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UNB announces Currie Scholars for 2022-23
UNB Newsroom
Posted: May 30, 2022 12:00:00 PM ADT
Category: UNB Fredericton, UNB Saint John
Four outstanding high school students are winners of the prestigious Currie Undergraduate Scholarships at the University of New Brunswick. The scholarships, valued at $65,000 each, were established in 2004 by one of Canada’s most accomplished business leaders and philanthropists, UNB Chancellor Emeritus Dr. Richard J. Currie, who was a Beaverbrook Scholar as a young man. Each year, the...
Read the full postUNB and CUPE sign collective agreement
UNB Newsroom
Posted: May 27, 2022 9:00:00 AM ADT
Category: UNB Saint John
The University of New Brunswick and the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) - Local 3339 are pleased to announce they have signed a five (5) year Collective Agreement. Both parties were pleased to be able to reach a mutually beneficial settlement. CUPE Local 3339 represents approximately 55 support staff employees on the Saint John campus performing work in the following categories:...
Read the full postUNB’s Pond-Deshpande Centre celebrates 10-year anniversary
UNB Newsroom
Posted: May 26, 2022 11:45:00 AM ADT
Category: UNB Saint John, UNB Fredericton
Members of the Pond-Deshpande Centre (PDC) and their supporters gathered on May 24 to celebrate 10 years of success. The event provided an opportunity for the PDC to thank their founders, showcase their participants and introduce their new business model, PDC 2.0. “As the Pond-Deshpande Centre enters its new business model, the University of New Brunswick will continue to leverage their...
Read the full postShoppers Drug Mart invests $2.5 million in UNB to create innovative, community-based health care solutions
UNB Newsroom
Posted: May 25, 2022 2:00:00 PM ADT
Category: UNB Fredericton, UNB Saint John
Shoppers Drug Mart and the McKenna Institute at the University of New Brunswick are embarking on a collaborative journey to create innovative and patient-centric solutions to help address some of the health care gaps in the province. Shoppers Drug Mart has committed $2.5 million over five years to the university to identify, build and test new models of health care for communities in need...
Read the full postAdditional funding announced for project to address labour shortages and retention and recruitment challenges in early childhood education
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Posted: May 19, 2022 3:00:00 PM ADT
Category: UNB Fredericton, UNB Saint John
The Future Skills Centre (FSC) has announced a further investment of $1.08 million into the Early Childhood Education Lab, a project of the Pond-Deshpande Centre’s NouLAB at the University of New Brunswick, to evaluate and enhance retention and recruitment of early childhood educators in Atlantic Canada. “We are happy to partner with the Early Childhood Education Lab to invest in a...
Read the full postValedictorians and distinguished professors to be honoured at UNB graduation ceremonies
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Posted: May 19, 2022 12:58:00 PM ADT
Category: UNB Fredericton, UNB Saint John
Graduation is a time when communities come together to celebrate the accomplishments of both students and faculty. At the University of New Brunswick’s graduation ceremonies in Fredericton and Saint John, five valedictorians will address UNB’s graduating classes of 2022. The university will also honour two outstanding professors, six professors emeriti and UNB’s Award for...
Read the full postInaugural Digital Innovation Summit sparks big ideas
UNB Newsroom
Posted: May 18, 2022 2:00:00 PM ADT
Category: UNB Fredericton, UNB Saint John
The inaugural Digital Innovation Summit, hosted by the McKenna Institute and the University of New Brunswick, saw big names in New Brunswick industry come together to talk digital transformation. “If we want to maintain our momentum forward, it is necessary to involve all stakeholders in the conversation,” says the Hon. Frank McKenna, founder of the institute. “To at once...
Read the full postUNB and McKenna Institute announce Barrett Chair in Entrepreneurship for Digital Transformation
UNB Newsroom
Posted: May 17, 2022 2:00:00 PM ADT
Category: UNB Fredericton
This photo was taken off-campus. All site-specific masking protocols have been followed. The McKenna Institute and the University of New Brunswick are pleased to announce the launch of the Barrett Chair in Entrepreneurship for Digital Transformation, funded by a $2.5-million commitment from Edward (Ed) and William (Bill) Barrett. Based within UNB Fredericton’s faculty of computer...
Read the full postUNB earns AACSB International accreditation
UNB Newsroom
Posted: May 12, 2022 12:00:00 PM ADT
Category: UNB Fredericton
The University of New Brunswick and the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB International) have announced the faculty of management on the Fredericton campus has earned business accreditation. “Thanks to the faculty of management’s commitment to excellence in research and program delivery, UNB students have the opportunity to attend a business school that...
