at 7:30 p.m. on Tuesday, April 12, at the Fredericton Convention Centre. Entitled “The Challenges We Face in Governing New Brunswick”, the conversation will be moderated by Elizabeth Weir, president and CEO of the Energy Efficiency and...
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Posted: April 1, 2011 5:00:00 AM ADT
Category: UNB Fredericton
UNB College of Extended Learning providing education opportunities for clinical supervisors and autism support workers An estimated 1 in 165 Canadian children are living with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD)*. The University of New Brunswick’s College of Extended Learning (UNB CEL) is working to lessen the impact on New Brunswick families by providing ongoing education opportunities to clinical...
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Posted: April 1, 2011 5:00:00 AM ADT
Category: UNB Fredericton, UNB Saint John
If you only had 11 minutes, what would you say? Some of New Brunswick’s most interesting people will have 11 minutes on stage. They’ll be using 11 muscles to talk. 11 Minutes/11 Muscles was conceived and is organized by students in the University of New Brunswick’s Masters of Business Administration professional development class to help support Muscular Dystrophy Canada. This evening of...
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Posted: April 1, 2011 5:00:00 AM ADT
Category: UNB Fredericton
April 2-9, is International Adult Learners’ Week in Canada. The University of New Brunswick’s College of Extended Learning celebrates the courage and dedication of adult learners everywhere. For many adult learners going back to school can be an intimidating experience. Part of this is the fear of being in a classroom filled with young people with whom they have little in common. “Have no...
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Posted: March 29, 2011 5:00:00 AM ADT
Category: UNB Fredericton, UNB Saint John
Sixteen students at the University of New Brunswick have achieved distinction as the 2011 recipients of the Sir Howard Douglas Award. The award recipients are all dean’s list students who volunteer their time and talent in many ways. “These 16 individuals are remarkable students,” said Eddy Campbell, president and vice-chancellor of UNB. “These young men and women excel academically and...
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Posted: March 29, 2011 5:00:00 AM ADT
Category: UNB Saint John
Author Valerie Compton will read from her novel, Tide Road on Friday, April 8 at 7 p.m. in the Ganong Hall Lecture Theatre. Valerie Compton is the author of numerous short stories, published in The Malahat Review, The Dalhousie Review, The New Quarterly, Riddle Fence, Grain, and other journals. Her non-fiction appears in The Globe and Mail, National Post, The Citizen and elsewhere. She is the...
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Posted: March 28, 2011 5:00:00 AM ADT
Category: UNB Fredericton, UNB Saint John
A free public lecture, Tweeting, Texting, Teens and Chat: The Internet and Sex in the Lives of Youth, will be held on Wednesday, April 6, at 7 p.m. in the Tom Morrison Theatre at Fredericton High School. It will be given by Lucia O’Sullivan, the Canada Research Chair in Adolescent Sexual Health Behaviour and a psychology professor at the University of New Brunswick. She is the third lecturer...
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Posted: March 28, 2011 5:00:00 AM ADT
Category: UNB Saint John
Bernd Kulessa, Harrison McCain visiting professor, will deliver a public talk entitled Climate, Sea Level and Fast Flow of Polar Ice Masses - Causes and Effects on Wednesday, March 30, at 12:30 p.m. in Room 105 of MacLaggan Hall, UNB Fredericton. Dr. Kulessa is a senior lecturer in glaciology and geophysics at the College of Science at Swansea University, U.K. This talk will present the...
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Posted: March 28, 2011 5:00:00 AM ADT
Category: UNB Fredericton, UNB Saint John
FREDERICTON, NB, March 25, 2011 – A special reception will be held from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m. at the Wu Conference Center at University of New Brunswick’s Fredericton campus on March 30th to celebrate CMA Canada’s accreditation of the university’s Bachelor of Business Administration, Honours in Accounting program. Certified Management Accountants of Canada (CMA Canada), the world leader in shaping...
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Posted: March 27, 2011 5:00:00 AM ADT
Category: UNB Saint John
FREDERICTON - Former University of New Brunswick president John Anderson is being remembered as a visionary conversationalist and a "national treasure." Anderson died Thursday, at his home in St. Andrews. He was 84 years old. "Embracing the philosophy that people should always do the type of work they like to do, Dr. Anderson again and again pursued new challenges, from being a high...
