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University of New Brunswick welcomes new students
UNB Newsroom
Posted: August 30, 2019 11:40:00 AM ADT
Category: UNB Saint John, UNB Fredericton
The University of New Brunswick’s Fredericton and Saint John campuses are once again flooded with both new and returning students as another school year is set to begin. Here are some Fall 2019 Orientation highlights: UNB Fredericton Commencement: Saturday, Aug. 31, from 3:30 – 4:30 p.m. at the Richard J. CURRIE CENTER. The UNB Fredericton campus gathers each fall to officially...
Read the full postUNB celebrates Orientation Week with sustainability
UNB Newsroom
Posted: August 30, 2019 9:46:00 AM ADT
Category: UNB Fredericton, UNB Saint John
Several groups at the University of New Brunswick have taken steps to incorporate environmentally friendly practices into Orientation Week. “It is great to see so many groups on campus taking a leadership role in helping to make our campus community greener,” says Danielle Smith, UNB’s Sustainability Coordinator. Ms. Smith and her colleagues in UNB Sustainability have...
Read the full postUNB receives $7 million from ACOA for smart grid research
UNB Newsroom
Posted: August 28, 2019 11:25:00 AM ADT
Category: UNB Fredericton
The Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency (ACOA) is giving the University of New Brunswick more than $7 million in funding to expand its smart grid research initiatives. The Honourable Navdeep Bains, Minister of Innovation, Science and Economic Development and Minister responsible for ACOA, made the announcement at UNB Fredericton on Aug. 27. Of the funding provided, more than $6.6 million will...
Read the full postUNB selected to participate in national pilot program in support of equity, diversity and inclusion on campus
UNB Newsroom
Posted: August 22, 2019 11:40:00 AM ADT
Category: UNB Saint John, UNB Fredericton
UNB has been selected as one of 17 universities across the country to participate in the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada's Dimensions: equity, diversity and inclusion Canada pilot program. The Dimensions: EDI pilot program aims to foster transformational change within the research community and the entire research landscape at Canadian post-secondary institutions...
Read the full postResearching natural disaster management at UNB
UNB Newsroom
Posted: August 21, 2019 11:15:00 AM ADT
Category: UNB Fredericton
Dr. Shabnam Jabari, an assistant professor in the department of geodesy and geomatics engineering at the University of New Brunswick in Fredericton, is focusing her research on natural disaster management, integrating Geographic Information Systems (GIS) with satellite and airborne images. According to Dr. Jabari, the extent of a natural disaster is visible from satellite images. Her research...
Read the full postStudents at UNB receive Canada’s largest STEM scholarship
UNB Newsroom
Posted: August 19, 2019 1:30:00 PM ADT
Category: UNB Fredericton
Ashton Grigg and Vardaan Malhotra have been named the University of New Brunswick’s recipients of the prestigious Schulich Leader Scholarship. Out of a pool of more than 300,000 potential candidates across Canada, 1,400 students were nominated, of which 50 received this celebrated award. Mr. Malhotra, 18, is a recipient of the $100,000 Schulich Leader Scholarship. A graduate of...
Read the full postUNB unveils newly renovated Tibbits Hall
UNB Newsroom
Posted: August 16, 2019 10:38:00 AM ADT
Category: UNB Fredericton
The University of New Brunswick has unveiled the newly renovated Tibbits Hall residence. The renovation is part of the university’s Residence Renewal Plan: by 2021, a number of residences on campus – including Tibbits Hall, Lady Dunn and Joy Kidd – will offer students more accessibility, modern infrastructure and improved privacy. “Such signs of progress routinely warm...
Read the full postUNB announces Canada Research Chairs
UNB Newsroom
Posted: August 14, 2019 11:38:00 AM ADT
Category: UNB Saint John, UNB Fredericton
Two new Canada Research Chairs have been appointed and one Canada Research Chair has been renewed at the University of New Brunswick, awards valued at $2.4 million. Dr. Elizabeth Mancke, Dr. Stijn De Baerdemacker, and Dr. Veronica Whitford will continue their research excellence through the Canada Research Chairs Program, which highlights research in engineering and the natural sciences,...
Read the full postUNB receives federal funding for innovative research in cannabis, obesity
UNB Newsroom
Posted: August 12, 2019 2:00:00 PM ADT
Category: UNB Fredericton
Two researchers at the University of New Brunswick are receiving funding totaling $200,000 from the Canada Foundation for Innovation’s John R. Evans Leaders Fund (JELF) for their cutting-edge studies. Dr. Martin Sénéchal, an associate professor in kinesiology, and Dr. Yang Qu, an assistant professor in chemistry and chemical engineering and UNB’s Cannabis Health Research...
Read the full postStudying women and LGBTQ politics at UNB
UNB Newsroom
Posted: August 7, 2019 11:40:00 AM ADT
Category: UNB Saint John
A professor from the University of New Brunswick is making a difference in the lives of women and members of the LGBTQ community who hope to take on leadership positions. Dr. Joanna Everitt, a political scientist and research methodologist from the faculty of arts at UNB in Saint John, is focusing her research on identity and the role it plays in terms of political engagement. As a...
Read the full postUNBers named to the Order of New Brunswick
UNB Newsroom
Posted: August 7, 2019 9:15:00 AM ADT
Category: UNB Fredericton, UNB Saint John
Two UNBers have been named to the Order of New Brunswick for their outstanding work in our province. Ms. Robyn Tingley and Chief Patricia Bernard were among 10 New Brunswickers who were named Order of New Brunswick recipients on Aug. 5 as part of New Brunswick Day celebrations. Ms. Tingley, of Rothesay, is in her second term as vice-chair of UNB’s Board of Governors. She received the...
Read the full postUNB welcomes off-site construction research chair
UNB Newsroom
Posted: August 6, 2019 10:50:00 AM ADT
Category: UNB Fredericton
The University of New Brunswick’s Off-site Construction Research Centre (OCRC) has announced Dr. Zhen Lei as the OSCO Research Chair in Off-site Construction with funding support from Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency (ACOA). By leveraging technology and optimizing alternate solutions to conventional “stick-built” on-site construction, funding support from OSCO...
Read the full postUNB brings research to the marketplace with I-STEM program
UNB Newsroom
Posted: August 2, 2019 1:50:00 PM ADT
Category: UNB Fredericton
The Dr. J. Herbert Smith Centre for Technology Management and Entrepreneurship (TME) at the University of New Brunswick will launch its first I-STEM cohort in October 2019 to maximize the University of New Brunswick’s potential to commercialize new technologies. Innovation is critical for economic growth and getting new ideas and technologies to market can have significant impacts on a...
Read the full postParticipatory visual research at UNB to address social change
UNB Newsroom
Posted: August 1, 2019 3:00:00 PM ADT
Category: UNB Fredericton
Dr. Casey Burkholder, an assistant professor in the faculty of education at the University of New Brunswick in Fredericton, is currently working on two unique research projects that seek to address the inclusion and exclusion of queer, trans and non-binary people within schools, social studies classrooms and curricula, in particular. Working with both youth and pre-service teachers, Dr....
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