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Businesses students and alumni invited to UNB career fair

UNB Newsroom

Posted: January 31, 2018 4:00:00 AM AST

Category: UNB Fredericton


The University of New Brunswick’s Fredericton campus is hosting its annual Summer Job and Graduating Student Career Fair this Friday, Feb. 2 at the Richard J. CURRIE CENTER, from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Students and alumni from UNB, St. Thomas University and New Brunswick Community College are invited to meet with more than 40 companies in the province and beyond. Students attending the career fair...

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Message to the community

UNB Newsroom

Posted: January 30, 2018 4:00:00 AM AST

Category: UNB Fredericton, UNB Saint John


In recent weeks, UNB has seen the appearance of several posters representing views that are, in my view, contemptible. They do not reflect UNB’s values or our commitment to diversity. The messages conveyed in the posters that appeared on the UNB Fredericton campus are the opinions of a small group that has no official affiliation with our university. Indeed, we hold very different views. As a...

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Become a student for the day at UNB s Saint John campus

UNB Newsroom

Posted: January 26, 2018 4:00:00 AM AST

Category: UNB Saint John


The University of New Brunswick’s Saint John campus will be giving high school students the unique opportunity next week to experience the life of a university student. The campus will be opening its doors on Monday, Jan. 29 and Tuesday, Jan. 30 to high school students from all grades for Student for a Day. The program gives students the experience of what it’s like to attend a...

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Author Janie Chang to read as part of Lorenzo Reading Series

UNB Newsroom

Posted: January 24, 2018 4:00:00 AM AST

Category: UNB Saint John


Author Janie Chang will read from her novel Dragon Springs Road on Thursday, Feb. 1 at 7 p.m. in the Ganong Hall Lecture Theatre at the University of New Brunswick’s Saint John campus. Ms. Chang’s first novel, Three Souls, was a finalist for the 2014 B.C. Book Prizes’ Ethel Wilson Fiction Prize, which is awarded to the author of the best work of literary fiction, and one of nine Canadian books...

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Students descend on UNB to vie for $19 000 in prizes while perfecting business pitches

UNB Newsroom

Posted: January 24, 2018 4:00:00 AM AST

Category: UNB Fredericton


Students from three provinces will descend on the University of New Brunswick’s Fredericton campus this week as they vie for more than $19,000 in cash and prizes in a business plan competition. BMO Financial Group, in partnership with the University of New Brunswick’s International Business and Entrepreneurship Centre (IBEC), will be hosting the BMO Financial Group Apex Business...

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Update on the Lady Beaverbrook Gym and Sir Max Aitken Pool at UNB s Fredericton campus

UNB Newsroom

Posted: January 24, 2018 4:00:00 AM AST

Category: UNB Fredericton


Last year, we announced that the Lady Beaverbrook Gym, which houses the Sir Max Aitken Pool, would be decommissioned in September, 2018. As many of you know, the City of Fredericton recently committed to taking a leadership role in finding a solution to the city’s aquatic needs. Over the past few months, we’ve been working with the City in the hopes of having a new pool built on UNB’s...

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UNB students to race the clock in competition to solve real-world business issues

UNB Newsroom

Posted: January 18, 2018 4:00:00 AM AST

Category: UNB Saint John


University of New Brunswick business students will this week be competing to solve real-world issues for a local company in the first undergraduate business case competition hosted by the Saint John campus. The Faculty of Business undergraduate competition on Friday and Saturday gives third and fourth-year business students a chance to work on cases shared with them by a local company. Teams...

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UNB professor honoured with award for leadership in education

UNB Newsroom

Posted: January 17, 2018 4:00:00 AM AST

Category: UNB Saint John


As he walks the halls of the University of New Brunswick’s Saint John campus, business professor Emin Civi is rarely without a smile, a cheerful hello or a word of encouragement to students. His enthusiasm and passion for his job shines. “Emin Civi is much admired and respected by his faculty colleagues, staff and students alike and his presence here at UNB Saint John is an enormous asset to...

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UNB awarded 2 9 million in funding from federal government to enable the development of Arctic surveillance capabilities

UNB Newsroom

Posted: January 11, 2018 4:00:00 AM AST

Category: UNB Fredericton


Two projects led by a University of New Brunswick physics professor are enabling the development of next-generation sensors and systems to enhance surveillance and detection capabilities for continental defence. The projects are part of the Department of National Defence (DND) All Domain Situational Awareness (ADSA) program and will provide valuable information about the Canadian Arctic Upper...

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Lorenzo Reading Series to feature Susan White

UNB Newsroom

Posted: January 10, 2018 4:00:00 AM AST

Category: UNB Saint John


Writer Susan White will read from Maple Sugar Pie on Thursday, Jan. 18 at 7 p.m. in the Ganong Hall Lecture Theatre at the University of New Brunswick’s Saint John campus. Ms. White was born in New Brunswick, eventually moving to the Kingston Peninsula. After retiring from teaching, she began writing full time. Her first book, The Year Mrs. Montague Cried (2011) won the Ann Connor Brimer Award...

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