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Posted: March 27, 2011 5:00:00 AM ADT
Category: UNB Saint John
FREDERICTON - Luke Gallant had a goal and two assists as the No. 1 University of New Brunswick Varsity Reds shut out the No. 2 McGill Redmen 4-0 to capture the Canadian Interuniversity Sport men's hockey title. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OtWhOCvxqMU&hd=1 Daine Todd had a pair of goals and Matt Fillier also scored as UNB won its fourth Cavendish Cup title. Travis Fullerton was once again...
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Posted: March 24, 2011 5:00:00 AM ADT
Category: UNB Fredericton
The findings of the first-ever Canadian study of adolescents in military families were released today in Oromocto, N.B., by a team led by University of New Brunswick researcher Deborah Harrison. The study found that students from Oromocto High School who recently had a parent deployed to Afghanistan worried that the parent would either not return home or would return home “different.” They...
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Posted: March 21, 2011 5:00:00 AM ADT
Category: UNB Saint John
SAINT JOHN - When UNBSJ students come to Hazen-White/St. Francis School to visit their young peers, they see a prospective university scholar in every eager face. Their issue is poverty of opportunity, not of brains," says city councillor Peter McGuire. "These are bright and really good kids." McGuire is community engagement facilitator, vice-president's office, UNBSJ and, under his...
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Posted: March 21, 2011 5:00:00 AM ADT
Category: UNB Fredericton
The Atlantic University Sport men's hockey conference final was good to the last shot. University of New Brunswick captain Kyle Bailey scored the series-winner 3:43 into sudden-death overtime to lift the Varsity Reds to a thrilling 5-4 victory in the fifth and deciding game Friday night before 3,650 fans packed into the Aitken University Centre. Bailey drew a penalty when he was hooked to the...
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Posted: March 17, 2011 5:00:00 AM ADT
Category: UNB Saint John, UNB Fredericton
Within a single generation, recent studies show, water demand in many countries will exceed supply by an estimated 40 per cent, with one-third of humanity having half the water required for life’s basic needs. In flood-prone places, meanwhile, catastrophic flood events normally expected once a century can now be expected every 20 years instead. Kelly Munkittrick, University of New Brunswick...
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Posted: March 15, 2011 5:00:00 AM ADT
Category: UNB Fredericton, UNB Saint John
If you only had 11 minutes, what would you say? We’re giving extraordinary people 11 minutes on stage. They’ll be using 11 muscles to talk. You’ll be inspired, captivated, and entertained. Together we’ll help those in our community living with Muscular Dystrophy! 11 Minutes/11 Muscles is an event conceived and organized by students in UNB’s MBA professional development class to support...
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Posted: March 15, 2011 5:00:00 AM ADT
Category: UNB Fredericton, UNB Saint John
An exciting new speaker series presented by the faculty of arts at the University of New Brunswick in Fredericton continues this week with a discussion on the rebuilding of peacekeeping traditions after the Canadian Forces leave Afghanistan. Lee Windsor, the deputy director of UNB’s Gregg Centre for the Study of War and Society, will give the lecture, Is Canadian Peacekeeping Dead?, on...
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Posted: March 9, 2011 4:00:00 AM AST
Category: UNB Saint John
UNB Saint John is diggin’ it University of New Brunswick Saint John is home of the 2011 CCAA Women’s Volleyball National Championships March 10-12 March 9, 2011, SAINT JOHN NB: The highly-anticipated Associated Alumni Canadian Colleges Athletic Association (CCAA) National Women’s Volleyball Championship is set to begin tomorrow at the University of New Brunswick Saint John. The UNB Saint...
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Posted: March 8, 2011 4:00:00 AM AST
Category: UNB Saint John
The Canada Council for the Arts, the UNB department of English, the UNB Bookstore, and Goose Lane Editions are proud to present a reading by Aurian Haller, who will read from his novel, Song of the Taxidermist, on Monday, March 14, at 8 p.m. in the Alumni Memorial Building Lounge. Books will be available for purchase and Aurian will be pleased to autograph your copy.For more information, a link...
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Posted: March 7, 2011 4:00:00 AM AST
Category: UNB Fredericton
A free public lecture, Is Canadian Peacekeeping Dead, will be held on Wednesday, March 16, at 7 p.m. in the Tilley 102 Auditorium on the University of New Brunswick Fredericton campus. It will be given by Lee Windsor, the deputy director of UNB’s Gregg Centre for the Study of War and Society. He is the second lecturer to present in the inaugural Ideas that Matter speaker series. The exciting...
