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Whitman, Start-Up NY host guest speaker on overcoming disabilities in self-employment
Whitman, Start-Up NY host guest speaker on overcoming disabilities in self-employmentAugust 21, 2008Amy Schmitzaemehrin@syr.edu The Whitman School of Management at Syracuse University, in conjunction with the Burton Blatt Institute and Start-Up NY, will host a guest lecture by Kevin Webb…
Burton Blatt Institute receives funding from U.S. Department of Education for three-year disability and asset accumulation project
Burton Blatt Institute receives funding from U.S. Department of Education for three-year disability and asset accumulation projectAugust 12, 2008Jaime Winne Alvarezjlwinne@syr.edu The Burton Blatt Institute (BBI) at Syracuse University has received $900,000 in funding from the U.S. Department of Education’s…
Whitman School holds second round of successful Entrepreneurship Bootcamp for Veterans with Disabilities
Amy Mehringer(315) 443-3834 The Whitman School of Management at Syracuse University will hold the second annual Entrepreneurship Bootcamp for Veterans with Disabilities (EBV), beginning on July 26. Fifteen veterans representing 10 states and all four branches of the U.S. military…
Burton Blatt Institute’s Brian McLane testifies before NYS Assembly hearing on workforce issues and people with disabilities
Jaime Winne Alvarez315) 443-3784 Brian McLane, executive director of the Burton Blatt Institute (BBI) at Syracuse University, testified on June 2 before the New York State Assembly. The hearing on workforce issues and people with disabilities was convened by the…
SU’s Start-Up hosts guest speaker on disability, self employment
Amy Mehringer315 443 3834 Syracuse University’s Start-Up NY, a collaborative project of the Whitman School of Management, the Burton Blatt Institute Centers of Innovation on Disability, ARISE and the Onondaga County Office of Economic Development and Department of Social Services,…
School of Education’s inaugural Centennial Professor Steven Taylor to develop new undergraduate disabilities studies program
Patrick Farrell315 443 5421 Steven J. Taylor, professor of cultural foundations and co-director of Syracuse University’s Center on Human Policy, Law and Disability Studies, has been named Centennial Professor in Disability Studies in the School of Education. Taylor’s appointment as…
School of Education’s Taylor named the Society for Disability Studies first Senior Scholar
Patrick Farrell(315) 443-5421 The Senior Scholar Award Committee of Society for Disability Studies (SDS) has selected Steven Taylor, professor of cultural foundations of education in Syracuse University’s School of Education and director of SU’s Center on Human Policy, Law and…
Director of non-partisan think tank to speak April 23 on reforming New York courts as part of IJPM lecture series
Director of non-partisan think tank to speak April 23 on reforming New York courts as part of IJPM lecture seriesApril 16, 2008Jaime Winne Alvarezjlwinne@syr.edu Dirk Olin, executive director of the Institute for Judicial Studies, will speak on Wednesday, April 23,…
MayFest film ‘Including Samuel’ demonstrates importance of inclusion for people with disabilities
MayFest film ‘Including Samuel’ demonstrates importance of inclusion for people with disabilitiesApril 14, 2008Patrick Farrellpmfarrel@syr.edu Syracuse University’s School of Education is sponsoring the MayFest presentation of the film “Including Samuel,” a touching and insightful look at how educational and social…
Syracuse University leads new national partnership of four major universities to support veterans with disabilities
Syracuse University leads new national partnership of four major universities to support veterans with disabilitiesFebruary 19, 2008Amy Schmitzaemehrin@syr.edu The year 2007 was the most violent for American troops serving in Iraq and Afghanistan in support of operations Enduring Freedom and…