Read the full postJ Herbert Smith Centre announces Global Technology Solutions pitch winners
UNB Newsroom
Posted: May 11, 2022 2:00:00 PM ADT
Category: UNB Fredericton
The University of New Brunswick’s J Herbert Smith Centre for Technology Management and Entrepreneurship, in partnership with M-GoK Bioincubator of Manipal Academy of Higher Education (Manipal, India), announced the winners of the Global Technology Solutions (GTS) program during the final pitch event, which took place virtually on April 23. GTS is a unique four-month program that unites...
Read the full postUNB to grant six honorary degrees during upcoming graduation ceremonies
UNB Newsroom
Posted: May 10, 2022 2:00:00 PM ADT
Category: UNB Fredericton, UNB Saint John
The University of New Brunswick will award honorary degrees to six outstanding individuals at its spring graduation ceremonies in Fredericton and Saint John on May 25, 26 and 27. Dr. HEA (Eddy) Campbell will receive an honorary doctorate of science degree in Fredericton on May 25 at 2:30 p.m. Over his 10-year tenure as president and vice-chancellor of UNB, Dr. Campbell made significant and...
Read the full postUNB students give back to the Saint John community
UNB Newsroom
Posted: May 9, 2022 12:00:00 PM ADT
Category: UNB Saint John
Students from the University of New Brunswick’s business administration marketing management course raised $5,500 for a scholarship fund at the Saint John Newcomer Centre and close to $7,500 to fund bursaries for children and teens to participate in the Discovery Summer Camp program on UNB’s Saint John campus. Dr. Emin Civi, a professor in the faculty of business at UNB, believes...
Read the full postUNB part of national Campus Peer Support pilot program
UNB Newsroom
Posted: May 6, 2022 4:00:00 PM ADT
Category: UNB Fredericton, UNB Saint John
On May 6, Jenica Atwin, Member of Parliament for Fredericton, announced on behalf of the Honourable Carolyn Bennett, Minister of Mental Health and Addictions and Associate Minister of Health, an investment of $2 million for a three-year Campus Peer Support pilot project led by the Canadian Mental Health Association (CMHA). The University of New Brunswick hosted the announcement of the pilot...
Read the full postUNB helping drive digital transformation
UNB Newsroom
Posted: May 6, 2022 3:00:00 PM ADT
Category: UNB Fredericton
Supporting digital transformation across all sectors of the economy is key to Canada’s economic recovery. Post-secondary institutions and colleges will play a crucial role in fueling an innovation ecosystem and talent development while building the digital economy of tomorrow. This will help prepare workers for the jobs of the future, support business growth and attract investments right...
Read the full postUNB announces new certificate in nursing leadership and management
UNB Newsroom
Posted: May 5, 2022 2:00:00 PM ADT
Category: UNB Saint John
The University of New Brunswick’s Saint John campus will offer a new certificate program in nursing leadership and management, beginning in fall 2022. This post-bachelor’s certificate is an online term-based program designed to meet the needs of healthcare professionals starting their career in, or aspiring towards, leadership positions in health care. To receive the certificate,...
Read the full postUNB, Sri Vishnu Education Systems, ONB announce new computer science initiative
UNB Newsroom
Posted: May 4, 2022 3:00:00 PM ADT
Category: UNB Fredericton
The University of New Brunswick (UNB) with the Sri Vishnu Educational Society (SVES) and Opportunities New Brunswick (ONB) have announced a new partnership that will provide an employment experience for SVES students through the master of computer science by coursework (MCSC) program at UNB Fredericton. “UNB is committed to creating academic programming that attracts global talent to New...
Read the full postUNB ranks in top 25% in the world for four UN Sustainability Development Goals
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Posted: May 4, 2022 2:00:00 PM ADT
Category: UNB Saint John, UNB Fredericton
The University of New Brunswick has ranked in the top 25% globally for the following four UN Sustainability Development Goals, outlined in the recently released 2022 Times Higher Education (THE) Impact Ranking Results. Reduced Inequalities, which focuses on universities’ contribution to early years and lifelong learning, their pedagogy research and their commitment to inclusive...
Read the full postLorenzo Society’s Book Club to feature bestselling author Beth Powning
UNB Newsroom
Posted: May 2, 2022 2:00:00 PM ADT
Category: UNB Saint John
UNB Saint John’s Lorenzo Book Club will feature bestselling author Beth Powning reading from her novel, The Sister’s Tale, on Wednesday, May 11. In The Sister’s Tale, with murder dominating the news, the respected wife of a New Brunswick sea captain is drawn into the case of a British home child whose bad luck has turned worse. Mortified that she must purchase the girl in a...
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