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Posted: March 7, 2011 4:00:00 AM AST
Category: UNB Saint John
The Christmas tree is stolen from the lobby of your apartment building. Fortunately the building is equipped with security cameras and the thieves are caught on its footage. Unfortunately, however, the pictures are so grainy there's no way anyone in the building will recognize the grinches. Enter Scene Sharp. The Fredericton start-up, one of six finalists in the New Brunswick Innovation...
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Posted: March 4, 2011 4:00:00 AM AST
Category: UNB Saint John
Author Annabel Lyon will read from her debut novel, The Golden Mean on Monday, March 21 at 7 p.m. in the Ganong Hall Lecture Theatre. Annabel Lyon’s debut novel, The Golden Mean (2009), won the Rogers Writers’ Trust Fiction Prize and was shortlisted for the Giller Prize and a Governor General’s Award. Her short fiction collection Oxygen was a finalist for the Danuta Gleed Award and The Best...
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Posted: March 2, 2011 4:00:00 AM AST
Category: UNB Saint John
Poet John Barton will read from his novel, Hymn on Monday, March 14 at 7 p.m. in the Faculty-Staff Club (Ward Chipman Library Building) on the Saint John campus. Hymn is Barton's ninth collection of poetry. His earlier work has earned him three Archibald Lampman Awards, an Ottawa Book Award and a National Magazine Award. Barton is editor of Seminal: The Anthology of Canada's Gay...
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Posted: March 1, 2011 4:00:00 AM AST
Category: UNB Saint John
FREDERICTON - In a stately Victorian era home a few blocks from the University of New Brunswick's main campus, Renaissance College is a hub of activity. Students, faculty and staff stream in and out, stopping to exchange greetings, share notes or catch up on research. For a decade, Renaissance College has offered the country's first leadership studies bachelor program. "The word renaissance...
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Posted: February 24, 2011 4:00:00 AM AST
Category: UNB Saint John, UNB Fredericton
Celebrating the past, challenging the present and creating the future will be the theme of the 10th anniversary celebrations at the University of New Brunswick’s Renaissance College. Located on Charlotte Street at the foot of the UNB campus in Fredericton, Renaissance College offered the country’s first bachelor’s degree program in leadership studies. It will celebrate its 10th anniversary...
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Posted: February 23, 2011 4:00:00 AM AST
Category: UNB Saint John
The only biomass energy testing laboratory in Canada certified by the Pellet Fuels Institute was officially opened in Fredericton on Tuesday. Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency Minister Keith Ashfield, New Brunswick Natural Resources Minister Bruce Northrup and various officials from the University of New Brunswick cut the ribbon to open the Canadian BioEnergy Centre, which is located...
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Posted: February 23, 2011 4:00:00 AM AST
Category: UNB Saint John, UNB Fredericton
A surprise gift announcement during a tribute to Wallace McCain and his wife, Margaret, is continuing a legacy to develop entrepreneurship in New Brunswick. At an event hosted by the University of New Brunswick’s institute that bears his name, Wallace McCain and his family revealed that he would be donating $5 million to UNB to further support the entrepreneurial activities of the Wallace...
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Posted: February 22, 2011 4:00:00 AM AST
Category: UNB Saint John, UNB Fredericton
As New Brunswick struggles with its stagnant economy, aging population and lack of immigration, there is growing recognition that the province’s First Nations represent significant untapped potential. How the Mi’kmaq and Maliseet Peoples Are Key to Our Future is the subject of a conversation to be held on Tuesday, March 1, in Fredericton. Moderated by Andy Scott, former MP and Minister of...
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Posted: February 21, 2011 4:00:00 AM AST
Category: UNB Saint John
Sunday is a day to remember for volleyball at the University of New Brunswick. Each of the men's and women's teams at the school won Atlantic University Sport championships in the sport, and each on the road in Nova Scotia. The most dramatic was the men's team coached by Dan McMorran winning its first title since 1979 with a hard-fought 3-2 victory over the perennial champion Dalhousie Tigers...
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Posted: February 16, 2011 4:00:00 AM AST
Category: UNB Saint John, UNB Fredericton
The UNB Faculty of Law invites you to the 32nd Viscount Bennett Lecture, to be given by Madam Justice Lynn Smith of the British Columbia Supreme Court. It will take place on Tuesday, Feb. 22, at 5:30 p.m. in the Mary Louise Lynch Room at Ludlow Hall, UNB Fredericton. Justice Smith’s lecture is entitled "The Ring of Truth, the Clang of Lies: If Only it Were that Simple". The lecture will...
