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SU in the News: Friday, March 16
Design Observer profiles UPSTATE: A Center for Design, Research and Real Estate
Medical journal features Q-and-A with BBI researcher
The March 2012 issue of Annals of Long-Term Care: Clinical Care and Aging features a Q-and-A with Marcia Scherer ’70, co-principal investigator for the Center on Effective Rehabilitation Technology (CERT) at the Burton Blatt Institute. In the interview, Scherer discusses…
SU tech entrepreneur goes beyond ‘getting his job on the Internet’
Along the way to the traditional, buttoned-up college education he thought he would need in life, Isaac Budmen went rogue, you might say. The third contestant in the School of Information Studies (iSchool) #140challenge, Budmen described how his co-founding of…
Burton Blatt Institute chairman to testify before National Council on Disability on future of disability law and policy
Peter Blanck, University Professor and chairman of the Burton Blatt Institute (BBI) at Syracuse University, will provide expert testimony March 9 in New York City, before the National Council on Disability (NCD). Blanck will discuss emerging issues in regard to…
IVMF issues brief on compelling business case for hiring a veteran, reaching beyond public cliches
Today, the Institute for Veterans and Military Families (IVMF) at Syracuse University issued an employment brief titled “The Business Case for Hiring a Veteran: Beyond the Clichés.” The publication draws from academic literature to suggest a robust, specific and compelling…
SU in the News: Tuesday, February 28
Anthony Otero of the University Events Office writes in Huffington Post on students’ use of interactive technology
Burton Blatt Institute staff members to present at national ADA Symposium
William Myhill, director of legal research and writing; Kelly Bunch L’09, law and policy research associate; and L. Elaine Sutton Mbionwu, assistant director of BBI’s Southeast ADA Center, will present four workshops at the 2012 Orlando ADA Symposium. The symposium,…
Burton Blatt Institute chairman to speak in European Parliament
Peter Blanck, University Professor and chairman of the Burton Blatt Institute (BBI) at Syracuse University, will be a featured speaker March 6 in the European Parliament in Brussels, Belgium, at a seminar on genetic discrimination. The Centre for Disability Law…
IVMF issues weekly research briefs highlighting veteran-related articles on variety of topics, calls for submissions
The Institute for Veterans and Military Families (IVMF) at Syracuse University has begun publishing IVMF Research Briefs on a weekly basis. Theses briefs highlight the most cited and most recent articles pertaining to veterans in the areas of wellness, family,…
Burton Blatt Institute, Eastern Washington University partner to promote entrepreneurship for people with disabilities in Ghana
Gary Shaheen G’86, Burton Blatt Institute (BBI) at Syracuse University senior vice president, and Romel Mackelprang, Eastern Washington University professor and noted researcher on accessibility for people with disabilities, worked on site during the week of Feb. 7 with partners…