UNB News
News and stories from one of Canada’s top universities

Award-winning novelist Beth Powning to read as part of Lorenzo Reading Series

Communications

Posted: March 31, 2015 5:00:00 AM ADT

Category: UNB Saint John


Award-winning novelist Beth Powning will read from her latest book, A Measure of Light on Friday, April 10 at 7 p.m. in the Ganong Hall Lecture Theatre. Beth Powning is known for her lyrical, powerful writing and the profound emotional honesty of her work. In 2010, she received the Lieutenant Governor’s Award for English Language Literary Arts. Her novel, The Sea Captain’s Wife, was...

Read the full post

How ABA applied behaviour analysis Therapy changed Our Lives A Parent s Story

Communications

Posted: March 31, 2015 5:00:00 AM ADT

Category: UNB Saint John, UNB Fredericton


As a part of the University of New Brunswick’s strategic mission, the University, through its College of Extended Learning, recently began offering families access to some excellent foundational ABA knowledge that forms a basis for the myriad of ABA credit and professional programs that they offer to students. Barbara Cabrera started to get concerned about her son, LeKai, when at the age of one...

Read the full post

New UNB course will help benefit youth and families in NB

Communications

Posted: March 31, 2015 5:00:00 AM ADT

Category: UNB Fredericton, UNB Saint John


UNB Fredericton has added new courses to its psychology program that will provide behavioural intervention training to students. New faculty member, Dr. Holly Seniuk will teach the new courses that will focus on an applied approach to behaviour analysis and expand beyond autism into more generalized training for behavioural intervention. Dr. Seniuk has joined UNB’s department of psychology as...

Read the full post

Pacey lecturer to discuss the importance of Canada s wilderness

Communications

Posted: March 31, 2015 5:00:00 AM ADT

Category: UNB Saint John, UNB Fredericton


This year’s W.C. Desmond Pacey Memorial Lecturer, James Bernard (J.B.) MacKinnon from Vancouver, has spent years studying the importance of Canada's wilderness and our relationship to it. MacKinnon will present "The Still-Wild Country: Why Canada's Wilderness Matters to the Future of Life on Earth" at the University of New Brunswick Fredericton campus, on Wednesday, April 8, at 5:30 p.m. in the...

Read the full post

Renaissance College students share results of social impact projects

Communications

Posted: March 31, 2015 5:00:00 AM ADT

Category: UNB Fredericton


For the past seven months, final year students from the faculty of leadership studies at the University of New Brunswick’s Renaissance College have been collaborating with local partners on exciting new community projects.  They will share the results of this work at the inaugural Renaissance College Leadership Program and Community Partners Symposium on March 31. Date: Tuesday, March 31,...

Read the full post

UNB teams take top prizes at 2015 Breakthru competition

Communications

Posted: March 30, 2015 5:00:00 AM ADT

Category: UNB Saint John, UNB Fredericton


University of New Brunswick teams made another splash at this year’s NBIF Breakthru competition. Four of the five finalists to pitch their ideas in front of a sold-out crowd of 550 industry professionals were UNB students and recent grads. "It is clear that we have amazing and very motivated students, and the dedication of faculty & staff at UNB is simply incredible," said Dr. Dhirendra Shukla,...

Read the full post

UNB to commemorate 70 years since the Dutch Liberation

Communications

Posted: March 27, 2015 5:00:00 AM ADT

Category: UNB Fredericton, UNB Saint John


Canadian troops played a pivotal role in liberating the Netherlands 70 years ago and the University of New Brunswick has been chosen by the Embassy of the Netherlands as one of three locations across the country to hold an event to commemorate this important moment. From Memory to Remembrance: 70 Years of Liberation of the Netherlands will take place on Wednesday, April 1, at 7 p.m. at the...

Read the full post

Three UNB Saint John athletes named CCAA Academic All- Canadians

Communications

Posted: March 26, 2015 5:00:00 AM ADT

Category: UNB Saint John, UNB Fredericton


Three members of the University of New Brunswick Saint John varsity athletics program were named Canadian Collegiate Athletic Association (CCAA) Academic All-Canadians. Receiving the prestigious accolade were: Danielle Jenkins (soccer); Mark Allison (soccer)  and Katherine Houser (volleyball). The Academic All-Canadian award is the CCAA’s most prestigious student-athlete honour,...