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Posted: February 16, 2011 4:00:00 AM AST
Category: UNB Fredericton, UNB Saint John
An exciting new speaker series presented by the faculty of arts at the University of New Brunswick in Fredericton kicks off this week with a lecture that will challenge beliefs about the region’s first peoples. Susan Blair, a UNB anthropology professor and director of graduate studies, will give the lecture, Rewriting New Brunswick’s Past, on Wednesday, Feb. 16, at 7 p.m. at Government House,...
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Posted: February 14, 2011 4:00:00 AM AST
Category: UNB Fredericton, UNB Saint John
When it comes to the age-old conflict between science and religion, Darwinism and creationism, at least one expert in the field would like to see Americans handle their differences more like Canadians do. Michael Ruse, a philosopher of biology who has not been shy about stating his views in the ongoing debate about evolution, will deliver the 30th annual W.C. Desmond Pacey Memorial lecture at...
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Posted: February 12, 2011 4:00:00 AM AST
Category: UNB Saint John
New Brunswick's civil servants can sleep easy knowing that a small part of their pension fund is being managed by a group of elite business students at the University of New Brunswick. In 1998, New Brunswick Investment Management Corp. hired the UNB Student Investment Fund to be external managers of $1 million in real cash. The fund is now worth about $2.7 million - all from investment...
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Posted: February 10, 2011 4:00:00 AM AST
Category: UNB Saint John
Walking into a room full of large, hairy spiders would be a terrifying experience for a person suffering from arachnophobia. But a University of New Brunswick psychology professor and a Fredericton-based game designer have worked together to create software to help people learn to overcome their fears of the eight-legged creatures. Darren Piercy and Carl Callewaert call their new...
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Posted: February 8, 2011 4:00:00 AM AST
Category: UNB Saint John
Largest ever gift by BMO in Atlantic Canada BMO Financial Group directs $1.75 million to student programs at the University of New Brunswick FREDERICTON - February 8, 2011- BMO Financial Group is making a major investment in higher education in New Brunswick with the announcement of a $1,750,000 gift to the University of New Brunswick. The largest single donation ever made in Atlantic Canada by...
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Posted: February 4, 2011 4:00:00 AM AST
Category: UNB Saint John, UNB Fredericton
Please join us for the UNB Reading Series on Tuesday, Feb. 8, at 8 p.m. in Memorial Hall’s East Gallery, featuring: M. Travis Lane Her poetry is included in Coastlines: The Poetry of Atlantic Canada. She is winner of the Pat Lowther Award for Divinations and Shorter Poems, as well as winner of the Atlantic Poetry Prize for the collection, Keeping Afloat. She will be joining us to read from her...
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Posted: February 4, 2011 4:00:00 AM AST
Category: UNB Fredericton, UNB Saint John
Please join us for the UNB Reading Series on Thursday, Feb. 10, at 8 p.m. in the Alumni Memorial Lounge, featuring: Richard Cumyn In his new book, The Young in Their Country, Cumyn presents a range of stories about the ways youth break the expectations of the adult world, how they are both dangerous and endangered. Steven Heighton notes that Richard Cumyn is "one of our finest story writers:...
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Posted: February 4, 2011 4:00:00 AM AST
Category: UNB Saint John, UNB Fredericton
The faculty of arts at the University of New Brunswick in Fredericton will launch an exciting new speaker series called Ideas that Matter on Feb. 16."We've created a collection of talks designed to engage people in topics that are meaningful to New Brunswickers,” said Stephanie Slauenwhite, assistant dean of the faculty of arts. “We’re inviting everyone to attend, free of charge, because we...
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Posted: February 3, 2011 4:00:00 AM AST
Category: UNB Saint John
If Adam Dyker's research is successful, someday the batteries in your cellphone, laptop computer or even your car will be made of materials that are abundant, renewable and much less toxic. The assistant chemistry professor at the University of New Brunswick has just received almost $400,000 in research funding to create a laboratory to develop cutting-edge organic batteries. "The goal...
