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National Campaign Underscores the Essential Role of UNB and Canada’s Universities
UNB Newsroom
Posted: May 6, 2026
Category: UNB in the News
Universities Canada has launched Possible With U, a national campaign that highlights the everyday impact universities have on people, communities and Canada’s future. New national polling shows that Canadians continue to place trust in universities and view them as essential community anchors. Research also shows an opportunity: while support is growing, the day-to-day ways universities...
Read the full postDefending Canada in cyberspace: UNB’s national leadership in cybersecurity research and training
Tim Jaques
Posted: May 5, 2026
Category: UNB Fredericton
As cyber operations become a core instrument of national power, the University of New Brunswick’s Canadian Institute for Cybersecurity—home to the federally funded Cyber Attribution Data Centre—is advancing research, training and intelligence capabilities critical to Canada’s defence. The advanced technology of modern warfare isn’t just found in tanks, ships, jets...
Read the full postMeet the researcher: Dr. Matthew Stackhouse, Purdy Crawford/Stephen Jarislowsky Postdoctoral Fellow in Health Policy
Jeremy Elder-Jubelin
Posted: Apr 29, 2026
Category: Research , UNB Saint John , UNB Fredericton
“When we look at the societal discourse around neurodevelopmental disabilities, like autism spectrum disorder, ADHD, fetal alcohol spectrum disorder and so on, there's a lot of blame. There's a lot of trying to understand the causes. Yet there’s little discourse around family circumstances, and the ways we can help families access the services and supports they need.” Dr....
Read the full postMedavie Foundation helps UNB create Youth Mental Health Research Chair and lab
UNB Newsroom
Posted: Apr 22, 2026
Category: Press Releases
The Medavie Foundation has made a three-year, $750,000 investment in applied youth mental health research at the University of New Brunswick. The Medavie Foundation’s support will be used to establish a Chair in Youth Mental Health as part of UNB’s Saint John-based Integrated Health Initiative (IHI). Of this foundational investment, $500,000 will help support staffing expenses of...
Read the full postEngineering design symposium highlights student innovation at UNB
Tim Jaques
Posted: Apr 16, 2026
Category: UNB Fredericton
Capstone projects demonstrate how classroom theory translates into real-world engineering solutions. The Allison D. McCain Commons on the University of New Brunswick Fredericton campus shone on April 2 as it hosted the 12th annual Engineering Design Symposium. It was the first time the symposium had been held at the McCain Commons since the 1,500-square-foot, three-storey structure—built...
Read the full postThe poetry of physics: UNB graduate student wins national quantum arts prize
Kayla Cormier
Posted: Apr 14, 2026
Category: UNB Fredericton , Faculty of Science
To Cristian Ramirez Rodriguez, a UNB graduate physics student, physics and poetry go hand in hand—and his poems prove it. Ramirez Rodriguez won first place in the literature category of the 2025 Canadian Association of Physicists Quantum Arts Competition, a national initiative celebrating creativity inspired by quantum science. Ramirez Rodriguez’s winning poem, “Pauli...
Read the full postResearch security moves to the forefront at UNB
Tim Jaques
Posted: Apr 13, 2026
Category: UNB Saint John , Research , UNB Fredericton
Research security becomes a core function at UNB as universities face tighter rules and growing external pressures. A position that rarely existed in Canadian universities a decade ago is now close to the centre of how research is done. Hired in April 2025 as the University of New Brunswick’s first research security manager, Greg Curtis (BSc’08) (MScE’11) works to review...
Read the full postWe have contact! UNB researchers successfully track signals from NASA’s Artemis II moon mission
Hilary Creamer
Posted: Apr 9, 2026
Category: Research , UNB Fredericton
High-fives soared as researchers at the University of New Brunswick successfully picked up signals from NASA’s Integrity spacecraft on its journey around the Moon. It’s a major milestone for UNB, the only Canadian university involved in tracking the Orion spacecraft Integrity as it orbits the moon. Dr. Brent Petersen, a professor of communications in UNB’s department of...
Read the full postUNB is the only academic institution in Canada tracking the Artemis II mission alongside NASA
UNB Newsroom
Posted: Apr 8, 2026
Category: Research , UNB in the News
The 10-day mission is carrying NASA astronauts, including Canadian Jeremy Hansen, on a free-return trajectory around the moon — making it the first crewed mission to the moon since 1972. Computer engineering professor Brent Petersen and his students will be using their satellite dish at the UNB Earth Station atop Gillin Hall to track the spacecraft, saving data on computers so that it...
Read the full postIHI celebrates interdisciplinary health research at third annual research symposium
Kayla Cormier
Posted: Apr 7, 2026
Category: UNB Saint John , Research
From molecular science to mental health, and from data-driven diagnostics to community-based care, UNB’s third annual Integrated Health Initiative (IHI) Research Symposium showcased the breadth, depth and impact of health research taking place across the UNB community. The event’s keynote speaker, Dr. Keith Brunt, emphasized the role challenges play in shaping opportunity. Held on...
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