Read the full post

Horizon Health Network and the University of New Brunswick sign partnership agreement

Communications

Posted: March 24, 2015 5:00:00 AM ADT

Category: UNB Saint John, UNB Fredericton


Horizon Health Network (Horizon) and the University of New Brunswick signed a partnership agreement today marking the official opening of the Fredericton Downtown Community Health Centre (CHC).  The two organizations have formed a unique partnership to create the CHC, a leading practice model integrating health service delivery, education and research in a primary health care setting. With...

Read the full post

UNB PhD student wins International Union of Radio Science Young Scientist Award

Communications

Posted: March 23, 2015 5:00:00 AM ADT

Category: UNB Fredericton, UNB Saint John


David Themens, a PhD physics student at the University of New Brunswick, has been awarded the prestigious International Union of Radio Science (URSI) Young Scientist Award. Themens, originally from Charlo, N.B., received a bachelor of science with honours in physics and a minor in mathematics from UNB Fredericton in 2011. In 2013, Themens returned to UNB to begin a PhD and has been awarded many...

Read the full post

UNB honours top students

Communications

Posted: March 20, 2015 5:00:00 AM ADT

Category: UNB Fredericton, UNB Saint John


Involvement in their university and community, and high academic standing has earned 16 University of New Brunswick students the distinction of being inducted into the Sir Howard Douglas Society. The award recipients are all dean’s list students who volunteer their time and talents in a number of ways, both locally and internationally. “The Sir Howard Douglas Scholars are a shining example of...

Read the full post

World Water Day recognized through Heavy Metal exhibit

Communications

Posted: March 20, 2015 5:00:00 AM ADT

Category: UNB Saint John, UNB Fredericton


The Heavy Metal exhibit, currently on display at the University of New Brunswick’s Art Centre and featuring UNB’s ArtZone, is part of an environmental awareness project in support of World Water Day, which is being recognized this Sunday, Mar. 22. The exhibit was created to help bring awareness to the issue of e-waste in our landfills, which is having a growing negative impact on the...

Read the full post

Renowned botanist Dr Diana Beresford-Kroeger to read as part of Lorenzo Reading Series

Communications

Posted: March 19, 2015 5:00:00 AM ADT

Category: UNB Saint John


Diana Beresford-Kroeger will read from The Sweetness of a Simple Life: Tips for Healthier, Happier and Kinder Living Gleaned from the Wisdom and Science of Nature on Wednesday, March 25, at 7 p.m. in the Ganong Hall Lecture Theatre. Dr. Diana Beresford-Kroeger is a renowned botanist and medical biochemist that is passionate about protecting and growing trees. Her research draws on ethnobotany,...

Read the full post

Commitment to UNB Law

Communications

Posted: March 18, 2015 5:00:00 AM ADT

Category: UNB Fredericton


The University of New Brunswick is committed to ensuring a strong future for its law school, a vice-president at the university said today. In January, the university engaged Neil Gold, a professor emeritus in law and former dean of law at the University of Windsor, to investigate and report confidentially on relations between the Dean and certain faculty members within UNB's law school. "I...

Read the full post

Ticket lottery open for Chris Hadfield

Communications

Posted: March 17, 2015 5:00:00 AM ADT

Category: UNB Saint John, UNB Fredericton


The University of New Brunswick’s Andrews Initiative, which was launched in 2011 by UNB President Emeritus, John McLaughlin, is thrilled to welcome retired Canadian astronaut, Chris Hadfield, to UNB as part of this years signature lecture series. The event will take place on Tuesday, April 21, at 7:30 p.m. at the Lady Beaverbrook Gymnasium on the UNB Fredericton Campus. Admission is free, but...

Read the full post

TME program gets funding for tech commercialization program

Communications

Posted: March 17, 2015 5:00:00 AM ADT

Category: UNB Fredericton


The University of New Brunswick’s Dr. J. Herbert Smith Centre for Technology Management and Entrepreneurship has launched an exciting new initiative thanks to an investment of $385,800 by the ACOA Business Development Program.  The funding will help the J. Herbert Smith Centre establish a technology commercialization program (TCP). This initiative will provide TME students, trained with product...