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Posted: February 2, 2011 4:00:00 AM AST
Category: UNB Fredericton, UNB Saint John
The University of New Brunswick has launched a new strategic plan to serve as the university’s decision-making guide for the next five years. In December 2010, after 18 months of consultation and analysis, the Board of Governors and both academic senates approved the plan. As the plan takes life in the New Year, it will steer the university in its aim to be the best teaching and learning...
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Posted: February 1, 2011 4:00:00 AM AST
Category: UNB Saint John
On Thursday, Feb. 3, the Canadian Civil Liberties Association’s (CCLA) general counsel, Nathalie Des Rosiers, will deliver a public lecture at the University of New Brunswick’s Ludlow Hall, Room 2A at 11:30 a.m. During the public lecture, entitled “Is the right to dissent in danger? Civil liberties in Canada after the G20 summit: CCLA’s perspective,” Des Rosiers will speak about the violations...
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Posted: February 1, 2011 4:00:00 AM AST
Category: UNB Saint John, UNB Fredericton
UNB’s department of chemical engineering proudly presents the 6th lecture in their 50th Anniversary Speaker Series which will be held on Thursday, Feb. 10, at 7 p.m. in Dineen Auditorium, Head Hall, in Fredericton. Janet Holder, president, Gas Distribution, Enbridge Inc. will deliver a talk entitled Good Chemistry: A Formula For Career Success. In January, 2008, Ms. Holder became the first...
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Posted: February 1, 2011 4:00:00 AM AST
Category: UNB Saint John, UNB Fredericton
On Monday, Feb. 7, internationally renowned early childhood educator and author Peter Moss, will present an evening talk entitled: What is your Image of the child? Critical Questions in Early Childhood Policy, Provision and Practice. In this talk, he will articulate the kinds of critical questions that need to be asked as we address significant issues in early childhood education and care. ...
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Posted: January 28, 2011 4:00:00 AM AST
Category: UNB Saint John, UNB Fredericton
Two University of New Brunswick research teams were awarded $1,140,556 last week by the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada’s Strategic Project Grants program. Kelly Munkittrick, professor of biology at UNB Saint John, received $591,500 to look at the recovery of fish populations near pulp and paper mills. His research group will visit closed mill sites across the...
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Posted: January 27, 2011 4:00:00 AM AST
Category: UNB Saint John
UNB Saint John will present two award-winning authors, Richard Cumyn and John Steffler, on Monday, Feb. 7 at 7 p.m. in the Ganong Hall Lecture Theatre. Richard Cumyn will read from his new collection of eloquent short stories, The Young and Their Country. Cumyn is the author of four earlier collections of short fiction and a novella, The View from Tamischeira. A former fiction editor...
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Posted: January 25, 2011 4:00:00 AM AST
Category: UNB Saint John
University of New Brunswick Saint John is home of the 2011 CCAA Women’s Volleyball National Championships March 10-12 January 25, 2011, SAINT JOHN NB: Some of Canada’s top women’s volleyball teams will battle for the UNB Associated Alumni Canadian Colleges Athletic Association (CCAA) Women’s Volleyball National Championship title at UNB Saint John March 10-12, 2011. “Every year this...
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Posted: January 24, 2011 4:00:00 AM AST
Category: UNB Fredericton, UNB Saint John
Dr. Rita Deverell, Nancy's Chair in Women's Studies at Mount Saint Vincent University, will be a guest of the University of New Brunswick’s Women's Studies Programme on Wednesday, Jan. 26. Her presentation, entitled ‘Have We Come a Long Way, Baby? A TV Producer and Artist Reflects on the Status of Canadian Women in 2011’ will take place in Tilley Hall, Room 124 at 4:30 p.m. Dr. Deverell is a...
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Posted: January 24, 2011 4:00:00 AM AST
Category: UNB Fredericton, UNB Saint John
Four research initiatives at the University of New Brunswick have been awarded a total of $790,044 from the Canadian Foundation for Innovation (CFI). “The investments announced at UNB will further enhance our country’s reputation as a destination of choice for outstanding researchers,” said Dr. Gilles G. Patry, president and CEO of the CFI. “They will make our universities even more...
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Posted: January 19, 2011 4:00:00 AM AST
Category: UNB Saint John
Scottish scholar William Brydone Jack never intended to stay in Fredericton, but like so many ex-pats who move to the Maritimes, he ended up settling down and lived out his days in the provincial capital. And Thursday, the accomplishments of the man who became one of the University of New Brunswick's first presidents, were recognized during an event at the Harriet Irving Library as part of the...
