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UNB researchers contribute to discovery of native sulfur on Mars
UNB Newsroom
Posted: August 21, 2026 12:00:00 AM ADT
Category: Press Releases
The University of New Brunswick’s contributions to space exploration continue to stretch across the solar system. In the latest example, two university researchers helped uncover the first confirmed evidence of native, or elemental, sulfur on Mars. Published recently in Science, the findings suggest sulfur-rich fluids were active beneath the planet's surface billions of years ago....
Read the full postNew funding will support University of New Brunswick research in microplastics, privacy-preserving data science, and aluminum refining
Jeremy Elder-Jubelin
Posted: August 20, 2026 12:00:00 AM ADT
Category: Research, UNB Fredericton, UNB Saint John
New funding from the Canada Foundation for Innovation (CFI) will support three research projects at UNB that address pressing, challenging issues. The funded projects will improve our ability to trace microplastics in the environment; provide reliable and realistic synthetic health data that enables better decisions while protecting privacy; and make aluminum refining more efficient and...
Read the full postDr. Nick Bray – UNB's new Shannex Research Chair in Aging Transitions
Kathleen McLaughlin
Posted: August 18, 2026 10:00:00 AM ADT
Category: UNB Saint John, Press Releases
Research Chair will advance innovative aging research, strengthen community partnerships and inform policies that support healthy aging in New Brunswick and beyond. The University of New Brunswick is pleased to announce the appointment of Dr. Nick Bray as the inaugural Shannex Research Chair in Aging Transitions at the School of Integrated Health. Having assumed the role on July 1, Dr. Bray...
Read the full postSpace happens here: Inside UNB's growing role in NASA missions
UNB Newsroom
Posted: August 17, 2026 11:00:00 AM ADT
Category: UNB Fredericton
From Mars to the Moon and beyond, discover how researchers and students at the University of New Brunswick are contributing to some of the world's most ambitious space missions When most people picture space exploration, they think of rocket launches in Florida, mission control rooms in Houston, or rovers exploring the surface of Mars. Few would expect a major contribution to those efforts to...
Read the full postUNB and Talent Innovation Canada partner to accelerate research commercialization and talent development
UNB Newsroom
Posted: August 14, 2026 12:00:00 AM ADT
Category: Press Releases
A new partnership between the University of New Brunswick and Talent Innovation Canada (TICAN) will help accelerate research commercialization in New Brunswick while creating new opportunities for UNB graduate students and postdoctoral scholars to tackle real-world industry challenges. This partnership combines TICAN’s made-in-Canada model, which connects industrial innovation with...
Read the full postUNB and Unifor sign collective agreement
UNB Newsroom
Posted: August 13, 2026 12:00:00 AM ADT
Category: Press Releases
On Tuesday, Aug. 11, the University of New Brunswick and Unifor Local 4504 signed a collective agreement and celebrated a joint commitment to students and to the mission of UNB. Both parties were pleased with the terms of the agreement. The Unifor Local 4504 bargaining unit represents approximately 220 support staff employees working in administrative assistant, accounting, library assistant...
Read the full postAgility, collaboration key drivers of UNB climate change research
Alexandra Graham
Posted: August 12, 2026 12:00:00 AM ADT
Category: Research, Faculty of Science, UNB Fredericton, UNB Saint John
UNB's collaborative, multidisciplinary approach to climate research is driving national recognition and helping communities understand and adapt to a changing world. Canada’s Top 50 Research Universities ranked the University of New Brunswick fourth in Canada among comprehensive universities for climate change research share and publication growth. The ranking was based on climate change...
Read the full postWho will power Canada's nuclear energy future? UNB is helping prepare the workforce
Hilary Creamer
Posted: August 7, 2026 12:00:00 PM ADT
Category: UNB Fredericton
As demand for skilled workers grows across Canada's nuclear sector, UNB is connecting students with industry, research, and career opportunities while helping build the workforce of the future. Canada needs more skilled workers to support the future of nuclear energy, and UNB is helping to prepare them. For Camilla Drost (BScE'25), that preparation has already opened doors she never...
Read the full postThe McKenna Institute is inspiring the next generation of innovators through TeXplore program
Kathleen McLaughlin
Posted: August 4, 2026 1:00:00 PM ADT
Category: UNB Saint John, UNB Fredericton
A new McKenna Institute program is levelling up curious minds for families across New Brunswick by providing engaging, future-focused learning opportunities for students on non-instructional days. Since its inception in 2021, the McKenna Institute at the University of New Brunswick has been a driving force for innovation and positive change across the province. Guided by its mission to...
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