Read the full post

UNBs Andrews Initiative tickets available through ticket lottery

Communications

Posted: March 17, 2015 5:00:00 AM ADT

Category: UNB Saint John, UNB Fredericton


The Andrews Initiative, in honour of Bill Andrews, was launched in 2011 thanks to President Emeritus, John McLaughlin. The initiative is considered to be an intellectual journey for those who are interested in exploring substantive subjects of current significance. The initiative features prominent subject experts drawn from international, national and local communities and explores topics of...

Read the full post

Update on UNB Law

Communications

Posted: March 17, 2015 5:00:00 AM ADT

Category: UNB Fredericton, UNB Saint John


FREDERICTON – Dr. Jeremy Levitt is voluntarily resigning his deanship at the faculty of law at the University of New Brunswick with immediate effect.  At Dr. Levitt’s request, he will be on research leave until July 31, 2015, so as to allow him to complete ongoing research activities and speaking engagement commitments on behalf of the university. Dr. Levitt has decided to leave UNB in order to...

Read the full post

Update on UNB law school

Communications

Posted: March 17, 2015 5:00:00 AM ADT

Category: UNB Fredericton, UNB Saint John


FREDERICTON – Dr. Jeremy Levitt is voluntarily resigning his deanship at the faculty of law at the University of New Brunswick with immediate effect.  At Dr. Levitt’s request, he will be on research leave until July 31, 2015, so as to allow him to complete ongoing research activities and speaking engagement commitments on behalf of the university. Dr. Levitt has decided to leave UNB in order to...

Read the full post

East Coast Startup Week brings entrepreneurs mentors and investors to Fredericton

Communications

Posted: March 16, 2015 5:00:00 AM ADT

Category: UNB Fredericton, UNB Saint John


The blossoming East Coast start-up scene will get a major boost with the second iteration of East Coast Startup Week, a series of events being held from March 16 to 22 in Fredericton, New Brunswick. Brought to you by organizing partners Planet Hatch, the New Brunswick Innovation Foundation and the Pond-Deshpande Centre, East Coast Startup Week is a series of events bringing entrepreneurs and...

Read the full post

New scholarship program provides international experiential learning opportunities for UNB students

Communications

Posted: March 13, 2015 5:00:00 AM ADT

Category: UNB Fredericton, UNB Saint John


Of the 1,900 scholarships recently offered to universities across Canada through the new Canadian Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Scholarships program, the University of New Brunswick was awarded 67 scholarships, which will provide its students with the opportunity to gain hands on experience in their field of expertise, while earning academic credit. UNB received close to $500,000 over the...

Read the full post

UNB s Pond-Deshpande Centre welcomes Dan Pallotta as part of East Coast Start-Up Week

Communications

Posted: March 13, 2015 5:00:00 AM ADT

Category: UNB Saint John, UNB Fredericton


The Pond-Deshpande Centre for Entrepreneurship and Innovation is proud to present, the third Annual Social Impact Dialogue on Monday, Mar. 16 from 8:45 a.m.- 6 p.m; and Tuesday, Mar. 17, from 8:45 a.m. until 4 p.m. at the Fredericton Convention Centre. The Dialogue is for change agents and thought leaders from all sectors, business, technology, science, education, government, NGOs, co-ops,...

Read the full post

Impact of Giving

Communications

Posted: March 12, 2015 5:00:00 AM ADT

Category: UNB Saint John


From the classroom, to the football field, to the student centre, UNB Saint John student Jordan Tracey excels across campus and is thankful for the undergraduate scholarships that helped make his university career possible. A fifth-year student and soon-to-be graduate from the bachelor of science program, Tracey balances his studies with various extracurricular and volunteer activities on...

Read the full post

Award-winning poet Jeramy Dodds to read as part of Lorenzo Reading Series

Communications

Posted: March 11, 2015 5:00:00 AM ADT

Category: UNB Saint John


Award-winning poet and UNB Writer-in-Residence Jeramy Dodds will read from, The Poetic Edda on Wednesday, March 18 at 7 p.m. in the Ganong Hall Lecture Theatre. Jeramy Dodds is an accomplished poet, translator, editor and research archaeologist, with a Masters degree in Medieval Icelandic Studies and an undergraduate degree in Literature and Anthropology. He won the Bronwen Wallace Memorial...

