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Health & Society

Alumni couple donates $100,000 to Burton Blatt Institute

Tuesday, September 6, 2011, By News Staff

Gift from Robert ’66 and Carol ’70 Tannenhauser will directly impact people with disabilities In support of the Burton Blatt Institute (BBI) at Syracuse University, Robert ’66 and Carol ’70 Tannenhauser have announced a commitment to BBI of $100,000, one…

STEM

Thomas contributes to project management book

Friday, August 5, 2011, By J.D. Ross

Assistant Professor of Practice Art Thomas has contributed to a book on project management.

Campus & Community

Katherine McDonald appointed Falk College assistant professor of public health and Burton Blatt Institute faculty fellow

Tuesday, August 2, 2011, By News Staff

Katherine McDonald will assume a dual appointment this fall as assistant professor of public health in the Department of Public Health, Food Studies and Nutrition in the David B. Falk College of Sport and Human Dynamics, and as a faculty…

Veterans

Institute for Veterans and Military Families announces Clinton Global Initiative Commitment to Action

Tuesday, August 2, 2011, By News Staff

The Institute for Veterans and Military Families (IVMF) at Syracuse University has announced a “Commitment to Action” stemming from its participation in the 2011 Clinton Global Initiative (CGI). The CGI was established in 2005 by President Bill Clinton to inspire,…

Copeland-Morgan contributes to College Board report on enrolling and educating transfer students from community colleges

Friday, July 15, 2011, By News Staff

Syracuse University’s Youlonda Copeland-Morgan, associate vice president of enrollment management, is one of the four-year institution leaders interviewed for this report. Her remarks focus on recent policy changes SU’s Enrollment Management has made in financial aid that contribute to improving access and retention for transfer students at SU.

Veterans

James Schmeling appointed managing director, co-founder of Institute for Veterans and Military Families

Tuesday, July 5, 2011, By News Staff

James Schmeling has been appointed managing director of the newly established Institute for Veterans and Military Families (IVMF) at Syracuse University, which he co-founded with Mike Haynie, Barnes Professor of Entrepreneurship in SU’s Whitman School of Management. Schmeling was previously…

Campus & Community

Project Advance Summer Institute begins

Thursday, June 30, 2011, By News Staff

On June 27, Syracuse University Project Advance kicked off its annual Summer Institute training, which brings 141 high school teachers from across the Northeast and abroad to the SU campus to be trained to teach SU courses in their home…

Veterans

Institute for Veterans and Military Families takes part in veteran working group at Clinton Global Initiative meeting

Wednesday, June 29, 2011, By News Staff

History suggests that the economic and social challenges faced by the more than 2.5 million Americans who have served our country in uniform since 2001 will be formidable upon their transition from military service to civilian life . In order…

Health & Society

Burton Blatt Institute International Conference to focus on impact of Japanese earthquake on disabled

Wednesday, June 22, 2011, By News Staff

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…

Veterans

VA awards Burton Blatt Institute partner contract to examine employment of veterans

Monday, June 13, 2011, By News Staff

Thanks to a $483,000 grant from the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), the Burton Blatt Institute (BBI) at Syracuse University, in partnership with veteran-owned business Corporate Gray, will conduct substantial research to improve the hiring and retention of veterans by…