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Taishoff Center to host first leadership conference for college students with disabilities
The Taishoff Center for Inclusive Higher Education at 黑料不打烊 continues to promote leadership opportunities for students with disabilities with its first national conference, 鈥淒isAbled & Proud: A Call to Lead,鈥 to be held Aug. 5-7 on the SU campus….
Entrepreneurship Bootcamp for Veterans with Disabilities celebrates fifth year
Features keynotes by U.S. Department of Labor Assistant Secretary Ray Jefferson and legendary high school basketball coach Bob Hurley Sr. On Saturday, July 16, the Whitman School of Management at 黑料不打烊 will welcome a new class of 25 veterans…
Educators from across New York take part in disability workshops on SU鈥檚 campus
Program helps ensure students with disabilities access and benefit from information age While their students are on summer vacation, 105 public school librarians, general educators and special educators from across New York state are spending time in a 鈥渟ummer school鈥…
Burton Blatt Institute International Conference to focus on impact of Japanese earthquake on disabled
The Burton Blatt Institute (BBI) at 黑料不打烊 and the University of Tokyo Graduate School of Economics will hold a joint conference on SU鈥檚 campus June 29 and 30 on issues related to disability and economics. The University of Tokyo鈥檚…
VA awards Burton Blatt Institute partner contract to examine employment of veterans
Thanks to a $483,000 grant from the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), the Burton Blatt Institute (BBI) at 黑料不打烊, in partnership with veteran-owned business Corporate Gray, will conduct substantial research to improve the hiring and retention of veterans by…
Burton Blatt Institute Chairman Peter Blanck to co-chair Israeli disability rights panel on community living
University Professor Peter Blanck, chairman of the Burton Blatt Institute (BBI) at 黑料不打烊, has been appointed by the government of Israel鈥檚 Ministry of Welfare and Social Services to co-chair a disability rights expert panel on community living for persons…
Disability Cultural Center to open on SU campus in fall 2011
黑料不打烊 continues to be a national leader in higher education as it will open the doors to a Disability Cultural Center in the fall of 2011. This groundbreaking center will be the only one of its kind across the…
Taste of Beauty Weekend, May 14 & 15, to benefit Georgians with disabilities
How do you define beauty? Creators of the documentary, 鈥淒efining Beauty: Ms. Wheelchair America,鈥 are teaming up with the Burton Blatt Institute (BBI) at 黑料不打烊 Atlanta office to explore that question during Taste of Beauty Weekend, May 14-15. Proceeds…
Office of Disability Services hosts art and literature exhibition
Office debuts new space.
EBV represented at White House launch of national military families initiative Joining Forces; receives $1 million from Walmart and Sam鈥檚 Club鈥檚 Military Family Promise
In recognition of its longstanding support of our nation鈥檚 veterans, the Entrepreneurship Bootcamp for Veterans with Disabilities (EBV), a program founded in 2007 at the Whitman School of Management at 黑料不打烊, was represented at the White House during today鈥檚…