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Campus & Community

BBI chairman to keynote Universal Design conference

Friday, October 7, 2011, By News Staff

At a global conference Oct. 24-26 in Sao Paulo, Brazil, University Professor Peter Blanck, chairman of the Burton Blatt Institute (BBI) at Syracuse University, and key partners will highlight how the Global Universal Design Commission (GUDC) is leading an unprecedented…

Campus & Community

SU in the News: Wednesday, October 5

Wednesday, October 5, 2011, By News Staff

Syracuse iSchool’s David Lankes quoted in Christian Science Monitor on Amazon’s new Kindle Fire tablet

Campus & Community

Burton Blatt Institute receives $6.2 million grant from U.S. Dept. of Education to continue leadership of ADA Center in southeastern United States

Tuesday, October 4, 2011, By News Staff

The U.S. Department of Education’s National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research has awarded the Burton Blatt Institute (BBI) at Syracuse University a $6.2 million, five-year grant to continue its leadership of the Atlanta-based Southeast ADA Center. Established in 1991…

Veterans

IVMF leadership to speak on SU’s longstanding commitment to vets and military families in D.C.

Friday, September 30, 2011, By News Staff

Mike Haynie, executive director of the Institute for Veterans and Military Families (IVMF) at Syracuse University; SU alumnus Ken Quaglio G’91, principal at Ernst and Young; and graduates of the Entrepreneurship Bootcamp for Veterans with Disabilities (EBV) program will speak…

Campus & Community

Vanden Heuvel will speak on role of grassroots social movements, independent journalism

Thursday, September 29, 2011, By Kelly Homan Rodoski

Katrina vanden Heuvel, editor and publisher of The Nation magazine, will speak “On the Nation and Our Political Movement” in the next presentation of the University Lectures series at Syracuse University on Tuesday, Oct. 4, at 7:30 p.m. in Hendricks…

Arts & Culture

Art and science historians headline new ‘transdisciplinary humanities’ series at SU

Tuesday, September 27, 2011, By Rob Enslin

Art historian James Elkins and science historian Michael Lynch will headline the first installment of “IMAGES? Precisely!,” a new lecture series presented by The Syracuse University Humanities Center. The multimedia program, which is free and open to the public, is…

Campus & Community

SU, Jewish Federation of CNY present ‘Great Jewish Writers’ lecture series

Tuesday, September 27, 2011, By Rob Enslin

Syracuse University’s Judaic Studies Program and the Jewish Federation of Central New York are coming together to present the “Great Jewish Writers” lecture series. Supported by the federation’s Community Program Grant, the series begins with a free lecture about Franz…

Campus & Community

Syracuse Center of Excellence earns highest LEED certification

Friday, September 23, 2011, By News Staff

The SyracuseCoE was designed to exemplify the highest level of LEED standards.

La Casita Cultural Center to celebrate grand opening Sept. 28

Wednesday, September 21, 2011, By Kelly Homan Rodoski

La Casita is the only Latino/a cultural center in the region.

Media, Law & Policy

Maxwell School to establish Paul Volcker Chair in Behavioral Economics

Tuesday, September 20, 2011, By News Staff

The Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs has announced that it has received a major gift from Robert B. Menschel to establish the Paul Volcker Chair in Behavioral Economics at the school, in recognition of Volcker’s exceptional accomplishments and…