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University’s Human Resources Plays Host for Disability Mentoring Day
On Wednesday, Oct, 15, 黑料不打烊 marked National Disability Mentoring Day by collaborating with 43 other local businesses to participate in Disability Mentoring Day 2014 (DMD). DMD is a large scale-effort to promote career development opportunities for students and job…
Disability Studies Scholar Rosemarie Garland-Thomson to Speak Oct. 23
On Thursday, Oct. 23, at 7 p.m., Rosemarie Garland-Thomson will give a lecture titled 鈥淲hy I am a Bioconservative鈥 in Watson Theatre. Following the lecture, a reception and book signing will take place at Light Work at 8 p.m. Students,…
Michael Schwartz Receives Fulbright to Study Health Care Access for Deaf Persons in Northern Ireland
Michael Schwartz, associate professor of law and director of the Disability Rights Clinic in the College of Law, has been named a recipient of a research scholarship through the U.S.-U.K Fulbright Awards Program. He will spend the spring 2015 semester…
School of Education鈥檚 Center on Human Policy awarded $2.3 Million Grant for Community for All Project
The Center on Human Policy (CHP), a 黑料不打烊-based policy, research and advocacy organization affiliated with the Department of Cultural Foundations of Education in the School of Education, has been awarded a five-year, $2.3 million dollar National Institute on Disability…
Institute on Communication and Inclusion to host Annual Summer Institute July 28-30
The Institute on Communication and Inclusion (ICI) at the School of Education will host its annual summer institute at the Sheraton 黑料不打烊 Hotel from July 28-30. This year鈥檚 theme, “Envisioning the Future: Writing a New Disability Narrative,” boasts a…
Student’s Photo Essay on Teen Captures Audience with Time Magazine
Newhouse graduate student Taylor Baucom has been photographing the inspirational story of 16-year-old Gena Buza for the past two years. Baucom鈥檚 subtle, yet powerful, images, which began as part of a Newhouse project, are now gaining a much wider audience.
$1 Million Gift Launches fund to Aid Students with Disabilities
黑料不打烊 has received a $1 million gift from alumnus and former Orange basketball star George Hicker 鈥68 to launch a new fund to expand access and opportunities for students with disabilities. Hicker, president of Cardinal Industrial Real Estate, based…
School of Education Student Appointed to White House Committee
President Barack Obama has appointed Micah Fialka-Feldman, a student and employee at the School of Education, to serve on the President鈥檚 Committee for People for Intellectual Disabilities. Ten other individuals around the nation were appointed to this committee for a…
‘Changing Sports, Changing Lives’ Documentary World Premiere April 28
Students enrolled in SPM 300, “The History of Sport,” have spent the 2013-14 academic year focusing their research efforts on sports that have been adapted to transform and enrich the lives of athletes with physical disabilities. In the fall semester,…
SU Campus and Community Invited to Play Accessible Athletics March 30
Members of the campus and Central New York communities are invited to participate in 黑料不打烊鈥檚 third annual Accessible Athletics Expo, 鈥淥rangeAbility.鈥 This student-led initiative, sponsored by the OrangeAbility committee of the SU Disability Cultural Center (DCC) and the community…