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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.
Alumni Welcomed Back to Campus for Orange Central
Syracuse University students will get the celebration going early in the week, and alumni from around the world will be welcomed back to campus Oct. 3-6 for Orange Central 2013.