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Health & Society

Taste of Beauty Weekend, May 14 & 15, to benefit Georgians with disabilities

Monday, April 25, 2011, By News Staff

How do you define beauty? Creators of the documentary, “Defining Beauty: Ms. Wheelchair America,” are teaming up with the Burton Blatt Institute (BBI) at Syracuse University Atlanta office to explore that question during Taste of Beauty Weekend, May 14-15. Proceeds…

Campus & Community

SU Showcase 2011 offers wide variety of events

Wednesday, April 20, 2011, By News Staff

A full schedule of fun and interactive programs is slated for SU Showcase 2011 “Sustainability for a Livable Future” on May 2 in the Schine Student Center. Both the campus community and the general public are invited to explore the…

Whitman School announces winners of 2011 Panasci Business Plan Competition

Tuesday, April 19, 2011, By News Staff

The Martin J. Whitman School of Management at Syracuse University has announced the winners of its annual Panasci Business Plan Competition, overseen by the Falcone Center for Entrepreneurship. The competition is made possible by long-time Whitman School supporter the late…

2011 SU Showcase Fellows announced, presentations to be part of May 2 events

Tuesday, April 19, 2011, By News Staff

An eclectic field of SU Showcase Fellows will present their original research and projects relating to sustainability at SU Showcase 2011, “Sustainability for a Livable Future,” in the Schine Student Center on May 2. The works of 16 fellows will…

School of Education launches new free mobile app to assist parents, advocates

Monday, April 18, 2011, By News Staff

Syracuse University School of Education professor Alan Foley has designed and launched a new iPhone app to help parents better advocate for their children with disabilities. iAdvocate is a free application available through iTunes that provides information on advocacy strategies…

Health & Society

‘Personalized Medicine’ at this week’s IRP

Monday, April 18, 2011, By Eileen Jevis

The April 21 session of Institute for Retired Professionals will host Robert West, associate professor in the Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Department at SUNY Upstate Medical University. West will discuss “Personalized Medicine: Tailoring Health Care in the Information Age.” Genotyping,…

Campus & Community

OurAbility.com launches as mentoring resource for people with disabilities looking for employment or educational opportunities

Thursday, March 24, 2011, By News Staff

With a goal of providing a series of mentoring resources to people with disabilities looking for employment or educational opportunities, a new web portal OurAbility.com, was launched today.

SU Showcase Fellows application deadline extended

Wednesday, March 23, 2011, By News Staff

Students scrambling to apply for one of the limited number of SU Showcase Fellow spots can stress less now because they’ve been given a little extra time.  Syracuse University and SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry students and student…

BBI Chairman Peter Blanck and board member Matthew Dietz to argue disability case before U.S. Court of Appeals

Wednesday, March 16, 2011, By News Staff

Peter Blanck, chairman of the Burton Blatt Institute (BBI) at Syracuse University and University Professor, and Matthew Dietz, a civil rights attorney and BBI Advisory Board member, will argue before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit in…

Students to travel to London for ‘Many Faiths, One Humanity’

Wednesday, March 9, 2011, By Kelly Homan Rodoski

(Above, prayers at a mosque in East London)