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Nienke Dosa Named as Professor at Upstate/Golisano, Senior Fellow at BBI
Nienke Dosa has been named as the inaugural Upstate Foundation Professor of Child Health Policy at Upstate Medical University/Upstate Golisano Children’s Hospital and a senior fellow at the Burton Blatt Institute (BBI) at Syracuse University. The announcement was made by…
SU Law Clinic Partners with U.S. Department of State to Bolster Disability Rights in Ethiopia
The Disability Rights Law Clinic at the College of Law has been selected to participate in a U.S. Department of State sponsored Professional Fellows EMPOWER Program, administered by Mobility International USA (MIUSA). This two-way international exchange program aims to expand…
ADA Anniversary Tool Kit: Celebrating 23rd Anniversary of Americans with Disabilities Act
Celebrations of the July 26, 1990, signing of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) by President George H.W. Bush will take place across the nation during the week of July 22-28. The ADA and the ADA Amendments Act of 2008…
BBI Receives $100,000 Gift to Technology Program for Children with Disabilities
Barb and Greg G’91 Tresness have announced a commitment of $100,000 to the Burton Blatt Institute (BBI) at Syracuse University. The donation will fund the creation of Communication Hope through Assistive Technology (CHAT), a program to assist youth with disabilities…
Bestselling Author Lisa See to Speak at Bird Library
As part of Syracuse University’s Asian Pacific American (APA) Heritage Month celebration, New York Times bestselling author Lisa See will hold a question-and-answer session on Monday, April 1, at 2:30 p.m. in the Peter Graham Scholarly Commons on the first…
Disability-Themed Comic Symposium to be Held at SU April 11
“Fantastic! Heroic! Disabled? ‘Cripping’ the Comic Con” symposium comes to Syracuse University April 11.
PepsiCo Dream Machine® Recycling Initiative Presents $500,000 to Entrepreneurship Bootcamp for Veterans with Disabilities
PepsiCo Inc., in association with its Dream Machine® Recycling Initiative, has presented a $500,000 donation to the Entrepreneurship Bootcamp for Veterans with Disabilities (EBV) founded at Syracuse University and operated by the Institute for Veterans and Military Families (IVMF), which…
EBV-SU Grad Appointed by President Obama to National Council on Disability
Captain Jonathan F. Kuniholm (U.S. Marine Corps, Ret.), a 2009 graduate of the Entrepreneurship Bootcamp for Veterans with Disabilities (EBV) program operated by the Institute for Veterans and Military Families at Syracuse University, has been appointed by President Barack Obama…
Disability Culture, Faith and Secularism, Part II: Creating Spaces for Inclusion
Without Walls: What Temporary Deaf Spaces Can Tell Us about Managing Identity Politics The Rev. Kirk VanGilder WEDNESDAY, MARCH 20 Noble Room, Hendricks Chapel The Rev. Kirk VanGilder is a professor of Religion at Gallaudet University, who was born hard…
Disabilities as Ways of Knowing—A Series of Creative Writing Conversations: Part II
The Disability Experience and Poetic Verse Reading by Poets Jim Ferris, Laurie Clements Lambeth, and Stephen Kuusisto March 28 Reading 7-8 p.m. at Watson Theater Reception and book signing from 8-9 p.m. at Light Work Jim Ferris, Laurie Clements Lambeth…