Read the full post

Fredtalks- Emphasizing the talent and ingenuity in Fredericton s community

Communications

Posted: March 11, 2015 5:00:00 AM ADT

Category: UNB Saint John, UNB Fredericton


The University of New Brunswick’s Student Union (UNBSU) and Student Ambassadors of the Pond-Deshpande Centre (PDC) are hosting Fredericton’s very own locally inspired speaker series- Fredtalks- on Monday, March 16. Doors open at 5 p.m. and the event begins at 6 p.m. at the Wu Conference Centre on the Fredericton Campus. The event is focused on highlighting the talent and ingenuity present in...

Read the full post

UNB hosts annual First Nations research workshop

Communications

Posted: March 10, 2015 5:00:00 AM ADT

Category: UNB Fredericton


On Tuesday, Mar. 17, the University of New Brunswick’s Mi’kmaq-Wolastoqey Centre (MWC) is proud to host the second Annual Building Research Capacity with Indigenous Communities Workshop sponsored by The Atlantic Aboriginal Economic Development Integrated Research Program (AAEDIRP) and developed in partnership with the Mi’kmaq-Wolastoqey Centre (MWC) and UNB’s faculty of education. This years...

Read the full post

Universities transform our economic future--Eddy Campbell commentary

Communications

Posted: March 10, 2015 5:00:00 AM ADT

Category: UNB Saint John


UNB President Eddy Campbell’s opinion piece, “Universities transform our economic future” appeared in the New Brunswick Telegraph Journal on Tuesday, March 10, 2015. Tue Mar 10 2015 Page: A7 Section: Opinion Byline: Eddy CampbellCommentary  Your recent editorial on higher education in the province ("Universities need complete refocus," Feb. 25) perpetuates fundamental misconceptions about the...

Read the full post

Alzheimer s Society hosts conference for health care professionals caring for patients with dementia

Communications

Posted: March 6, 2015 4:00:00 AM AST

Category: UNB Fredericton, UNB Saint John


Today, 14,000 New Brunswickers have Alzheimer’s disease or other dementia. Nationwide, the number is 747,000. This number will nearly double to 1.4 million in less than 20 years. The Alzheimer Society of New Brunswick, in partnership with the University of New Brunswick College of Extended Learning, and Loch Lomond Villa, will be hosting a provincial conference designed for health care...

Read the full post

The University of New Brunswick holds first annual powwow

Communications

Posted: March 4, 2015 4:00:00 AM AST

Category: UNB Fredericton, UNB Saint John


On Monday Mar. 16, the Mi’kmaq-Wolastoqey Centre (MWC) will host the first Annual UNB Mawio’mi/Siqonawsultipon (Powwow): Honouring & Sharing Mi’kmaq & Wolastoqey Cultures, which will take place at the Richard J. CURRIE CENTER, UNB Fredericton, from 9:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. David Perley, director of the MWC (formally the Mi’kmaq-Maliseet Institute), says he’s is proud to host this historic pow wow...

Read the full post

UNB Alumnus develops Smart Cane that could speed up post-op recovery

Communications

Posted: March 3, 2015 4:00:00 AM AST

Category: UNB Fredericton, UNB Saint John


Graeme Powell is a 2014 University of New Brunswick Fredericton graduate in science and electrical engineering that has developed a product to help improve recovery from a hip or knee surgery. As part of their rehabilitation, hip and knee replacement patients need to offset a percentage of their body weight to an assistive mobility aid such as a cane, a process called Partial Weight Bearing...

Read the full post

UNB alumnus making medical advancements for pregnant women

Communications

Posted: March 3, 2015 4:00:00 AM AST

Category: UNB Fredericton, UNB Saint John


University of New Brunswick alumnus Allan Kember is making history in the medical world with his new product that has the potential to reduce the number of low birth-weights and stillbirths in developing countries. Kember has created a device that lessens the amount of time women sleep on their backs during pregnancies. “If indeed back sleep during pregnancy plays a role in increasing the risk...

Read the full post

UNB researcher working with NASA to improve GPS communications

Communications

Posted: March 3, 2015 4:00:00 AM AST

Category: UNB Saint John, UNB Fredericton


Irregularities in Earth's upper atmosphere can distort GPS signals and NASA has teamed up with University of New Brunswick geodesy and geomatics engineering researcher, Richard Langley, to study these irregularities in hopes of diminishing their effects on communications.  When you don't know how to get to an unfamiliar place, you probably rely on a smart phone or other device with a Global...

Read the full post

UNB news search