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Fall 2017 Interfaith Dinner Dialogue Series Begins Nov. 2
The University’s fall 2017 Interfaith Dialogue Dinner Series, “Common and Diverse Ground: Raising Consciousnesses by Acknowledging the ‘Hidden’ Things that Divide Us,” will begin on Thursday, Nov. 2. The dialogue, on “Hospitality, Immigration, Justice,” will be held from 6-8 p.m….
Poets Explore Theme of Disability as a Way of Knowing at Oct. 24 Event
Poets Ona Gritz and Daniel Simpson will share verses from their book, “Border Songs: A Conversation in Poems,” at a reading Tuesday, Oct. 24, in celebration of Disability Awareness Month. The event, part of Disabilities as Ways of Knowing: A…
Director of the Disability Cultural Center Diane R. Wiener on the History of Pride Month
Diane R. Wiener, Director of the Disability Cultural Center, authored a Huffington Post piece titled “Pride Sunday, 2017.”
Cripping the Comic Con: A New Super Hero
Kate Corbett Pollack ‘16, from the Disability Cultural Center, was quoted in a Syracuse.com story “SU’s ‘Cripping’ the Comic Con event teaches how not all heroes have super-strength.”
Disability Student Union and Disability Cultural Center Bring Live Concert to ‘Cripping’ the Comic Con
The fifth annual “Cripping” the Comic Con will take place on Saturday, April 22, from 9 a.m. to 8:30 p.m. in the Schine Student Center. The event is free and open to the public. The full-day international summit focuses on…
Fifth Annual ‘Cripping’ the Comic Con Goes Global, Registration Now Open
The fifth annual “Cripping” the Comic Con symposium is Saturday, April 22, from 9 a.m. to 8:30 p.m. in Schine Student Center. Students, faculty, staff and community members can register now using the “Cripping” the Comic Con online registration form….
OrangeAbility 2017: Presenting the Sixth Annual Accessible Athletics Expo and Relaunch of the Cycle Share Program
On Sunday, April 2, from 1 to 4 p.m. in the Women’s Building Gymnasium, members of the Syracuse University and the Central New York communities are invited to the University’s sixth annual accessible athletics expo, OrangeAbility. This student-led initiative is…
Interfaith Dinner Dialogue Series Continues March 7
The University’s spring 2017 Interfaith Dialogue Dinner Series, “Common and Diverse Ground: Raising Consciousnesses by Acknowledging the ‘Hidden’ Things that Divide Us,” will continue on Tuesday, March 7. The dialogue, on “Anti-Semitism Today,” will be held from 6-8 p.m. in…
Disabilifunk Promotes Disability and Diversity Awareness
On Saturday, Feb. 11, from 7-10 p.m. in the Schine Underground, the Disability Student Union (DSU) and Disability Cultural Center (DCC) will host the fourth annual Disabilifunk, a vibrant and exciting evening of karaoke, improv, a cappella and more. “Disabilifunk…
Getting to Know: Office of Disability Services Director Paula Possenti-Perez
Office of Disability Services Director Paula Possenti-Perez looks at the realm of disability in terms of social justice as well as a matter of diversity. “It’s creating a new context around disability as being a positive asset and empowering and engaging students to see disability as a source of where additional strength and skills have been developed and enhanced—literally because they have a disability,” she says.