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Posted: January 19, 2011 4:00:00 AM AST
Category: UNB Saint John
OTTAWA - The University of New Brunswick Varsity Reds are the No. 1 team in Canadian Interuniversity Sport (CIS) men's hockey for the second straight week. The Varsity Reds (15-4-0) received 13 of 16 first-place votes and a total of 171 points from the national media panel to remain ahead of the McGill Redmen and the Alberta Golden Bears. The three teams have made up the top three in each of...
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Posted: January 17, 2011 4:00:00 AM AST
Category: UNB Saint John
SAINT JOHN - Todd Murphy isn't kidding when he says he wants his company to become the Google of health care. From his Prince William Street office, Murphy and his seven full-time staff want to change the way health care is delivered, one prescription at a time. MedRunner, as the company is called, has already started testing its web-based application with 10 local doctors and 20 pharmacies,...
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Posted: January 14, 2011 4:00:00 AM AST
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The University of New Brunswick and the Association of University of New Brunswick Teachers (AUNBT) have announced finalization of a new collective agreement. The agreement, concluded by a binding conciliation board, affects approximately 580 full-time academic instructors and librarians at UNB, whose last collective agreement expired in June 2009. The new collective agreement will see a...
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Posted: January 13, 2011 4:00:00 AM AST
Category: UNB Saint John
In the cavernous basement that's part workshop and part laboratory beneath the University of New Brunswick's Wood Science Technology Centre in the Hugh John Flemming Forestry Complex, a small house is being constructed with laminated structural wood to test for strength and humidity control. Meanwhile, 14,000 kilometres away, housing construction companies in China are searching for...
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Posted: January 13, 2011 4:00:00 AM AST
Category: UNB Saint John
In addition to offering their time and talent, all 21 members of the University Commons Campaign Cabinet have contributed financially to the $5 million fundraising effort. The cabinet includes a cross-section of alumni, faculty, staff, business leaders and friends from Saint John and beyond. They are among many community members supporting the University Commons, a building that will fulfill...
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Posted: January 5, 2011 4:00:00 AM AST
Category: UNB Saint John
Author Keith Oatley will read from his novel, Therefore Choose on Monday, Jan. 17 at 7 p.m. in the Ganong Hall Lecture Theatre at UNB Saint John. A professor emeritus of cognitive psychology (University of Toronto), Oatley has published two earlier novels – The Case of Emily V (1993), which won a Commonwealth Writers’ Prize for Best First Book and was shortlisted for the UK “Mind” Prize, and A...
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Posted: January 4, 2011 4:00:00 AM AST
Category: UNB Saint John
MONTREAL - Tony Proudfoot, a former CFL all-star who once employed a staple gun to give his team an edge in the Grey Cup's storied "Ice Bowl," has died at the age of 61. The former defensive back died Thursday after a battle with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), a terminal, degenerative illness more commonly known as Lou Gehrig's diseaseOn the field, Proudfoot was an aggressive, yet...
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Posted: January 4, 2011 4:00:00 AM AST
Category: UNB Saint John
A University of New Brunswick student from Miramichi has been selected for a prestigious entrepreneurship program designed to help launch the careers of Canada's next high-impact entrepreneurs. Ryan Brideau, currently a University of New Brunswick physics and economics student, will head to Toronto's Massey College in May to be part of The Next 36 program, an intensive entrepreneurial boot...
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Posted: January 2, 2011 4:00:00 AM AST
Category: UNB Saint John
Three New Brunswickers are among 54 Canadians appointed to the Order of Canada, Gov. Gen. David Johnston announced Thursday. John McLaughlin, the former president of the University of New Brunswick; Erminie Cohen, a former senator and a longtime force for change in Saint John; and Marc Chouinard, general manager of the Capitol Theatre in Moncton and an advocate for linguistic and cultural...
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Posted: January 2, 2011 4:00:00 AM AST
Category: UNB Saint John
OTTAWA - Darryl Boyce of Summerside scored his first career National Hockey League goal Saturday night. The 26-year-old Summerside native beat the Ottawa Senators' Mike Brodeur with a wrist shot at 3:18 of the second period to give the Toronto Maple Leafs a 4-0 lead. The Leafs went on to defeat the Senators 5-1. Kris Versteeg and Colby Armstrong earned assists on Boyce's goal. Overall, Boyce...
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