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Taishoff Center to host first leadership conference for college students with disabilities
The Taishoff Center for Inclusive Higher Education at Syracuse University continues to promote leadership opportunities for students with disabilities with its first national conference, “DisAbled & Proud: A Call to Lead,” to be held Aug. 5-7 on the SU campus….
Entrepreneurship Bootcamp for Veterans with Disabilities celebrates fifth year
Features keynotes by U.S. Department of Labor Assistant Secretary Ray Jefferson and legendary high school basketball coach Bob Hurley Sr. On Saturday, July 16, the Whitman School of Management at Syracuse University will welcome a new class of 25 veterans…
Educators from across New York take part in disability workshops on SU’s campus
Program helps ensure students with disabilities access and benefit from information age While their students are on summer vacation, 105 public school librarians, general educators and special educators from across New York state are spending time in a “summer school”…
Burton Blatt Institute International Conference to focus on impact of Japanese earthquake on disabled
The Burton Blatt Institute (BBI) at Syracuse University and the University of Tokyo Graduate School of Economics will hold a joint conference on SU’s campus June 29 and 30 on issues related to disability and economics. The University of Tokyo’s…
Burton Blatt Institute Chairman Peter Blanck to co-chair Israeli disability rights panel on community living
University Professor Peter Blanck, chairman of the Burton Blatt Institute (BBI) at Syracuse University, has been appointed by the government of Israel’s Ministry of Welfare and Social Services to co-chair a disability rights expert panel on community living for persons…
Entrepreneurs with disabilities to discuss success of SU’s Start-Up NY/Inclusive Entrepreneurship program with Onondaga County Executive
Onondaga County Executive Joannie Mahoney will meet at noon, Wednesday, June 1, with entrepreneurs with disabilities who have launched local businesses through the Start-Up NY/Inclusive Entrepreneurship program. The discussion will be held at Tacolicious, 308 South Warren St. in Syracuse,…
New summer music recording course at SubCat Studios allows SU students to teach Syracuse high school students with disabilities
A new and unique summer course offered by Syracuse University will give SU students the opportunity to teach Syracuse high school students with disabilities about the art of music production and recording engineering in a professional recording studio. “Studio Recording/The…
BBI research associate elected to Society for Disability Studies board
Omolara Funmilola Akinpelu, research associate with the Burton Blatt Institute (BBI) at Syracuse University, has been elected to serve on the board of directors of the Society for Disability Studies (SDS). Akinpelu’s three-year term begins at the conclusion of June’s…
Disability Cultural Center to open on SU campus in fall 2011
Syracuse University continues to be a national leader in higher education as it will open the doors to a Disability Cultural Center in the fall of 2011. This groundbreaking center will be the only one of its kind across the…
Acclaimed poet, disability rights advocate named director of SU’s Renée Crown University Honors Program
The Renée Crown University Honors Program, an all-University program administered by Syracuse University’s College of Arts and Sciences, announces the appointment of Stephen Kuusisto as its new director. Kuusisto is an accomplished poet, scholar and disability rights advocate who comes…